, 1862-07-07

the fiphf THE .far1h He'll Went down To G1tF |
Point nrdering m % The Southfield. and ali tie
othcT vesseIs Iyfnp below.
r sbon1i he home in mind that The wide
bottoms along the river separate the gu1bolts
IN many places, some two miles frorn the forces
operafing on The hills, Tie gunboats G4lena, |
Marstauza. Aroost0ok, MarasEa and Port Roy
81, are near by, and ought to be able to render
valuable assistance to the army Until it can be
placed fu position to separate The iudica.
lions are that the enemy will continue to har-
day or hight, until they have been dislodge or |
compelled to embark Should affairs reach
the latter crisis, where are the traneports to |
receive such an army on board, with its i'm
mense material OF war? There are scarcely
vessels enough now in.tle James River to take
on board the wounded AID sick, to say moth
ing Of the army
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TIE BATTLE OF GAINES HILL.
Had the enemy possessed full information Of
thc PURPOSES of our commanding general they
ct uid rot have taken better advantage Of our
position than they did. The fact that our
front gave way to MechanicsyiJle on Thurs
day, after making q successful stand, and fell |
back towards Gaiues' Hill, seems to have sug-
gested to them that general rctrozrade move
ment was contemp plated; and it BECAME their |
policy to fellow and fight us on the retreat, |
With tie C5ickahominy in onr rear, it was,
OF ccnrse, impossible for our army to cross,
successfully, under the euemv's fire; and |
there is no doubt but that theT expected to |
oyertske and compel us to fight or be cnt to |
Dieces at the BRIDGES,
On Thursday nEar1y all the wagons we're
efnt arross ia have them mt ut the way
Th:s movement was o1jnp an a11 div and
night. and, if known to the enemy, must have
rr9raied the fact that onr army Was either
abont to re.reat OF to change it's position.
This Ecs too valuable an onportunitV TO bn
Inst an] Wos imnrared to the hest ndyant,re
Onr tronns had Keen enssared "a in an eShaus,ing
contest at Mecbauicsyills the day before. The
enemy had pienty of fresh soldiers. and were
near f1rir hasc of onertti1ns" frnm which
whole ulasses could be drawn at an hours
notice. We were separated from our centre
BY the bridges Of the Ch1ekahomloy, from
~1lch we eon!a onla,n relh1ofeemehts only ~
IhaE tney pfonght nearly lne1r "aole tosce
a9alnEt Us on tnat sue ol Inc rleer sno rs saal
!; determined eHoEt was 70 1e maue 10 eonlpsl
US 10 cross LEG river, aGd tnen 10 pass 10 Tile
ana t1a t 1r nisn ,, without the necas
i sary force 70 gu2r1 against the movement, tne
! only eSpeolsns is1t was adop1cd oy the com
mander OF The CnIon forces. Inc enemy were
| 10 pc nc}o N caecs as long a5 Posslole TO en-
able him to safely "lfhdra" his whole force to
the James RIVER, and take mp ne" posstloa.
Anofhef daS ana nlsn5 Woala, no o2npl, nafe
| founa OUT entlre fignt aoan9oned' aud t1e
matds OF ForIer, heCal and stoaenaa Nnn-
a1a"n saleiy 70 t1e .e1t y. Inc Enleaan9inlay'
| ~AA-t1N" AN~-AO! "Ae>As
'feat thls w2s not permitted was wing to the
wsIcnlulness 81 Inc enemy, o. TO tne treasoa
o1 soHe one wltnln QUIZ lilies WHO posses5eu
k'lo"leuse o.! o. our pans. 80 - a.. o-
a prgelEltaIe ret1eat vas out OF lns cues
tlon; II Eon!o nave resu!1en IL Ing sacrinee
OF me enlre 51gnt wing. Mien our re- TesrsaAog
Ioises n1ussGu IL iinus o. ene ths ~
auu ulape'lue pfiuses' alou5 tte liver wy
IONS, tnEsuanS iolcs eonaaeolnH 'ne e1la, s1o
nence ~ u. Nlilams mouse, |onlu pe aole
IL
rro tne as'achlns paIty w nefe' '9[ tue nls;
I.ing, tovA = pos!.lon W uelenae' ano aeeep'eu
sue p"'ti1 "nieA "'1' oneieo'
ADVANCE OF THE FIRST BRIGADE.
The first brigade fGcn, MartinduIc) proceed
Cd through field al the extreme right Of the
1ine. II, Older to rsoe1 any demonstration o1
; The rebels that might be made in that quarter
. They had not advanced far before tie rebel
shi1mishers were discovered pro oyiinp in tn,
WOODS directly in front. and soon affer tho
enemy hcpan IL onnrar in considerable force
+ ali ajonr The rirht Of the line. Gsu- M,rtfn
. dale ni1irkIy disnoscd his forcc- and preptrai
! to give the rebels a most severe drubbins
| shnIld fhey aftrmnt tn fnrn the ripht Tire
rood service in shtllIng the woods, No at
Ttmnt was made hv the enemy NJ the time tt
1ush forward. ard Gen. MartindaIe hayioc be
y come convinced Of tie much superior fore,
y Of the enemy, did not consider it prudent t,
: doanythine more than loId his position.
!. It WAS nearly dark before Dur line wa
i formed and the battle had commenced il
:. earnest The battle was principally betgec
= fhe ar,1l1erl.ts. aithauph Iate Ia lie eyeniu
;. the rebels ATTEMPTED 70 turn our riyht, an
were reDElscd will q severe loss, Tue piece
!. nsed "a both sides we're of 10 and 12-poun
ca1;Mr. fhe range being too short Tor cuu
- carrying hraVirr metal When the en6agt
g ulent had really commenced, and all the gun
i we're in practice, il seemed as though both a
~ n,ies Wrre dps1insd to in,mediate aGnhii Ito,
~ 90 terrific and deaflning was the sonnd II
- r.rr eorth sremed tn nniyer. and at fines II
10 gtole heavens Tould he 1,htcd IN with re
!! t1,re
T1;s ,ras 47,a 7rst r;oht enr,uan,nnt of sr
11f ,onse ornnco that had ral-nH r1aca einra RI
"a "a army arrived N fhe Prninsr1a The frir
- - enn;;nus5 ran:dIr ana cSrnss1iv nntii abont
~ - nscIock without any apparcnt adyautarc b
III !, ro;nc;; hv e;tber sax The rsbels. far Il
srff;r' Int little from their shells. The she
H.. f;rsd f1om orr gun5 apo. AIRED to cxolo,
~ dir.c,iy over ,he bcsds Of thc rebels. and !
do hive rcasnn to mlicFa that they did not I
~ rano withnnt a heavy loss frn,n t11if en-
- s,ia, enps "l'n'u' u usa'S 1oS9 1'o'A 'n@' eA1
~, A. onon, o,o,,o1- tbo o,o,o ,++o,, rt
~ ~ ncItre eioeh ~ az c,an,n3s ii,is
rv m.de most vigorous efforts buE was bold
[u- and successfully met by Gen. Griffin. who g
&c raj ged his men in excellent order. and encon
,5s ! aged them BY his presence aud daring. T
ek 9th Michigan, Col Woodbury.. aud the II
he New Turk, Col. McQnadc, especially dist
Of gui=hcd themselves for the many brilii1n: al
III prompt movements they made. Toe 8
10. 5lass achusctts and cd Pennsylvania are al
re- deserving Of much credit for the SUGGEST
tnanner in which they repcl1el the enemy
charge.
,r. While the rebcIs were endeavoring to for
>. back our centre, the left Of our column "
sst also buslly engaged In keeping the eueE
on- from crossing tue bridge oVef Inc st1eaul
4 the lower ROAD. Inc fenusylSauls N7s2r'
Of fought bfayely, and Their un1lnch1ng peraeV
M. anee MSS the only thing t6as prevented
en. rebels from gaining ground IN that quar-
zen Inc enemy seemed TO concentrate hls Wh
Tue strength flrst at the centre, and then a. :: !
ing lt1t OF our hue> bu6 IN eaca attempt he fl
70 cross Inc Stream, our oAt9eflee ald
,cl- opportunity ontfeo NOS! tGrr1olc hre =
,nss poured lnto lne repe4 ranss. ing tenns}I
~ MA reserves, WAC were 10 ne flhe-Rlss, =
mo up an 1nceaSlng nre upon t1e feoels on
IL othtr side OF the stream, ana hualiy compel
~ them 10 aeanaon lnelf Original 1ront poals
~ ~ at that It M end OF the line:
The ~ s.u =. y. me orlos naa euIfrely ceas
tle sne1s n hao peen tspuiseo, ano " hein
and glouna. Unr aes nsS .,, wss eompalalise1y sm
, as not eAeeeolfs -7o h''led @1la Hoanoea-
nile AFTER TIE BATTLE,
Is The shEisks and groans Of the rebels vi
hT the battle Was ended Indicated that their
old vas heavy; The AIR vas hlled With the vail
ton the wounded and dying, and all night long
spa rum0iing OF ambulance trains aud the :
Eher pressed voices OF those engaged 10 buryfng
bad aeaa ana caring lot Inc WOUNDED coo1o De
Nan f1ncu5 neafd.
" to Inc slence o1 lne n1ghL was frequently
any ken By the discharge Of picket-gun,
| every one was On the alert for the eflt