St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-05
T!REMENDCUS
REBEL .,,LllSS;:!:" =
], 200 LEFT DEAD on tn: FIEl0l
@'E All - : rla&slG =,
eco PRISONERS TAKFN!
OUR. Loss ONLY 200, Kill.
LED AND WOUNDED.
RICHMOND. DOOMED!
WASHINGTON, April l. .

The following Dispatch WIS rec: ivel a,
the War Department This +. NJ =
F,ELo OF b. TILE, Ju''ei LIST. It
We have hal d. sperate battle, in
which the c,~ps Of Generals Suu.ncr.
IIeintz,eman and Keys were engaged,
against greatly su:,crior numbers.
Vest, rduy II one O'clock the . ,rn,v, ts-
king advantage OF the storm. which a cd
Cd the vall,y ofthe Caickahominy. attack
! ed our r'shs flank
Cen. ,asey's division -wh:ch was in the
: first hne, gave way unacc jintabiy. This
caused temporary confusion, during VIII oh
Ft4,.. guns and baggage were lost. but Heins-
zelman aud kearny most yalfautly brought
Eup their troops, which checke the emmy
+" At the sam: time succeeded, by great
sxertion, in bringing across Generals Seoy
wick and Richardson's divisions who drove
back the enemy ut the point Of tho bay"-
net. covering the ground with his dead.
This morn.ny the enemy attempted to
renew the Conflict, but was everywhere re-;
pulsed.
We have taken many prisoners, among
whom are General Pettigrew and Colonel
Long.
Our l,ss i, heavy, bat the enemy'S
must he enormous.
Ike p'in, j.'ey's l.vi>ioo. tn, mon
|'bchaved splendidly Several fine bayonet
! charge: were made.
[s.xaell G. B, MCCLELLAN.
New Yo"K june 3.
The res' correspondent peakia: OF
the battle OIL Sunday. says terribly did the
I re;eis suffer on this, as Well as the pre-
viou$ day j, FROM the we'll directed fire Of
,','r r',is"ry, >tn wing the ground with
slain. Terrible ais to them, We're the
frequcut charges of our solid columns pr s.
sing ,htu, back step by step to the last
poi If endurance wien they broke ana
ran ing orioa* y, leavi'@ b hind them
many ut thci1 ulch aud officers as we'll as
priyates: prisoners in our h:nds.
HLArcuAHTtPs DEPARTMENT.,
ARMY Of THE P.sroMAC,
alay 2. }
We have taken some 5O' prisoners,
among WON are several prominent officers.
On sunday, as soon al it Was light, tue
& sht WAS renewed ~ Gen. Sumner with
markcd success, the e zht lasting nearly all
day The rebels were driven at every poiut
With heavy loss. The ground gained by
Gen. Sumner, was two miles aud 4 half.
Gen. Heintzclman succee led on Sunday
morning in retaki"g the ground lost the
day b.f're by Gen. Casey, after severe
struggle Our l,,ss in the second days ec.
"a cement in killed and wounded is about
30. a great number are missing, who
will. rrobahly return. having stray Jed away.
Al! the eneny's killed and more Of their
wounded tel int,j cur hands The ;coun-
try in which the battle was fought is
swampy with thick undcrbrush, aud MOST
Of the ightin. vas in the woods Owing
to the. nature Of the ground very little
artillery Was used.
Both billions w..rc up nearly Ill day
Yesterday all the troops left Richmond
aud marched out in the direction Ot the bat
/ tie field
| The railroad has been Of inestimable SER
vice, the cars running within mile and a
half Of the battle field, bringing fMw'rd
ammunition and supplies The wounded
were init diately put aboard the cars and
*cnt t" the White House '54*r 8;
General Me- 'lenlan arrived on the bat
tie. field. on Saturday evening. where he
renl,iucd ever since, directing i'll the
! movements in iper*on Ills presence
among the troops had a most splcLd d ef-
: feet Four separate charges with bayo-
nets We're made during yesterday. Ii one
instance The enemy were drivenrsa mile,
i during which, l73 rebels were killed with
bayonets@ alone - ii" >.'" "%' ."'.h
lieut.. Washington; aid to General ia
Johrson, was taken prisoner - H. r. 's
Tho enemy's dead lett on the field were
oyery 200, <.,j~s M. ~, u
Gen. Howard was wounded twice in the
| Col Miller, of the LIST Penn>ylvania, and
ECol. Ripley, Of Pittsbary, were killed.
! xGM.y CampbslI, Of ,Pennsy Ivania, was
rounded in the thigh: j 80 II 80 !.'...
f!A The rebel officers we,e unable. to rally
tthei, troops this morning, aud have retreat
tea btck toward Richmond : ~"''.,' l1,o-.~
Our, men have ,nuve1 f;rwarc to Fa;,
isOak, five miles from the city. w.
! Jeff t'avis aud ,.etcher were both at the
6yh, yesterlsy.HSJ T Il
TIE dead are DOW being gathered and
buried.grt!n r!u.,r, -
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