Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-04
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I AITEIaN6ON DISPATGHES..
'jss The New State.
WAsHfN6ToN, June lin the House Mr.
Brown Of Virginia, presented memoirs
asking thai Western Virginia be admiltes
ti lnto the Union as free and Independent
state. The new State Constellation wa
among the papers presented,
i Tie 3 tbieet was set erfedyfo he fSof5 init
teeaofi sTeffitories. " s 20 ZEE ID 4 q
Further Particulars Of the Battle
/ Near RlGhmOnd.p 7.sf
HEADQUARTERS or sMGCLELLAN's ANY
June 2.1The following ia a continuation
OF the AssoeiateaL Ffess tdisph tchiiuiu lana
In the morning papers, which was inter
rupted By the breaking Of the telegraph
| line:
| We hsEeB about I'VE hhnared pfisbheFs,
among WHOM are ssyefal prom ent fieets,
On Sunday as soon as it was daylight,
the fight was renewed by Gen. Sumner
With Ts5S marked success Is fsf'tpg nearly g
The rebels were driven at every poin,
with heavy loss. The ground gained .by
Gen. Sumner was about q miles. Gen.
Helntzleman. on Sunday morntnR .retook
the ground lost the day before by General
our loss in the two days engagement in
sllIed and wounded win amount 70 about
will probablysretur having stEayed q aT HN
All of the enemy's killed aud most of his
wounded fell into our bands,
The country in which the battle was
fought Is sWampy, with thick underbrushI
Most OF the fighting was. in the woods
owing to the nature of the ground very
little artillery was used. Both balloons
were up nearly all day. Yesterday all the
troops left Richmond aud marched out n
the direction of the battIe Geld. %
The railroad has been Of inestimabie
service TO US, the cars running within 4
mile and half OF the battlefield, bring
ing forward ammunition and Supplies
The wounded were Immediately put aboard
the cars and sent tosthsF Yhite House.
Cen Mcclellan arrived on the battle.
field on Saturday evening! where be has
renamed ever since, directing all the
moyements In person. eats pre- e6ce among
the3troops had-a gtsat affect. i ~ ".
Fonr separate bayonet, charges were
made during yesterday. In onS instance
theehsmy were driven mile, dnrihR,Wbioh
l13 were killed by bayontts alone.
Lieutenant Washington, aid to Gen. Joe
Johnson was taken prisoner. = &. ~ 10
Theenetny's dead lett on 4he field amount
to over 1, 200. ls-z. iaail5laslz5 81 -
Geps Howard was wounded twice in the
arm. -, $3.50 81 -
Col. Miller of the slst Pa, aud Col. Rip
ley, of PlttsburR, were killed. 1s
Col. Campbell, Of Pa, was wounded. 10
the thigh, f $50 : : 80 .s3'i ~. q =
NV YoRK, June 3.-lThe 9imss SAWS of
the fight on Sunday: III ~ F;.5
Flushed with their seeming victory of
Saturday, therehels aWOke with,eonfiden
on Sunday TO fellow up their movements.
and were snreiiot. driving US this thine to
the Ohickahomtny dnd beyond. but they
had made the unfortunate mistake III esti-
mating the strength offOurjreserves by5 the
Weakuess,o OF our advance. Most bitterly
did they pay for their mistake. pft
Pressing eagerly torYsrd, confident Of
victory, they were met by the trained
troops OF iHeintzslmsu and sumner, whose
nnyielding columns checked their fierce as.
sault, turning the tide of hattie eyery..
where against them, aud forcing them ut
the point of the bayonet on toward Rfch.il
mond.H IL was their turn 'n6wto breakiHnd
run, and their losses of the Sabbath left
them little cause for rejoicing over the
tritting gain of Saturday. l. zj5.szIs s.-.i,
Terribly did tue rebels suffer on this as
we'll as the previous day from the we'll
directed ire OF orr artillery, piIing the
ground With the, slain. Terrible siso 10
them were the frequent charges Of our
solid columns, pressing them back step On
step to the last point Of endurance. when
they broke and run fnRlortousIy. leaving
behind them many of their meas !olIic,ers3
as well as priyates. priso1ers In o',r bs,Js
The number of these it is not vet posi-
BILE to ascertain several days NECESSARILY
elapsed after every engagement before q |
full Inventory can be taken. 81 80
The New York Herald has the .foll6winp
special account Of the fight on Saturday