The New York herald., 1862-12-25

rushed into the ranks Of the infantry regiments now
priyed Of their proper officers Con Hill seized the stan
dard Of the Fourth North Carolina regimentwhich he
had formerly commsnded-and shouted TO tho soldiers.
.'If you will not follow me viii perish alone" Upon
this number Of officers dashed forward 60 cover their
beloved general with their bodies tue soldiers hastily
rallied and the cry, Lead on, Hill bead your old North
Carolina boysl" rose over the field And now Hill
| charged forward with this mass he had thus
worked TO the widest enthusiasm. The enemy halted
when they saw these columns, in fight moment
before now advancing to the attack and hi burst upon
hand coact now ensued, for there time to load
and IRE fhe ferocty with which this combat was waged
MAS incredible was useless to beg the exasperaed
men FOR quarter there was moderation pity, 40
compassion il that bloody work Of bayonet and knife
TIT sou sank dying al his fathers feet the father forgot
that he had chd-a dying child the brother did not
SEQ that brother was expiring few PAGES from him;
lle Trend heard not the last groans Of friend all natu
raj ses were dissoyed only one feeling one thirst painted
IN every bosc-revenge. Here il was that the OF
Major peyton but fifteen years Of called 70 his father
for help. ball had shattered both his legs .'When
we have beaten the enemy then will help you,"
swered Pcyton 81 have here other to lead to glory
Forwardp' Rut tho column had advanced only q few
PAGES further when the Major himself fell to
| the earth corpse PIpdtgies of Iulor here
lafcrnsa on both sides. Hiso'y ann ast IN raj.
for truesr soldiers fkdn those uh0 here fought ard
fll But OF the demoniac fury Of both parties one
AT distance form idea Even the wounded, de-
sparing o succor collecting their last energies of life,
plungcc their knives into the boscms OF foemon who lay
near then. still breathing
lead their dsorgan!zed roops back TO tho fight
the contest renewed along the whole line. and
kept up ut deep into the night FOR everything depended
upon keeping the enemy at bay counting, too. upon
their exhaustion at last until fresh troops could arrive
to reinforce AT length. about haf-past ten in the
ovenin. the divisions of AIagruder Wise and Holmes
ip and deployed the front of army. Had the
commanders of hsse divisions executed their orders with
pronptlude and s! streams Of blood would have been
spared and the fce would have been thrown back
upon his in the course of the forenoon but
they reached fully seventeen hours behind
the marching orders their columns crossed eaoh other
aud became entaasied. and precious time was rrenedi
bly, lost still as II was the remainder OF our force had
70 thank the ana arrival OF these divisions for their
rescue
50 these rciuorcemens oorld be thrown to the
front regiments drawn back, and far pos
sbic Teorgan1ed during the night, the needfu officers
appointed and after the distribution OF PROVISIONS which
had also fortunately arrived, measures adopted
F the gathering up Of the wounded and the burial Of the
dead.
On Tuesday. July l. at two O'Clock in the morning,
while the stars still visible the sky, General
Magrnder again opened the battle and very began
q canncnade so fearful that the very earth trembled
with the conclusion By twelve O'Clock meridian Mclei-
lsa had abandoned all his ositions, leaving behind
his wounded. his baggage and many pieces Of cannon
Magrud0g followed lin, ho, foot but cautiously as he
had rsi TO sweep the surrounding woods with artillery
ard Eharpshocters
About hapast four p NJ our troops reached the vicin
iY Of the well known farm OF u. Carter, known NAL
vern iii Here General Mcclellan had again drawn up
his array TO reopen the tight General Nagruder
saw the eneys position than he once more led his men
to the attack. His columns advanced ia magnificent
order the space that separated them from the foe
and sormed the ntrenched position But murderous
hail Of Crane received tho fellows and moved
down. until finally the fragments Of these splendid divi
sors compelled to seek the shelter OF the woods.
Again Generals smith Anderson and Holmes led their
troop ha'suaden!y missiles OF monstrous dimensions
tore down whole ranks Of soldiers and caused the
most appalling damage.
This was the re OF the feet which, although two and
half miles distant, took part in the contest Our
men still rushed forward with desperate courage
against sl,e hostile position, and Malvern hin
was attacked on all sides. Mcclellan defended
himself couraseously, and It was twelve O'Clock
IA. night he evacuated this position which both
nature and art had made strong The heroic daring
and energy OF o"r troops had overcome all obstacles
Thebatte or the seventh dnv will live forever in the
memory Ct the people the battle Of Malvern Hi No
where, in all the actions fought around Richmond was
the contest Co,iued within small space and there
added 20 ii the Ere of the guns board the
enemys ships II terrible O. see those two hundred
and when one exploded Slough the globe had
burst. Never in any since the world began were
missiles of such magnitude before used. fhe battle
Of Malvern Hill will be monument for that people testi
tying t. the determined viii and resolution with which 1t
coatended for Ns independence nation, and the ndo
ml.ahe irrnness Of its vow to conquer or to die.
Isa"sf o,od'd to General Mcclellan fullest recognition
There a,e fes0 dN5 0tn1dts in the trion army Uh0
rrol him. Left IN the most desperate straits by his
companion IN arms, McDo,ce; vciinied by the Sscre-
socrdcs dcstiay BY political jealousy; c Of from,
his basis Of rereot he selected line Of safety Of
,rheh had drecAed He defended csery loot
Of yro,d sch courage and talent, and his lost stand al
Aa,e'r HI as pes! as has system Of dehrce and his
styyt.gc combinations, displayed hi9h military ability
Yet his troops too greatly demoa!ized by their
days fghtng and lost their stamina, while several
of his generals could not comprehend the ideas Of their
commander, and sustained him but poorly or not ut all,
AT Harrisons Landing where the James river forms
curve ha collected his shattered array under the guns
the federal feet. But, side we had no longer
army to modest him.