Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-11

the side of Heintzleman, on the ground
when his staff grouped themselves, rest
ing on stumps of trees and logs. Their,
was the Prince de Joinville, Count d,
Paris, and the Due de Chartres, formin,
a select group of three, conversing Quit,
animatedly in French, and the othe
members of McClelian's Staff joining il
a little English.
They fight on Sunday always" sale
the Due de Charities, alluding to the rebels
Gen. Mcclellan had been seated proba
bly, half an hour. conversing with Gen
Heintzleman, when Gen. Hooker rode NJ
from the extreme advanced line gained
that morning, and as he was dismountine
from his horse, Gen. Mcclellan rose from
his seat, and, advancing, shook him warm
" by the hand, and congratulated hin
and his noble division in terms of the
highest praise. A long conversation took
place between them. 1t was plainly seer
no further advance was was to be made
that day, as no troops were ordered up tc
the front.
At a little after l o'clock, Gen. Nc
Clellan mounted his horse and rode along
the lines of his troops, back and forth.
until all the soldiers had a good oportuni
ty of seeing him. Napoleon never was re.
ceiyed by his enthusiastic troops with
greater manifestation of delight than was
Mcclellan by his army, showing that he
possessed the confidence as well as the
hearts of his men. They feel that they
must ever be victorious under his guild.
ance.
Prisoners continued to be brought in
very fast we had captured nearly 500.
The rebels during the fight had their
sharp shooters posted in trees to pick of
our officers fact discovered in the early
part of the action. One of these sharp
shooters had been wounded, and lay
down at the foot of q tree; as Gen. Sick
les was riding in the wood, he took de-
liberate aim and fred, but fortunately
missed his mark. Some of our men rush
ed at the wounded rebel, and were about
dispatching him with their bayonets,
when Gen. Sickles ordered them not to
harm him, but take him prisoner.
There were many incidents illustrating
fully the mettle of our men engaged in
this struggle. Many a private displayed
deeds of bravery worthy of record. The
officers bore themselves well. and shared
the dangers in advance OF their men.
THE REBEL COMMANDERS.
The rebel Generals, commanding in
this engagement, were Gems. Longstreet,
Roger 4. Pryor, Hill, Bronx, Howell Cobb,
l could not learn.
STAGE AYD o L HORSE CAPTURED.
A small party of our men out reconnoit-
ering, met an omnibus drawn by four fine
bay horses, on the New Bridge road, 60
ing at a speedy gait toward Richmond,
and containing two officers. Driving the
horses were two contrabands. Lieut.. Lee
cried out for them to stop, but no atten-
ton was paid to the summons, and he Or
dered the men to fire. One of the officers
jumped out and made good his escape in
the woods. The other was shot a: he had
his head out of the window urging the
contrabands to go faster. The driver now
held up, and Lieut.. Lee mounted the box,
first placing the negroes inside, in charge
of private Boyd, Tooth New York. The
Lieutenant brought the stage safely with
in our lines. As it made its appearance,
emerging from the wood On the Williams
burg road, where but a few hours ago the
enemy were disputing our advance, it ere
ated the most intense excitement and Gu
riosity among our men. Many supposed
it was sent down by Gen. Mcclellan, from
Richmond, with the news of his occupa-
ton of the city.
THE BATTLEFIELD.
In company with Gen. Sickles, Col. Ora
ham, Col. Hall and Lieut.. Graham, 1 rode
out upon the battle field on Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock. The scene witnessed
here battles all description. CasSions,
with horses shot dead in their traces, am
balances, wagons, &c, &C., filed the road
in front of Casey's camp. There were
about 200 of our wounded still lying where
they fell on Saturday. Some of them
spoke kindly of the rebels, saying they
treated them very well. Dead rebels, as
well Us our own men, were lying in every
part of the field and wood. 1 counted
tifty-seven dead rebels in front of a small
piece of woods not forty feet square. One
wounded rebel was lying on the ground
unable to move he was shot in both legs.
On each side of him lay some dead rebels.
As we passed by, he begged of us for Gods
sake to take the dead rebels away from
him. The stencil was intolerable.
NuMBER OF Guns LOST.
We lost 10 guns in the fight of Satur-
day. Not one ofthem has been recovered.
The rebels ran a train down near Fair
Oak Station, and carried away our com
misary stores, guns, etc, to Richmond.
The two contrabands captured with the
had left Richmond on Sunday morn
ing. with a party of gentlemen who had
the stage to take them out to
see the fight. They have furnished the
authorities with much information rela-
tive to the number and movements of the
rebel force, which is highly Important
II is not improbable that Gen. Mcclellan,
with his Generals, will dine at Richmond