, 1862-07-01
James River to be the Base
Line.
SPLENDID BRAVERY OF OUR
TROOPS.
Scenes snGI Incidents OF the
Esatzie.
RURkEGGaED BpfHBkHDN|EENSlT Of
niGHEsasEii),
REPORTED FIRED BY OUR
HOT {SH0T. T..
Z STORY THAT BURMSIDH HAS
LANDED GET JAMES RIVER,

NEW 1oEK, June 30.-Thc New York
1rdHne has issued an extra, dated s' s'Battlr-
fe!d, giving IN account Of t@o dlys' d1spe-
rate ig9ting. 4 company Of BucEtails was
surrounded and captured. Retreat Of our
right wing. Over 125, ,0O men engaged. All
sl'lli1ns ordered away from WhIseho1sc.
TIE following is the account:
Eeyere and most determined battle was
touelt on the right wing Thursday and
Friday, which is claimed bY some Of onr orfi
cers as 8 successful stragetic movement. into
which the enemy had been unw ittingly drawn,
ard which viii soon result In the CAPTURE al
klchmcnd and the entire rebel army. The at.
tack Fas made By The enemyin immense force,
Weo crossed the Chickahominy near the rail.
road shove MechanicsFiIle, on Thursday after.
noon, and fought desperately, but we're unable
10 orve our men single rod, though they
we're ten to our one. The only force engaged
that day was McCa1rs diTision-the battle
lasting from two till nine .. NJ, when the
division was ordered back.
General Mcclellan was on the field, ex-
pressing himself satisfied with the result
Thursday about poou the enemy made an
attack upon Gen. Etoneman's forces, in the
y!cu.lty Of Hanover Court House, probably
ior Tie purpose of accomplishing an outdank.
ang movement on the right, and to engage our
attention IN that direction. Shortly after
WI7Gs they commenced vigorous caunonad;ng
from 1belr works on IN enlineuce opposite
McclapicsEille, about one and i half miles
distant; also from two batteries-one above
and the other below. They we're replied to
by Campbelrs Pennsylvania batteries, on
picket duty, Oh the Mechanic6yille road aud
another from behind esrthworks at the righ.
Of grove.
About two O'Clock in the afternoon, tue
eneny,s infantry and squadrons OF cavalry
crossed the Chfckahom;ny in immense force,
& short distance above The virginia Central
72llroad, making rapid advance toward Gen.
5lGCalI6 division, who Tfare intreneaed on .
hljlF woodland across swamp ravina, about
E!ie in the rear Of h1echanicsEille. The
1s* Pennsylvania rifles {Bucktails) aud Camp
hells Psansglyania battery we're on pickgt
duty, al Of Fhom, except one companv, fell
back behind the bEeastworks aud lille pits,
"htre line OF battle we're drawn up. Com
4a,.:3 +, Rael1tta;'e. wlso were On ri ,x,.t
hryond the railroad, were surrounded bv tie
Grcrny, and the last that was known Of them
they were trying to cut their way through,
II Is presumed the greatcr portion we're taken
prisoners.
The enemy advanced down the rear Of Me-
chanicsyll'e, on low, marsby ground, to where
cur forces we're drawn up behind rifle pits and
caTthEorks On an cmineuce on the north side
Of the rayine, wher the conflict became most
terrible. The rebels, With the most deter
mined courage, attempted to press forward
over the niry around, but the bullets and
moving them dowu. This confirmed till
dark, when they withdrew. The cannonadiug
Eas kept up On both sides until about nine
o'clock IN the evening, when the battle
CEASED.
suffered but slightly.
Late in the afternoon the enemy made a
charge with cavalry. About q hundred
Of them came rushing down and at
tempted to cToss the rauinc, where the horses
bec:me mired. a squadron Of our cavalry,
; seelng their position, made charge do III the
hIl3, when the cavalry men abandoned their
horses and fed. The intantry fight was then
renewed, and accoruiug 10 lie state cent OF
nly 1nformant, Sturgeon Humphrey, of the
Pennsylvania Bucktsil regiment) continued
untl about a. m, when 4 retreat was order
cd, very much aggainst the will Of the Penn
hold their petition. The onter forces e Il then ~
began to fau buck. Porter's corps was some
distscce below DR.. Gaincs' residence.
Vi next days battle, q correspondent SAWS
the cannonaoipg aud 1nusketyy was terrific.
Duryee's gallant Zouayes were living upon
tne ground Ed tor two houre, while our batteries
Tow ards night, the enemy attempted to break
TIC centre line in front Of Duryee's Zouayes.
The u1uSket firing became terrific. lasting
t"e1ty OF thirty minutes. Shortly aftergard
an attempt was made to break through the
right, which was rcpulsed and half an hour
Eisll the same result.
The battle had been raging for some hours.
wl1hou: any apparent change or advantage on
titheT side RcinfOrceu1ents OF artillery and
1piantry then came steadily along the bridge
10 the field OF battle. The enemy then seemed
TO make their last desperate, determined effort,
and came, forcing nur men back into the low
Grslnd between the hill and the bridge, where
they could have been slaughtered by tens of
thousands before they could hayc rossed shat
long, narrow bridge. Wagons, artillery, am
tulances and men were hurrying TO Eard the
bridge, and a pauic YVES almost inevitable,
when q strong guard WAS placed across the
bridge.
At the time when the enemy had almost
reached the main hospital, ha:f . mile from
the river, Thomas Francis Meagher's Irish
men came over the hill, stripped to the bare
Ta1s p1ms ana ndu were ses ordered to Ego in They
was that the enemy fell back to the woods'
and mus matters stood up to II O'Clock yes.
se1day {Sunday morning. '~'7
AZ ceak en- attack was made along tire f3.ont
ol - ING ensGe: Hne, and VAS removed at two
a,1n', IN aFont o. Generals Hooker, Kcarcey and
sumner, without any material result. : :: ~>.A :.
:, Another correspondent says of F1iday,s bat-
tie: Twice all along the front did the rehe1s
attack our llnes, our rifle pits and redoubts,
Porter with fifty cannon and samnar's,
hooker's and Ayres' guns moved them with
death harvest Their loss In Killed and
wounded was horrible.
Under date Of Friday, midnight, the same
correspondent says: Ten guns were take,,
from Us by sudden flank, attack, covered bv
the thick smoke which hung around. Count
de Paris captured rebel Major, who belonged
to Jaekson,s army. He said he had been in
the valley Of the Shenandoah :all winter, and
came here yesterday with parttof Jackeon's s
army. The rest Of it arrived this morning,
The whole Of Il vas here BE. said TINT in tho
attack On our right the rebels had from e0, 900
to SC, 600 troops. This will explain the cnor.
down and swept aWay,: precisely aa some: Of
The regiments we're swept away at Fair Oaks,
Yesterday the Pennsylyania reserve drove
the attacking regiments of JacEson's COM
mand. To-day they were oyerpoEe1ed By the
SINE troops reinforced. Sykes regulars,
called up. proved unequal to the task of stop:
Ping them, and Sfocum's command had to be
added to t5em.-----
= The CeuufDe Paris testifes to the remark
aoly good conduct Of all tue regiments TINT
sustained this unequal attack on Porter. They
RSST IT'S Tay Indeed, but not one Of them ran.
manly nnsny = about .annihi1ated. Nearly every
o!ncer Is klAed or wounded. The l4th suffer
ed a!sg;EeEefe1y. Major Rosel1e of: the reru-
Lars, kinsman ef Gen Mcclellan: Is Eiied.
Col. Pratt o. New York regiment is also
Our lpes In officers Is sezy marked indesds
The c:sproportion ID numbers Taa ~ 20 ertra.
ordinary and the obstinscY Of our truoDs 50
up5is1dfng, that our losses were ineyitsbIy
: large The ARTILLERY in both Portar' q: aud
sInlth's divisions piled the rebels In heaps,
The fire YES terribly effective.
:, WAgH1EGTob, June 3o-le m.-Ihe govern.
ment has NO accurate information Of tie state
Of atIair6 on, the peninsula, by :re1scn It the
Interruption Of the telegraphic coma. mica
't:on: sN9tE9E has hefn received Ito: warrant
The belief of any serious disaster.
NEW YoHK, 1una sso.-The New York Ha>
alGt report, dated June 27ih, states that our
Ssned1 vgnnded and missing On that day
The object OF. tie. movement gas to b,ire
+Pofter's adother: divisions: into 1eura cInge
conDeosson With tbs xest c< tbs a11nY-Ia TACT,
changing the Hho3e front of, the whole Of ori
fofees, with cur center aud left pressing o.
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