Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-10
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From the Richmond Examiner, I'd ms
THE FIGHT AT GAINES MILLs-sTATEMENI
or An OFFICER

THE FTGuT At GAINES MILLS-STATEMENT
OF AN OFFICER.
There have been many confused and contra
dictory statements of the forces engaged in the
assault on the enemy works near Gaines mills
on last Friday. We have received the follow
ing statement from an officer on the subject of
this doubt:
"At about two o'clock on Friday morning
last, l reached the lines of the enemy's inlrench-
ments near Gaines mills. A fierce struggle was
then going on between A. 2. Hills division and
the garrison Of the line defense. Repeated
charges were made by Hills troops, but the for
midable character of the works, and murderOus
volleys of grape and canister from the artillery
covering them, kept our troops in check.
1t was about half past four o'clock when
Pickett's brigade came to Hills support. Pick
etts regiments fought with the most determined
valor. At five o'clock Writings division, com
posed of the "Old Third" and Texan brigades,
advanced at a double-quick, charged them,
routed them, and captured their artillery.
"The struggle was brief, but perhaps the most
bitter of the war. Fully One-fourth Of the en-
tire division were cut down in this gallant
charge.
1.-The brave Texans were led by Brig Gen.
Hood, aud the " Old Third Brigade" by the
dashing Colonel Law, late commander Of the Alb
Alabama.
1.-THE works carried by these noble troops
would have been invincible to the bayOnet had
they been garrisoned by men.
"Whiting's division is composed Of Hoods
brigade-lst, 4th and 9Th Texas, and 18Th
Georgia. and Colonel LAWS brigade-4th Ala
bsma. ID and IIth Mississippi, and 9th North
Carolina.
Il mention these regiments because their
names viii be historical"
YANKEE C~OUNTERFErTs OF CONFEDERATE
MONEY.
One fact Illustrative of Yankee proclivitos to
cheating and swindhng was developed yester-
day and the day previous, upon the arrival in
the city of the different detachments Of prison
ers taken in the battles. In the possession OF 8
great many of them were found bogus Confed-
crate bills of small denomination, which they
attempted to palm upon boys on the streets for
bread, confectionery, etc. The notes were evil
IDENTIFY prepared in the North by a batch of
cOunterfeiters, and circulated in McClellan's
army with q view to putting them in circulation
when the Yankees got into the city Of Rich
mond, and thus injuTe the Confederate cur
rency.
1t is said that the game was discovered and
stopped as soon as it was tried. Afterwards all
the prisoners were ordered to be searched, and
all that come in hereafter will be subjected to the
same rules. An order from the military com
mandant of the city has been prepared, which IS
read in the hearing of all prisoners. 1t concerns
the matter of circulating these bogus bills, and
and those detected in it will be made subject to
the laws of the Confederacy and cease to be re-
garded as prisoners of war in the matter of pun
ishment. The punishment, upon conviction Of
counterfeiting and uttering the bills, IS death.
CAPTURE OF ANOTHER YANKEE GENERAL.
Maj Gen. Mccall, Of Pennsylvania, was cap
tured in Fridays fight by q private in General
Hills division, by the name of Rawlings. The
general insisted upon receiving the prisoner
at the hands of his captor, who had modestly
retired and was doing his duty in the ranks
when the distinguished prisoner was escorted to
the presence of Gen. Hill by an officer.
Besides Gen. Mccall, Bdg-G.n. Meade was
captured here. Gen. Mccall IS at the Spots
wood Hotel.
THREE TEXANS CAPTURE TWO HUNDRED
YANKEES.
We hear of various exploits in the capture of
Yankee prisoners, in which large numbers Of
them have been aiken by the audscity Of our
men. MIR. John NJ. Spencer, a clerk in the
Richmond post office, engaged as a volunteer in
OF the Virginia regiments il the fights at
Gaines Mills and Coal Harbor, and signalized
his service by the capture of a Yankee captain
We also heard a story of three Texans, coming
a body of two hundred Yankee ~strsgglers
taking them all prisoners by frightening
them with the story that Jackson, with a "black
had cut off their retreat, and that if they
would submit, their captOrs would take them
Richmond without the risk of losing their
heads. Many of the poor devils, no doubt. are
to reach a haven Of safety in the K ich-
prisons.