The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-19

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Of the morning v i,h total loss oftwelve
OF ifteen guns. thousaods of killed and
wounded. and ilnnense stores Of every dc.
srfiptipn.
sUEDAY's FIGHT. M
The Dispatch Is prudentIy brief on the
second days battle. 1t says:
Expecting resumption Of hoslilities on
Sunday. every preparation was made
therefor. sDd at an early hour the enemy
commenced 10 advance down the York
fiyertsiifJads bui Gen Masone's brigade
(of iIuger's command) met them and
gallan.ly drove them backward again, al.
Though msnfully attempting to regain the
position iost the svehihg before. We are
sorry 10 add that 10 his cpgagement the
Third Alabama lost Col. Lomex, and Ad-
juiani johnson. while the iHweifthVirgiuia
(aDd Richeiondi iarays particularly lost
many valuable men. zo.a h ue9
We are sorry to say that our officers SUI
fered severely in the two days operations,
and among others VIC would add that Gen.
Gal land bad thrsu,borses shot under him,
and was sseveroly burt before reliuqiishl6g
his command 10 the field Gen. P.ttigrew
was killed, Col Lomax (3d, Ahbama,) J
Col. Hatton 9th Tennessee, aud others,
and as 10 the number of subordinate Off
GERS, the list is Q, long and, fearful one
Time and space precludes the possibility
OF further details--to day is bigwi|h fate.
May Providence aid us 10 our cause, and
may historians yet chronicle q second
Marathon, ilfFHeQ rsa .solsiia
Later in the evening the enemy appear
led in force near the battlefield OF the
morning. which was then held BY our
men. General Mahope's brigade stilloc-
lCupied the advance, and were drawn up
lin battle, preparedto meet the foe, bot.
withstanding tie severe loss 1t bad sus-
taiusd in tho morning. Many d our dead
and wounded still remained gpdn the field,
among them the body ofthe hmented Cal
LomAx. An omnibus was sent out get
as many as posslble, but ihis swas raplat'
ed BY The eneuly. aas "a 8sRIaf -''i ,jIi
The Yankees advanced to the edge Of a
piece OF woods, within about one thousand
yards of our line. where they balted and
remained at duska General Mabone's
brigade was soon re reinfOroed by several
brigadps which were drawn up shett
distance 10 itE rear, while q large forc6
was placed near by ia reserve. presi
dent Davis, Generals Lee, SmIth, Longs
street, Stuart, and other commanding
erals were upon the ground at this point
showing thar il was an important position
in the alfairs Of the day. Thus matters
stood at sundown. As 40 further attack
was anticipated during the night our
troops prepared to biyeaac outhe 6sId, ih
readiness for the events Of to-day. 2ia e
srsfIsrics oe THE Rebel Loss-ovER HALF
THE HAMrros LEGION BILLED ( wouSpEp.
The,ls,h Virginia and 3d Alabama be,
havcd nobly. Both. regimsnts were cut
up badly. Probably no regiment suffer-
ed more than the 81 Alabama, Besides
Dol, ,Loms&, ,Adjutant ohnson, Capt. Mays.
Capt, Paelan and Lieut. Jas. Brown wore
killed and Capt. Ready, Capt. Robinson,
Lieut.. Withsrspoon, Lieut.. GardLer, LieuI.
Partridge, was wounded, These casual
lies are among the officers alone. The
slaughter among the privates was terrific.
The loss Of this regiment vas one bun,
dred and ninety.six killed and wounded.
The 9th Alabama. 9th Georgia aud esd
Georgia suffered severelyr the Alabama
being nearly decima,ed. The 9th Gsor-
gia lost 100 out of7O0 they took into the
held J.t b G.Q F.a .aEa ~
The 4Ih battalion Of Gen. Rhodes diti-
sion was early in the fight Of Saturday. !.
and continued during the day. About 22
were killed aud go odd wounded. n'gi 1
Later in the day Gen Lopgstrcet's aivi-
sion came up and rushed eagerly into the
battle. About four o'clock our artillery
came into play and did excellent stivice,
as has been already said. Although hea
Why ro enforced. the enemy were charged
by hongstreet's aud Hills men and driy.
en- on the field, our men taking possession
of their camps and Qualifications. The
Yankees very closely contested the ground
as they fell back. while our force sloadi.
ly pushed upon their limo. a.'f+ ~,
While proceeding down the ewBridge
road, cndeavoring to get to the rear Of
the enemy, whowc falling back before
General Lopgsrset. General Whiling's1
Division was attacked by the enemy ON
lha left flank, 10 overwhelming orce, ,caus |
ing him to change from, and for two hours
engage in a contest, which, considering
The short space Of time, was perhaps the
severest OF the war Some idea Of It's char
lcIer may be formed from tho fact that
HampIon's legion lost in killed and
Hounded a single fraction over half Its
number. The charge tf this body of
nsn was gallant aud barring beyond all
description. The other regiments did not
auhor SO heavily but all show lon glist
# casualties. Night found the combat.
'nIs in the precise position where the tight
hours before. neither side hay, >
ng yielded an inch. The enemy ofcourso
ought with great bravery. d, .vd4.laiEt
la this fight we have gained but few {
i the casualties. Col. Wade Hampton Il
vas slightly wounded in tho loot; DR.. 10. II
J. Gaillard, medical director 10 General !
'miths corps, was severely wounded in lc
he arm, IL was amputatvd yesterday. !
10 was a surgeon we'll known throughout
he army veiy able aud much respected.
'ol. Giles. Fifth South Carolina, was kill. g
d, also Col. LightIoot, oflIhe Twenty o
econd North Carolina. is Undoubtedly +