The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-04

ritsd by their I'll success Of the day before, bus
marched boldly up the same Inevitable fatsterrble
volleys that Gu. them to pieces, literally buschsrins
them-snd their enemy though 80 obvious % feeling,
was nowhere .ain TO the sight Lying in me sanssa
psS buried In the timber prone under the an OF tur
or drawing bead through fence. the Keen eysa W.
consin Maine or Perlsyv was holding the terrible
rifle every thrill OF which sent the sadsn messenger
through nssh and boLs.
In the beginning or the light Lamar was MORALLY
wounded and in attsmpting him his Lieutenant
Colonel taken prisoner Our rife pit CALLED their
retreat smsnt they compelled TO make, but
oil its heroic denizsas were bayonsttsd. Lamar was
beautiful man, sinsularly like . woman, but hs
had all the fierce Of the reeatsr and died sup
pressing every moan cry. His wound was . bad one
and he must have suffered terribly. From Lieutenant
Colonel Towers VI obtained Richmond paper, extracts
from which are published below.
GESEKAI RRooKs.
General Brooks Is generally rumorsd TO b seriously
wounded His brigade Of ysrmontsrs behaved like vsts-
rams in the several engagements between Gaines Hill
and White Oak swamp. The same indomitabs pluck
tha6 nsgassd the charge across the dam ct Warwick
river marked their In the tight 81 Godngs Farm.
Savagss and white Oaks The loss Of this brigade is
perhaps than thAt OF any Of the brgdss OF Smiths
division.
nm PROVOST xAH2AIb nooes,
Commanded By Major John n. willard, were Or
incaousbls service n maiAtaing discipline on the
day OF the battle. Thsy collected The tired straggsrs
and skulksrs and cent them 70 their several rsgL
Othsrs who could not b. turned over 70 their
commands, organized BY Of the essrs Of the
Guard and made do guard service In the fight
.. Charles City Gross Roads
TIN nRsr MAINLAND BAIrnY,
Captain wacot, commanding did nns execution IN the
eight 1t White Oak Swamp. They posted on the
brew Of HILL and sgnalizsd themselves, among mum.
Der Of batteries posted around thsn for skin in the
handling Of their guns general soldery dsmeanor
GESKaAL H'cALL-
There E doubt expressed to the loss Of General
Mccall This gal,an. officer had his horss-a spirited
black stallion-sh,t four places during the nght of
Friday His coat was also repeatedly by bullets
and his trsmblsd for his safety he persisted
riding hitler anil thither, encouraging his men, The
gallant nght of these may be traced entirely to the cool
ness coocs5ness of their commander He hes bsen
the victim OF neuralgia for long time but has fulfilled
his duties unhnchlngy through evil and through good
report General Meade also of this division mentioned
FOR distinguished courage and activity. He reported
elsewhere a. taken prisoner.
REsKL OFFICERS pIsGUIsED
The rebel officers disguised by questionable
and obscure costumes that perhaps the several
gagsmsnts thsy fewer officers than Our o1cers
contrary. individually clothed that they
prominent marks for bail hence the great
taity In this respect Our troops say that during the
whole fight they saw no rebel officers.
RUsa's LAsczss
Rushs regiment Of Iancers did good service not
only in the fight Of Friday but in the subsequent
rences Of Savage's station and White Oak swamp. IN
the battle Of Gaines Hill they charged little to the
south OF the old mill. upon Alabama brigade.
and threw their long handled ances with terrible effect
IN many cases emitsg the rebels to the ground by
nisrclng them through and through. The scene wit
messed when this fine regiment charged may well be
historicatheIr long ances upright their red psnnant
streaming and the riders, Ike many avengers, bend
Ing forward to make ths plunge.
view FROM THE BALLOON
Prof. Lowe describes the whole battle OF Friday al
Witnessed from the balloon, grand and picturesque
beyond the compass OF language. The evolutons Of
bataons the chaotic OF men. the rapid shift.
ing OF events, the great veil Of smoke occasionally
lifted from the field though The gods above
had deers to see, and the fearful
picture behind the combatans, whore 1.-THE ground had
been fought and ated with bood-a these
elements upon which the looked like the
habtant OF . remote planet, and when his weary vigil
over, down to the gross, groaning earth
10 poadsr and fear. Tho rebels had also raised bal
loon-a faded tattsred snairfrom which they looked
down upon the field The two regarded each
other much two bmarine divers would do hay
ing looked through telescopes for considerable time
turned 10 their psrches not . whit at ease.
BRIGADE.
Tns most frightfu slaughter occurred the New yer
soy brigade, commanded by General Taylor. Colonel
Tucker OF the Second regiment dead Col simpson, or
the Fourth Lieut. Col Hatch of the Fourth Major rney
brother OF General Birney, shot through the bowels,
Major Pyorson, OF the Second killed MAJOR Hatfield Of
ehs First shot In the head Adjutant Farley formally
connected with General Garibaid wounded seriously in
the head Tho First rsgnsnt into ection with 6s5
men: lost IDS. The Second lost upwards II 200 men
The Seventh into action with 700 men, aud came
out with TO- The Third had only four eompan os engag
The brigade went into action with $500 bavo-
nets and cannot muster zoo All this loss
occurred on Friday, between The hours or Ave- and
seven p NJ and does inclode any subsequent ssss
that may have happened in other battles Col Torbert
Of the First regiments is safe, having been sick
with . fever. He rsde upon the isli lettering
me psyssYLvaMax RESERVE coRrs
fought on Thursday, Friday, Saturday sGnday and
Monday each and all Of the leading fights and their
losses are terrible In all they behaved like good
and gallant soldiers and the Commonwealth they 70.
present nothing In common with them Of which she
may not be proud The did not lose
one hundred and ATTY in the engagement Of Thurs
day at Mschaniosvls, but after tbs fight OF Friday
they reported tho almost incredible loss OF twenty
| hundred mon. The subsequent encounter must have
raised their 10 four thousand, and this 10 con.
tanned three generals including Gen. Meade, several
coonels majors captains &C., representing every par.
Of Pennsylvania Among the rumors aGoat ON the field
Of battle when ws len on Tuesday, was one that
General Mccall had been Killed. We understood.
from what seemed TO BE- reliable quarters.
that Gen. Meade and Gen. Reynolds were missing
AYRu AND uorT's BATTERIES
These two grand batteries Of Cen. Smiths division
tbas have figured In half score engagements were
never deservsdly prominent than during the late
crisis. Not only In the two agh,s before smiths divi
OF Friday and Saturday, but 81 white Oak Swamp,
they covered themselves with glory Captain Mott
loved his pieces 90 many children and their loss At
White Oak on Monday made him almost wild He rgvpd
vxheslg from