Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-06-13
From Gen. MoC oCieilan's Column.


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From Gen. MoClellan's Column.
The following address was read to the army
on Tuesday Evening at dress parade and was
received with an outburst Of vocifcrous cheering
from every regiment;--
HEADouARTKRs, ARMY or THE Potomac,
June, 9, 1862
Soldiers Of the army of The Potomac:
have fulfilled at least part of my promise
To you. You are now face to face with the reb-
els, who are held at bay in front of the capital
The final and decisive battle is as hand Unless
you belle your past history the result cannot he
for a moment doubtful. If the troops who la
bored so faithfully and fought so gallantly at
Yorktown, aud who 80 bravely won the hard
fights at Williamsburg, West Point, Hanover
Court House and Fair Oaks now prove worthy
of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours.
The cucrtS of cUery day prouo your sUperioritV-
Whercuor you have mel The enemy you hare beaten
him. Wherever you hare used tic bayonet he has
givoa ,pdy IN panic and disorder. | ask of you
now one last crowning effort. The enemy has
staked his all on the issue of the coming battle
Let us meet him and crush him here in the very
centre of the rebellion.
So'diorsl- - will be with you in this battle,
and share its dangers with you. Ourconfidence
in each other is now founded upon the past
Let strike the blow which is to restore peace
aud union to this distracted land. Upon your
valor discipline, and mutual confidence the re-
suit depends. Gro. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding
McClellan's Headquarters, June 5.-A severe
storm has ragged since Tuesday, lasting the
whole of yesterday. The Chickahominy rose
to an unprecedented height. The trains from
the White House TO the battlefield were dean-
ed and the telegraph line prostrated
All information shows that the rebels suffer-
ed terribly in the late battle. All carts, furni-
ture cars, Omnbuses, DC, We're impressed for
carrying the dead and wounded from the field.
Hotels and private houses are occupied as hos
pitals.
The rebels opened with artillery this morning
from five different points opposite New Bridge,
to prevent its reconstruction. Three of our bat
teries replied causing the rebels to retreat after
hot fire of two hours. We lost one killed and
two wounded.
New York, June THE Fortress Monroe
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, under
date of the 5th, says, from City Point l learn to-
day that war vessels in the James River
above City Point, have run the batteries at
Drury's Bluff and il is srumored that the Moni-
tor has passed through the obstructons, sinking
the rebel gunboats about Richmond. Ifthis be
true the Monitor is at Rockets.
number of powerful gunboats have been
sent up the river during the past two or three
days, and our fleet before Richmond is quite
formidable, consisting of at least sixty vessels
which are armed with the very best of naval
ordinances
The following statement of the loss at
battle Of Fair Oaks has been received at
the War Department:
ain Summers 2a corps killed 1888;
wounded 694, missing las: Heinlzelmans
Sd killed 259, wounded $50, missing $50
Keye's 4th killed 44s, wounded 1854, mis-
sing 92l. Grand total killed, wounded
and missing $3.50. A list will be furnish
cd as soon as data can be found
MCCLELLAN"
Tho Richmond Dispatch of the 5th
states that the rebel loss in the late battle,
was 5000 including five Generals, twenty
three Colonels, ten Majors, and ffty-seven
Captains. The Dispatch complains that
the federals can at any time cut off the re-
treat of the confedcrates by seizing the
railroads at Petersburg, and intimates that
the retreat TO Lynchburg and the noun
tains was the only one left them.
New York, June lo.-The U. S. trans
port Eastern State, from Hatteras brings
1852 released prisoners.
| W W oohInS tOu PSSlhl W ln0 Ool says
The rebels are urging the exchange of Gen.
Buckner for Gen. Prentiss, and promise to
release Corcoran and make an equal ex-
change of prisoners if Buckner is given up.
The statement that the rebels have 2OO,-
900 men at Richmond is believed to be
false at the War Department.
A letter dated the 4th, 10 the Phiadel
phia Inquirer says our troops have buried
over 5000 rebels at Fair Oaks. Prisoners
continue to be brought in daily. One rcb.
e General was taken. He still refuses to
give his name.
Our troops have been within three miles
of Richmond on reconnaissance.
A letter to the Express dated near New.
bridge, June 9th, says: All the army, ex.
cept Porer's and Fanklin's Divisions and
reserves, have crossed the Chckahomnv.
A Washington letter states that official
intelligence to the Navy Department says
no rise in James river occurred sufficient to
carry our gunboats over the distractions at
Fort Darling.
HEAD-QUARTERs MoCLELLAN's ARMY, !
June lllh,
Richmond papers of Monday contain ac-
counts of a skirmish near Harrisonburg, 10
which Col. Ashby was killed. The same
papers publish the names of the killed and
wounded in seven rebel regiments, making
total of $50.