Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-02
CONGRATULATIONS.
PaII Aeeoaats from corresPondent
On Ghe Field.

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- EsTers SD rasss dssers5sed battle
vas foszs. IN The right 1isz of the Arny
o. sSe P9t01ss n T5asEtGg sad PrIdsy.
tie zsth ssd ZTta fastAst, EEiea Il claimed
b soGe Of oar o5esrs AZ = E7srsE5fal
ssrateZIe sao-soest. IstS Which The enemy
have gsE5;iisgly bees dr4Ha. sad Hbieb
sIii soos rssgit IN the espf5re 81 Rse5nsod
- vel AZ fse entire army.
sIhe sttaek Eas made By The eseBy 10
ils1aroas force, who crotsed the CbieahO2-
inv river. cesr The railroad. ab0Te Mechza-
ieETIiie, % TnnTz1zy aftsroooB. and fought
ds42erat-IJ, BAT we're sasbie 70 Dive or
men bsek single rod from TIER position,
notwithstanding tAzt ne had 70 contend,
10 an Hrsqazl eonbst, TiIb nearly OF quite
ten 20 one
''Tbe only forces epEiged o. t5at day
VS. IeCaifs diVifion, Which Eas located
% the opposite side Of ssAna2y rsrine,
absut = mile and hEif back from the
CbieabomfaI river.
ifTbe bAttle lasted from aboat until 9
P. n. ghes the eseuy d1eU on. reaeTiag
the stfaSk az the break Of day, EnI after
several bouFs Of hard fZbipg, GeaerAf
HeCElI'5 Division tas 0TABed 70 faI lack.
The soldiers, GspPoEiDE that the order Was
given from fear sf being oVerPozered, ,
said they eoEld hold the groaad. and begged
tisat tbs order might be eOantsrmanded,
which Vas reiused, and they yielded with
great reluctance.
t4GeneraI Mcclellan WAS on the field
daring the afternoon and mp 70 = late
hour A. night, directing the movements,
and expressed bimseif well EstiE5ed with
the result
f.Oa Friday morafsg commenced WHAT'S
called the fstrategie moyemeut,' which. It
Il hoped, viii be = success, aithoagh Al one
time it nearly proved fatal TO large por-
ton Of the army.
.BeioE give the facts Of the two days
battle 81 gathered from personal obserTa-
tiOn, and from various other sources. but
which, as IS always the eaae while the battle
Is raging or Immediately after, are imPer-
ieet, Ia Consequences ofthe eonaieting state
ments Of persons located - different points
Of tae field Of operations"
TBE EEBELs ATTACK OF THuRsDGY.
sOa Tharsdsy, shout noon, the enemy
made al attack upon Gen. StoHenan's
forces IN the vicinity Of Hanover Court
House, probably for the purPoEe Of seeom-
plfIhing "a ut-haukiug movement or the
right, and 70 engage orr attention IN that
direction. Shortly AfterIard they com
msueed vigorous eannonading from the
works situated on an eminence opposite
NechsniesSilIe, about one and half miles
distant; also from t=o batteries, one above,
and the other below.
aThey we're replied 70 by Campbeil's
PenusYlTAnts batteries on picket duty, one
on the MechanicsEiile road, and another
from behind esrthWorks at the night Of 4
grove"
TIE KEBELs CROSS THE cHcKAHoNnxI.
aAbout two P. II. the enemy's fafautry
and Bquadrons Of cavalry crossed the Chick
alominy in immense force, short distance
above the Virginia Ceatral Railroad, max
ing rapid adtsbee, through IoEiaDds sad
forest, toward General AeCalrs division,
who were entreuched on billy woodland
across a sWampy ravine, about mile IN
the rear Of MeehauicsyilIe"
rART or FHE PENHBYLYASIA BUcKTAILs CAP
TURgDs
1.-THE FIRST PennEylVauia Rifles (Buek-
tailsl and Campbelrs Pennsylvania battery
were on picket duty, all Of whom, except
one company. fell back behind the breast
works a6d Ffhe-pits, where line Of battle
was drawn mp. Company & Of the Buck
tails, who were on pieket beyond the rail-
road, were surrounded by the enemy, and