, 1862-06-07
Correspondence Of the New York Times.1
SEVEN Pines, SIX miles from Richmond, |
A1-sa In ,ass1

forming in position to the front Of the wood,
the rehe1s opened rapid and heavy fire upon I
ing about six. Among those wounded at the =
first fire Of the rebels was Lieut.. La|rla (for-
merly an aid to Gen. sickles) and Capt Nolan-
The fire Of the enemy Immediately became {
simultaneous along their entire line.
The New Jersey troops fought splendldly,
leading and firing without hinching from their
position. Gen. Sickles' regiments did great
execution, advancing at every fire upon the /:
rebels masked by the wood However, IT Wa5
plainly to be seen the enemy had every adVan-
tage, and it vas resolved to clear tie woods at
the point Of the bayonet.
Gen. Sickles rode along the front Of his men,
in the midst of an iron hail which the rebels |
poured IL, and gave =, orders TOR the I'd 1eg1-
No sooner was the order given than the men
fixed bayonets. Col. Hall ga11antly led the
cbarge-onc Of the most brilliant ever made in
any 6attze. Not q man shiraed or struggled from
tie ranks.
The rebels presented strong front to the
cleaning bayonets OF our men, not hundred
yards distant.
As the I'd advanced on the double quick,
cheering and shouting, the rebels held back
their fire until our men were hardly one hun
dred feet from their line, when they fired a
mu1derous volley into the ranks OF the I'd
It proved too loW, and feF were killed or
wounded.
Immediately after the rebels fired this vol
Y.
wood. 4 few of their bFavest remained to re- /
sist our passage, but they were soon moved |
down by the steel front Of the gallant I'd E2-
celsior.
Major Herbert, Of the st]1 Alabama regiment,
was taken prisoner at this time. His horse
had been shot under him, and as he fell he re-
ceived shot in his side. He sprang to his
feet, however, almost instantly, and seeing
several Of our men in front Of him, mi5took
them for some Of his Owl regiment.
Lpt1f1 feyrc hn ot3t hf1f fAJ
corrected his mistake by presenting their bay
enets and demanding him to surrender, which
he did with al1 the grace and finish that an
original secessioni6t, as he afterwards lnform-
ces. The rebels made two or three attempts
to flank us on the left, after retreating from
their centre, but they we're beat back with
| great loss. our troops pursuing them for near
| Il two miles.
Richardson's brigade, before the enemy's
! vas hotly contested by the rebels. The 18th
| and 5th Excelsior regiments we're sent to sup
| port one Of Richardson's batteries, but before
the battery got in fair working order, the enc
my began to show signs Of 4 retreat. The
rebel officers could be heard distinctly, urging
the men to fight, but they won1d run away.
The Irish brigade fought splendidiy, and rout-
ed the rebels 1T the point Of the bayouct.
None Of our forces On the left flank partlcl,
pated in the fight. The rebels were defeated
ind driven back by Hooker's and Richardson's
| divisions.
Adyarced parties secured the woods On both
sides Of the Richmond road, and succeeded IN
capturing nearly 200 Of the rebels, among
them three licutenantg.
At II O'clock the firing on both sides ceas-
| ed. Tbs rebels had fallen back to beyond our
original lines, leaving guards stationed to
watch our advance aud also to bring their
f wounded off the field.
The enemy were driven from every position
I they occupied by our troops. The u1ain col
] nmn rested mile in advance Of their position,
at the commencement Of the fight.
, At about Il o'clock General Mcclellan rode
} | up to the front, accompanied BY his staff aud
, | body guard, and met General Hein.zelm,n IN
, seated at the foot Of tree where his staff
, | grouped themselves, resting on 5tumps OF
i | trees and logs. There was the Prince dc join
c Vile, Count dc Paris, and the Due de Chaftres,
E forming select group Of three, conVersing
: quite arimatedly in French, and the othel
members Of AlcCie1an's staff Joining in with q
E "They tight on Sunday always said ths
D Due Ge Churrres, aliuding to the rcbels.+
0 At q little after one O'Clock Gen. Mcclellan
: mounted his horse and rode along the line 0
r Lis troops, back and forth, until all the sol
q diers had good opportunity OF seeing him
:, .stic troops with greater manifestation Of de
). light than was Mcclellan by his army, show
l. ing that he possessed the confidence as vel
J. as the hearts of his men. They leel that the
il Qll:EL ever De victorious uuu1T LIE Su1QA1CE-
n Prisoners continued 10 be brought in yer
IS Elst, we had captured nearly fivc hundred
.e | They we're Immediately hauded over to Pro
/, vost Marshal Young, OF Gen. Hooker's diyif
4 ion, who selt them properly guarded t. Helm
e Many Of them wcre dressed in new clotlle;
le captured i'll Clsey's camp-a large supply hat
Ill ing been sent up to Ca6rY's division fe'
1T days'before the battle, hut had not been di:
a, tri'*uted to the men. The result was that tt
! had 1aGr onrSH fad 1aS 1ryrrp .,1
he | Eomc-spun, dotted their forms in our gente
Il. ! uniforms. This was the cause of many SCI
) ? | ous mistakes, our men unfortunately mi5ta
" ing them for our OWL
te 4 STAGE AND FOUR HORSES C4PTrEED.
-, 4 small party Of onr Men reconnoitesin
~ ~ met an omnibus drawn by four hne bay horse
~ ~ on the New Bridge road, going At speet
n gait toward Richmond, ami containing "
~ ~ officers. Driving the horses were two contf
~ ~ bapds, Lieut.. Lee cried out for them To $50
.s' ,@ hut no attention was paid to the summon
= aid he ordered the 1nen to fire. Oae Of the OF
~. e,.rs jumped out and made good lila escape
=: | the woods. The other WAS shot Is he had
- - head out Of the window urging the cont1
~ ~ hands to go taAter. The driver now held u
- and Lieut.. Lee mounted the box, first p1aci,
~ Tooth New York. The lieutenant brought t
~. stage safely yi'hin our lines. As it 4dc
-. appearance, emerging FROM the wood on t
'u ra W3ll'n1nshurgh rosd, where but few hou
,e ago the enemy were disputi"g our advance,
~ crt ated the most intense excitement aud CT
~ ~ oeity anorg our men Many supposed il "
n,y sect down 6y Mcclellan from Richmond vi
a,s the news Of his occupation OF the city.
~. - stage il comparatively uew. In sig and sha
+. it is about the same as our Broadway stag
has rn being bnilt by t'John Stephenson, New York
s;e "a; {psin1ed on panel on tue inside I srrou
! ~ doubt if John 8. has received payment for
49, ~ Oyer the windows, on the outside "Columt