Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-06-14
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE IA, 1862.
OLD SERIES, VOL. %, NO. 3S.
bore themselves well, and shared the dangers
in advance of their men.
THE REBEL COMMANDERS.

bore themselves well, and shared the dangers
in advance of their men,
THE REBEL COMMANDERS.
The Rebel Generals commanding in this
engagement were Generals Longstrcct, Ro-
ger A. Pryor, HILL Bronx, Howell Cobb.
Rains, Iluger and five others whose names
| could not learn.
a STAGE AND FOUR HORSES CAPTURED.
A small party OF our men accommodating,
met an omnibus drawn by fom fine bay
horses, on the New Bridge road, going at q
speedy gait toward Richmond, and contain
ing two officers. Driving the horses were
two contrabands. Lieutenant Lee cried out
tor them to stop, but no attention was paid
to the summons, and he ordered the men to
fire. One of the officers jumped out and
made good his escape in the woods The
other was shot as he had his head out of the
window urging the contrabands to 30 faster
The driver now held up, and Lieut.. Lee
mounted the box, first placing the negroes
inside, in charge of private Boyd, One
hundrcdth New York. The Lieutenant
brought the stage safely within our lincs.-
AS 1t made its appearance, emerging from
the wood on the Williamsburg, where but
few hours ago the enemy were disputing our
advance, it created the most intense excite
ment and curiosity among our men. Many
supposed it was sent down by Gen. Nc
Clcllan, from Richmond, with the news OF
his occupation of the city. The stage is
comparatively new. In size and shape il is
about the same as our Broadway stages,
perhaps triilc lighter. From the fact OF its
being built by John Stephenson (paintcd
on Il panel on the insidc,) ! seriously doubt
if John s. has received payment for it. On
the windows. over the outside, Columbia
Hotel is painted.
THE BATTLE FIELD.
In company with General Sicklcs, Col.
Graham, Col. Hall and Lieut.. Graham, rode
out upon the battlefield on Sunday after
noon, at o'clock. The scene witnessed
here battles all description. Caissons, with
horses shot in.1 1t1lcir traces, ambulanccs,
wagons, &C., &C.. filled the road in front of
Casey's camp. There were about two hun
drcd Of our wounded still lying where they
fell on Saturday. Some Of them spoke
kindly of the Rebels saying they treated
them very well. Dead Rebels, as well rs our
own men, were lying in every part OF the
field and wood. | counted ffty-scvcn dead
Rebels in front of small piece of woods
not forty feet square. One wounded Rebel
was lying on the ground, unable to move;
q
him lay some dead Rebels. As we passed
by. he begged us for Gods sake to take the
dead men away from him. The stencil was
intolerlblc.
EUMBER OF GUNS LOST.
We lost nineteen guns in the fight of
Saturday. Not one OF them has been rccO-
vercd. The Rebels ran Il train down near
Fair Oak Station, and carried away our
commissary stores, guns, etc, etc, to Rich
moud.
The Rebels destroyed what they could not
conveniently carry away, including the new
tents of Casey and COUGHS Division.
The two contrabandS captured with the
stage had left Richmond ON Sunday morn
ing, with party of gentlemen who had
chartered the stage to take them out to see
the fight They have furnished the author
ities with much information relative to the
number and movements OF the Rebel force,
which is highly important.
EXPLOITS or col. LOVES BALLOON.
You are aware that, through the over
WhClming of General Cascy's division, we
were terribly cut up and lost considerable
ground. The next day General Mcclellan
determined, as have before stated, to regain
it, and establish his supremacy in that quar-
ter. After making all the necessary prccau-
tionary movements, and taking the. proper
steps.to move forward, he sent up balloon
TO the distance Of two thousand feet. where
it was kept, and Il regular tccgraphic com
munication established from that elevated
point OF view direct TO the commanding
general As soon as the telcgraphcrs were
ready they minutcly described the location
and number OF the cncmy's troops. And as
they advanccd-tOr they were again coming
forward to charge upon What they supposed
our dCmorallZcd lrOOpS-thC operators gave
the general their force and the direction in
which they were advancing, and he promptly
ordered his troops to the proper place,
where the enemy were met, and Of course
repulscd.
The Rebels, finding that wherever they
went they were met 10y oycrWhclmin" num-
bcrs, or at points where they little supposed
they could be annoyed by our troops, the
balloon, OF course, was pointed to 10y the
enemy, and shortly afterwards they trained
rifle gun at the daring aerial general, and
after repeated firing they succeeded in cN-
ploding shells near the balloon, in fact, 80
near that it was deemed imprUdcnt to remain
up any longer in that precise location, and
accordingly, the balloon was lowered to the
ground, to lie shifted to another position
Not many minutes elapsed before it was
again sent alott, and in Il position not easily
reached by the cncmy's missiles.
The communication, thus more securely
established, was again opened, and with the
same success, the Gronauts, reporting large
bodies of troops in the rear Of Richmond
marching up to the scene of deadly strife.
The tclegraphers saw brigade after brigade
marched up from the Rebel stronghold, and
as rapidly rs they advanced into action they
were met in a style wholly incomprchensiblc
by the Rebels. To them it seemed rs ii
their boastcd God of Battle" had deserted
them, and they only advanced to furnish
food for the Yankees deadly rifle balls
Not road was advanced upon, nor a broad
field trodden upon by rchcllious body of
people but they were confronted 10y our
people. After worrying them some time
the gallant Hcintzclman charged upon them
with the trusty bayonct, and drove them
back to their citadel frightened, and suffer
ing a heavy loss in men. The sight must
have been, from their Grial lookout, one of
grandeur not often witnessed by us ground
lngs. So good was the standpoint from
which the tccgraphers saw all and directed
all, that in many instances, with the aid OF
very powerful glasses, the number OF the
regiment could readily be discovered; and
had the operators personally known or been
able to recognize the faces of persons COM