The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-11
The Battle OF Malvern Hills.

IFrom she Richmond Examiner July 4 l
The battle OF Tuesday was perhaps the iercest and
most sanguinary Of the series OF bloody conflicts that
have siguaized each OF the last days We have
already Adverted to the part played in the action by
General Jackson and others but as yet have made lit.
mention Of the operations upon the occasion Of
Magruder and the troops under his command We new
propose to give such particulars obtained on
the field after the battle.
Early on Tuesday morning the enemy. from the posi-.
ton to which he had been driven the night before
tnued his retreat In souheastsrly direction toward his
gunboats James river. At eight O'Clock A. NJ Magru.
steadily and Smelling the svamps in front as
he progressed. This method Of advance was Kept up
throughout the morning, and until four O'Clock p NJ
without coming up with the enemy.
But between four and five ocock troops reached
large open field mile long aud three wioh
on the farm Of DR.. Carter The enemy strongly
intrcnehed dense the other side OF this ed
Their artillery OF about fty pieces could be plainly
bristng on their freshly constructed earthworks At
minutes be.ore five O'Clock p. NJ General Magruder
ordered his to charge the Geld and drive the
enemy from their position.
Calamity they sprans TO the encounter rushing into
the field at fun Instantly from the line OF the
enemyis breastworks Q murderous storm of grape and
canister was hurled INTO iner ranks with the most ter
rble effect Officers and men down by hundreds
but yet, undaunted and unwaverng, limo dashed on
until two.thirds OF the distance across tho field
accomplished. Here the carnage from the whitening
fire OF the enemy combined artillery and musketry
dreadful.
our line wayered a moment and fell back 70 tho cover
OF the woods Twice again the effort carry the posi-
tion renewed but each time with the same results
Night at length rendered further attempt njudcious
iery both sides. To add TO the horrors If not the
dangers. of the battle the enemy gunboats their
position at Curtis Neck, two and half miles distant
poured ON the heid continual broadsdes from their i'm
msEse rife guns
Though il is Questionable, as We have suggested
whether any serious loss was inflicted by the gun
boats the horrors OF the fight aggravated by the
Shells which shriekng through the forests
and exploded with conclusion which seemed to shake
the solid earth itself The moral effect the Yankees
OF these terror inspiring allies must have been very
great and in this, we beece, consisted their greatest
damage 10 the army of the South.
II must not be inferred from the above that
the slaughter was all upon our side We have the best
know that the we'll directed fire cannon
and musketry both before and subsequent our efforts
to storm the enemys position fell with fatal effect upon
AT ten O'Clock r. NJ. the last gun was fred from our
sde Each $40. held the position occupied whom the fight
began and during the remainder Of the night each was
busily engaged removing their wounded.
The rumble of tho enemys ambulsncss and wagons,
IN rapid and hurried motion, did not with the
dawn. AT ten O'Clock on Wednesday morning they were
still busy, and discontinued their labors not because
their wounded had been removed but fear our adj
Our wounded carried from asld direct
ly the houses in the whence after
their injuries had been examined and drossed they
brought 70 this city.
During the morning the enemy evacuated his position
and fetreated sti bearing southeasterly direction,
and apparently not attempting TO lessen the distance be-
The battle field, surveyed through the cold rain OF
Wednesday morning, presented scenes too shocking
before mel toned were, the western side covered
with dead in all the degrees OF violent mutation
while In the woods on the west side Of the field lay,
about equal numbers the blue uniformed bodies OF the
enemy.
Many Of the latter still alive, having been left
by their friends their indecent haste to escape from
the rebels.
Great numbers OF horses we're killed both sides,
and the sight OF their disngured carcasses and the
stencil proceeding from them added much 10 the oah
horrors Of the bloody field. The fields but
recently turned by the ploughshars were furrowed and
thousands Of round shot and unexploded shell lay
upon the surface Of the earth Among the latter were