The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-10

Il ecdy ri the snsray ma6s their way through
The ~osds"n i1hMk. Lieu saaD Fec ie.,0,
esspsrste,y over the hsld 70 And Gen Uoueh,
that hs might Get an order tor the Tenth 10
move, end % save IL. Bat shs gallant fellows
exertions wefe VAIN. Hsn. Couoh was in the
away to be reached In t',as. Col II ieas wa.
In formed OF the approach OF this BODY: bot
Is he knew The position that Peck's rexim On "a
had held, he deemed the report incred.ble. and
60 There they were, not only in the woods,
bu. throuGh IL. and gro ap order ccuid be nj y.
ca they delivered their IRE full In the rear Of
the To tn.
4hsY FAD TO GIVE WAY. But 1osnlD AsAIs.
Uttsr confusion was the result Ths rgi-
mert broke but IL proved isself to possess
that power which has been denied TO volun-
tsers. and claimed ~ the especial attrtbut u
Of old and su.cailsd "rsgaiarR AoldisIs, name.
ly. the power OF rsgsneraticH. IL was rail-
lied, and became once more complete regi.
ment With only those ont whose bodies lay
noon the fisld. Nay, they Gid 1t repeatedly.
Four different times thsy were broken on mat
day. and four different limos the gallant 10
was rallied and went back into the nxHs. List
some regular regiment beat tnas.
1zEY AGAIN 90 FORWARD.
Thus reformed, the 10Th went back into the
rifl pits to the eft Of the road. But the lei:
now restsd upon others. Kenrney was In and
At 1t. Berry's brigade, ard portion O.
Jamsson's, row held the lsf., and the lOth
was soon called aclOss to take part In mo bit.
ter struggle at that point. which was then
our right. bus which, ~ the exteusioa OF our
line, to the arrival Of fresh troops on CON
sidss, eventually became the centre.
raR EsRsY RsIsYoRC8D AID AsAIH ALvAHc1
After she brilliant fight Of the 2Si Psnnsyl.
yania, which We have described above, the
enemy brought up large reinforcement OF
fresh troops, aEd advanced ayaia In the same
good order that had been observed In his line
throughout the battle. Millsr's bat,ery-a
splendid battery Of Napoleons-formed In a
field In advances Of the Nice-Aile road, ar d
tore the rebel ranks terribly until che rebel
artillery got the exact range Of 1t, eEd hit the
pieces every time. Thea II Changed it, place,
and Brady's battery (farther TO the right Kept
up rapid Ere. Soon the sch New YOrs, the
Tin Masscch usetts. the 1st Lor < Island, the
1st Ohasssurs. the '6ist, 3lst, 80 !, and l02d
PsEnsyivania, the SD New York, and the
l0th Msssac huse.ts, were all holly eogagad at
the advancing line, and sill il came on. It
seemed as II nothing could stoptt.
SIGHTS AID SOUNDS.
Tho scene ct this time was awfully mag.
nificent Tie faint smoke CT :he IL usketry
FIRE arose lightly oil along the ltnsy just 20
that the heads OF the men could be seen
through 1t; au den gus:s OF intense white
Rmoke burs: up from the mouth OF cannon nil
around; bullets shredded the air, and whistled
swiftly by, or struck into trees, fences, boxes,
wagons. or with their peculiar "chuch'' into
men; and far up In the DIR ahells bnIst into
sudden fisms liss shattered stars. and passed
way in little clouds Of white vapor. whilo
others filled the air with ghrill scream. and
hurried OH to busat fer in ths rear. Every
second o: Tina had Its especial toss. and
evsry inch Of space was pacss. with dsad.
HOW IT sTooD ON III. K16Hr.
1t seemed tina. The enemy's advance was
checked, for he was fairly stopped In the
suampy ground near the Nine Milo road; but
he had gained too much to give 1t up easily
and he tried again; and again our line gave
way Toe lsl Long Island broke; but two
Of Jamesou's regimeIts--ths 67.h and $50
Pennsy lvania-would have mers than re.
trievsd 1t. Col. Campbell, Of tns h7th. was
soon down; but Col. Hayes, OF ths t3 l. by his
heroic example and desperate end SAVIOR. kspt
the man in their PLACES, and Inspired All
abound him with noble en- ulati0n i yet TIE
fire was fearful; the regiments sesmsd to melt
at this poiDt 1t was that the brave Ucvens re.
csived his wound. Hardly man rensined
mounted, for every horse was shot, and tn
regiments were thin ned-thtnped terribly
but fsw brave man stood there for theil
country, and KEEP: their places.
WHERE WAS BIsSEY7
Birnay's brigade, Of ksarnsy's division
when Birney advanced, had been ordered t.
advn1c9 by the railroad In full tii1s to have
reached this poin. OF our hardest fight Hat
he reached Ii, is fresh lroOps, poured IN aItel
the hard fight already mads, must have turned
the tide, and ia, Enemy would have bee1
halted. Fatterson's brigsde, ordered In 4
Birney's lett, went through the SWAMP,
woods and almost impaSss BILE thicket, ant
puahed Oh Still. ehils birnsy, With .air, DIR.
road, and the fgh. NOT mile away, halle,
and sat down.
our MEN ORDERED BAoK-rHzY KKEr IN ooo1
CRpHR.
II Is not certain that oUf men would no
snll have held tao point, bat row they Were
ordered to fail back, and fel. back. rail;iul
aud forming as they went, 10 that ,hsy kaye
ground and kept their order. Tbs fight In
that part OF the field on the Williamsburg
road for tina. day ended q few hundred yards
fur ther Oh. For hour after hour the enemy
with cont!nusd accession OF fresh troops, had
pushed Is ca, and aow. after hs he'd pushsd
US IN lie, we still went Il Oh ding him, slap By
step. and In good order. His impulse wal
spent, and hs stopped. He occupisd cur campi
thas night with troops that had not been IL
action.
GEN. COUCH CUT OPT.
When the snsmy finally forced orr position
on the Eine-biile road. The greater para 81
COUGHS division Tell back In the direction Of
the Williamsburg road; bat the General him
self, with u smaller body, being nearer 70
Fair Oak station, fell back across the rail.
road, and was thus cut CT from the army
Ass)on as this was ascertained be prepared &c
N axe the best OF II. He examined his posi-.
ZION carefully, sent men to beat up all the
roads, and especially along the New Briass
road, to sect Sumner might not bs near. The
force with Coach wis found to consist of four
regiments-th First N. York Chasseurs, Dol
Cochrane; the Sixty second N. York lander.
son Zouvss) Col Rixsr; the Sevsr ia Aassachu
sets, Col. Russell, land tho Thirty- first Penn.
sylvania, Col. Williams, and Brady's battery
Of four pieces. His position was In largs,op.n
asld, in an angle between the railroad and e
road that runs from the Fair Oak station
northward towards New Bridge. On tbs
west was dense wood. from which tho en-
the south was the railroad ard q fringe Of
wood through which they could cross for q
Il INK attack. Whether he had any road FOX
retreat, the q General did not yet kuow, so hi
formed two lines OF battls--oIs toward the
railroad, with a ssc ion OF Brsdy's battery
supported by the Massachusetts Seventh; an
other towards theWoods 10 the west, with
toe other section Of the battery supported By
Pennsylvania End the First Chasssurs }orme<
close in tie edges of the wood, under cover o
rail fence.
sEDswIcx's DIVISION coAIEa.
i4ieut. Edwards, who had hidden down tn,
New Bridge read, came back with word II .
SeIgWiIk's division was only two milk away
Couch knew that he could hold his grouns
till they came, 20 he was saved the misfOr
tune Of defeat. They hurried on and came q
at haltpast i've o'clock, Gen sral SUM or Will
them. No change was made in COUGHS dis
positions, save in the comparative strength
Minnesota. Dol. sully, was formed on tn
right OF tns Unasssurs, md Rick ats batter,
Of MapelsoL's To the lefs Of the Thirty. Arsi
All tue rest Of the division was formed on tn
line towards the railroad.
TIE RKBDLs AGAIN ADVANCE.
Shortly after six O'Clock the enemy ad
Vancsd through the wood on the west, in Whe
foi c. cannot Do said with certainty. Prison
srs report it At sighs thousand As We cauxh
two brigadisrs. tbs numbers are perhaps Go
ever. stated.
CUE BATrRx1Rs oPsX TfxR WITH zYFSoe.
Al soon as tae line Of the enemy . nd yanc
WAS known, Kicks:ts battery opened ar,
tn rev grape and canister into the wood will
greet sHics BRADY was not idls, either. OG
wounded NAN Of = korth Carolina regimen
taken from tie hsli the next day, says tha
Ne fell at the 0rst IRE, and that his regimen