The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-27
Advance on RichmOnd

1fcC2elldn's Hcdd2uurt,rs, June 25, Epenin9. -
General Hooker. at nine O'Clock this morning, ad-
Nsncsd his division with the view Of occupying a
new position. The resilt was, that his troops met
with most determined resistance from the enc
I my, which lasted until four o'clock In the aaer.
- n, but the rebels forced to give way before
the invncible courage Of our men.
DurinS the day everything Indicated 3 general
engagement but tie enemy, for some other,
backed out oft Tao troops all fought gantly NJ
, ever. The loss our side will be about two hun
hred killed AMI wounded. The following are among
the wounded
b Col. Morrison, volunteer aid 10 General Palmer,
: wounded in the hand capt Rafferty,, OF the "a
Excelsior regiment, wounded ia tho leg.
! : The loss among the officers Of the 1T Mlssachu.
set,s regmont, which suffered the most, is rs fol
lowe;
Capt. wild, wounded in the hand. Capt Carri.h,
Wounded In the breast; Capt. Chamboiain. wound
ed in the face; Lieut.. Thoinas, wounded In the
erm, manipulated; Lieut.. Dalton, wounded ia the leg
Our killed is small, most u our men being wound.
"a The less Of the my is not known, but 1t ii
believed to lie equal 70 our own. The camp Of tie
sebels, In front OF General Hooker, was captured,
Arl is now oc ,upied by Lis troops. Tie ground
fought for was u swamp with thick undorbrush,
bsrond which ID an open country. The woods In.
Ieryenins between our troops aud tie enemy pre-
vented the result Of our artillery firing being
known. Napoleon ~ Founders, under Capt
D. ssy, succeeded in getting through the swamp
d tao afternoon aud did excellent service. An
eHo .fthe enemy to capture them resulted in their
being driven back with severe loss. The result Of
today is highly important n the health Of the army
- 1t little more ground is 10 be gained t. rlac,
Our troops beyond tho swamp. Gen. Mcclellan
hVss present during the whole day, experimenting
eli movements.
Washington, Jane 2G.-A dispatch received at
tLe War Department, this afternoon from General
Mcclellan states that the affair Of yesterday wa,
perfectly successful that We hold the new picke,
tne undio,ulbcd, and that all Ia very quiet on th
tnnk OF the CLickahoniiny.
TuE AEMY OF viRoEsIA.
The forces under Major Generals Fremont, Banks
; end Mcdowell have been consolidated into one
T. Army, ca,ci The Army OF Virginia, and Major
Genera! Pope has been especially assigned by the
President to the chief command. Tho forces under
Den. Fremont constitute the arst army corps to be
eommandoi by Gen. Fremont, Tie forces uu lcr
Gen Banks constitute tho second army corps, AID
are to be connlanded by him. Tie forces under
Gcn. M,D,well constitute tho third army corps, to
~ commanded by him.
McCalps division, ten thousand strong which
formed part Of McDowelvs corps, has reached
Mcclellan by water, and smother division is to fol.
dow immediately in tie same way, while Gen. Pope
will also operate against the enemy at RicLm md.
Besides McCalls division, Gen. Mcclellan has re.
ceived other reinforcements 70 the amount Of sew
oral Thousand since tho battle Of Fair Oaks
City Point, Va, June 26,-Last evening, one Of
bur gunboats moved up and shellod the rebels on
sbe Petersburg road, but without any casualties On
sno side Of the rebels according to their own ae-
count OF the affair.
..bhe Official lists Of the rebel losses at the battle
D. FIs Oaks have been published. Eishty-fve regi
N ysnts and battaons in all engaged, sustain
w . loss Of killed, wounded and missing Of D, 500
MOVEMENTS PREVIOUS TO ABOVE.
The Fair Oaks correspondent Of the Phiadephis
SSaurREn, under date OF the 2lst, says
About six O'Clock last evening our plcl.cts In and
n Ground Williamsburg stage road, were attacke ed
wc two rebel regiments, the End North Carolina a.