Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-07-17

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The Battle of sunday, June so---Ker-
. shaW's Brigade in the Fight.
BATTLE; FIELD OF JULY 2.-T shall give
your readers asbrisf outline Of the actioh
which took place ou,eSunday, June 80
To our division (MoLaws') was assigned
the right.of the railroad. This division
consists Of SemmeS and Kersbaw's, bri-
gades. When We passed through the en-
campments of the enemy. now rapidly fal'
ling back, the sight Of the immense amount
of property destroyed convinced our soldiers
that a0n to Richmond was no longer the
war cry OF oar foemen. One mile beyond
ssthe Seven Pines" several of the staff who
had been sent ahead TO ssconnoitre, were
fred uponfroE a very extensive and strong
ly built earthwork, NEST advantageously
located. These returned, aud reported to
the commanding General, who changed his
order of advance, by directing .SemDss'
brigade to extend to the right and front,
relying upon the forces on the left of the
railroad for support, should they be
required, and directing Gen, Kershaw to
send forward his battery, (Kemper's.) Be-
sides the field pieces Of the enemy, they had
large siege mortar. Kemper, without
delay, brought forward his guns and open
ed upon the earthworks So rapid and
accurate were the discharges that the ene.'
my abandoned the, position, and, ,sas the
South oarolinians advanced rapidly, with
their skirmishers, under charge Of Major
Gaillard, extending far to the. right, they
discovered the foe hastily retreating, and
passed over the admirably constructed
works with surprise that they should be so
readily evacuated. Here the skirmishers
captured nineteen prisoners, who we're dis.
armed and sent to the rear undercharge of
a staff officer and two privates. Cautiously
advancing, they were fred. upon from a
commanding wooded eminence, one thous-
and or eight hundred yards in the rear Of
the redoubts. The Palmetto brigade ad.
vanced Oh the left, Semmes' on the right
The latter to protect its flank, was ordered
to place in reserve three of its regiments
and send forward the. 5th Louisiana and
10th Georgia-tbe first under Col T., G.
Hunt, the latter under Col. Cumming
kemper's battery was te~ advance within
and beyond the captured redoubts, and &C.
cupy the centre. The firing soon extended
along the whole line. The enemy attemp-
ted to charge upon the battery, but the
gallant Kemper soon dispersed their. regi,
ments. as they several times formed, pre-
pairing to charge. No want of courage
no lack of soldierly qualities-did the Yam
KEGS exhibit. As an evidence of the eff
cheney of this battery, l counted 76 dead
men within compass of 70 yards in length
and not more than Is in width The
wounded were removed Kersbaw drove
back the force opposed to him, and could
his force have been increased we would
have captured the entire army. he had
advanced his left SO far that its position be-
came hazardous, and reluctantly he with
drew his advancing left on line with the
right. On the other side, the two regi-.
ments did their WORK well, and tho ground,
strewn with their dead, attests the frmness
with which they stood. -....."
The success was marked by the well.meant
but ill-tiped and unasked reinforcements
sent to Gen. McLaws-the 2lst Mississip-
pi. These, coming into position in the
rear of Kemper, ignorant of the ground, of
the location of our troops, or of the enemy,
fred into the troops in advance one round,
A better body of men than the Mississippi
troops never entered a battle, field; and had
this regiment been sent to the proper posi-
ton, the fruits of our victory would have
been much greater. The enemy were a.
gain compelled to retire. They burnt their
siege gun carriage, leaving the immense
mass of iron as an evidence of their deter.
mination to return to "hum." IT'S said
no one ever returns from battle perfectly
satisfied with himself This must necessa-
rily be true. But Carolina can find no
fault with Kershaw's brigade. 1t would
not be just to distinguish one more than
another. Though We mourn the loss Of
the gallant Darlington, and grieve over the
wounds of Goodwyn and Bland, yet there
are many others whose good fortune it was
to remain untouched, though they did as
much as the gallant men who have fallen.
The loss upon ousside was 2S killed, l69
wounded. That of the enemy was between
$50 and 500 left dead upon the field, aid
over 1000 wounded left in their hospital
which afterwards fell into our hands.
The next morning, our troops rose from
the ground, wet with rain which had fal-
len during the night, prepared to oVertake
their enemy. But "Old Stonewall' came
by and We passed over to our position, near
James River Correspondence Charleston
Mercury.
THE FLOATING BATTERY AT SAVAN-
NAHT-It is now officially announced that
the iron clad floating battery Georgia, built
by the ladies of that gallant State, is now
complete and ready for action. The arma-
ment of the Georgia consists of ten heavy
guns She will be commanded by Lieut..
j. Pembroke Jones, of Virginia.