The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-05
The Battle or thc aJst cf Juno.
. CAsr N TnE Woops. June 18Th, le6s.

Ta the Edi.ors NJ tks DssYstea
n IA little rcmnrkase that in ait the accounts Of
he hea skismish THAI orccsres en- Vedr sdss
last on tho ilIiamshnrg road, where The battle 81
"s;evcn piynes" occurred the 3ist of May, No
mention has been made OF the noble brigade con.
maused by Briga,iicr General Robert Ransom. Jr..
of North Carolina 1 have no id-n in The world
that the press Is disposed to do injustice 10 any
OF the brave ncu who are self sacrsciHgiy de.
voting ,hemselves aud their all to their eonntry
10 turn the Geld shoulder of siltacs 10 their deeds
Of vaior; AMI trust you will permit the world to
know u portion OF the history Of thai battle.-for
IL was hatile--that Ia yet unwfittcn.
Gen. Wright began the fight, and was aided by
Gen Malone, and the troops they had IN the fisd
behaved gaiianfly; and II must he andeF'oSt.
therefore, that what write Il not to dctract Ill tae
leas: from their Just fame; but Gen Ransom WAS
in il also, aud though the Yankees have found IL
ont 10 their sorrow. our own people nj nome nave
vet 10 be informed oI n. On Tuesday Gen. Ee;t
som commenced moving front Petersburg, and his
br,pase being o+e cf thA iTgeS in tn. f7iee, ii
was not until daylight Wednesday iaorfiing
that /, reached Richmond The 2,'th regiment, un
der command Of Col. Hutcdge, was The last to ar
rive, and they Gid not march out of Richmond till
after breakfast "Wednesday morning. They were
iust ahead of the General and siatf.swhe followed
oh rs soon as the General dsu!,l call by Gen. HUI
gers headquarters and report and receive orders
Barely had Gen RANSOM reached the ground where
two OF his giments Che 9th aat 3oth} were en-
camped, when he hesra firing in front, and spur
ring forward, found that three Of bis regiuenis--
suer ;lud ,he 18th, Colonel Rh;iedge--were with
the two h,igades previously mentioned, engaging
.te chemy IN Il desperate fi~ht. They had reached
the ground .atgaed and jaded but iEe heroic ne
they sailed in and fought like veterans The 18th
had no less than FIVE regiments opposed ~ it. End
had stand fire, but they bore it like heros
and finally drove ID. whole brigade Of Yankee
scaunres from the field. The loss in this regiuieBt
WIS heavy. aud several officers an,ang tho
killed The ls;h was on the extreme left. aud
though more ferts,ua, than the 18th in The uSses il
st'stainea pressed the foe and poured heavy and
continuous fires upon him, TIL t'ey finally drove
him back. The .soth did NIT stop its,rching from
the lime they left Richmond till they stopped i'm.
media,ely in from; OF the line Of battle t" throw off
their knarsachs aud commence firing. They went
in with a perfect vim and behaved galiantiy
throughout the day Their loSs not very heavy,
| and the majority of The wounded are but slightly
| so The fight continued through the day and part
of the night. and in the afternoon the 2ith, Colonel
Clark. 18th. Col. Vance, and s1,h Col. Ransom,
were ordered down Gen. Ransom being on the
| field directed their movements in person Through
the whole afternoon the nusketry WAS terrific, and
| the MIME balls whistlin- hy US constantly,
while now and then shell would explode within a
hundred yards and less OF TIE position occupied by
| the General. The Yankees bad their sharpShoot-
up in trees to pick off officers, and the
| drc1s plainly in the OF their lines
| and they fired constantly, but aimed badly. onr
men Were much more exposed. than the Yankees,
but the dead they left the eid shows very plain
| ly that our men. though fewer in number. We're
cooler and more fatal shots. Our forces, notwiih
| standing they were opposed by overwhelming
force dri not Yield an inch, hut held their ground
| through the day and through the night also, the
General and staff sleeping in the open air upon the
| field.
The three regiments last named 24th S5th and
26th ordered into the front lines about sunset
| and as soon as it became dark, the Hessiens in
| large force attacked theni,' shouting aud yelling
| like Indians; but many of them will never yell
! again. and the whole of them We're t1ios driven
back (for they repeated the experiment and dared
not make third attempt. These latter demonstra
tions were made against the Goth, Col. Vance, and
the 3oih, Col Ransom. They threw she'll and
grape. however. repeatedly during the night. and
| grape shot was found the next morning within a
| few feet Of where the General and his staff had
| slept during tue night About daybreak, on
| Thursday morning, the enemy opened fire again
and this time all along the line Of the two regi
mcnts named above, and the 24tl., Col. Clark But
they could not stand the return gave them
having learned too much the day before about their
eXpertness i'll the of frearius and the uEtiinch-
ing manner in which they stood up to their work,
and therefore retired large number of prisoners
were taken, and the Yankee scol,nslrels not only
left their dead but their wounded also, upon the
field, and even committed the dastardly act OF iir
ing men in the afternoon. mhic they aoerc eic
ing them mdteT. 1t is indsputabe fact that the
Adjutant Of the dsth was stopping down TO give wa
| ter TO of their wounded men, when the black
! hearted vandals fired on him. and forced him TO
| leave bis canteen but the wounded man, more
honorable than his comrades sent Ii to him after
wards by another wounded one who was brought
| off, he himself refusing to be taken away saying
| he knew he had to die, and his own friends
would not move him, he not willing 10 trouble
US, and would lay there and die.
This brigade, General and all, has been in con.
stant duty ever since its arrival, sleeping in the
open air, and having skirmshes two or three times
| day aud night all the time. The lasi occurred
| late this afternoon, when the Yankees took out
| leaving their dead scattered over the whole field
not harin9 buried single man, fromt!e first day to
| this time. The woods in advance is dense mass
of smoke, and there is no doubt they have burned
every thing and put cut for "the other side Of Jor
| dan" RIP VAN WJNEIE