Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-07
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LATER rROM ZEE NOnTM.
The YANKEE GENERALS REPORT OF THE
LATE FIGHT
GEN. BARKsDALB, OF MISSISSIPPI, KILLED.
sICKLEs LOST A LEG.

PETERSBURG, July 6-Ehe Philadelphia Inquirer OF
the 4th, has bos received here l: contains General
Meade's official despatch to the War Department, at
Washington, dated July 2ud, II o'clock P NJ, which
says:
"The enemy attacked me at O'Clock this afternoon,
and after one of the seve!es contests Of the war;
repulsed at all points We have suffered considerably
in killed and wounded. Among the killed are Brig adler
Generals Paul and Zook. Among the wounded are
Generals Sckles Barton, Graham and Warren General
Sickles leg amp1tated on the field. We have taken
a larga number of prisoners"
General Meado's second despatch, dated o'clock
| Friday morning, SAYS: The action commenced sga0 %
early daylight upon various parts of the hed The enc
n.y. thus far, have made no impression Upon my posi-
ton All the accounts agree in placing the ertire rebel
| army in position, in our 'front.'
rbe prisoners We have taken report thai LongsreetS
ard Hills forces were much Injured yesterday, and
many general officers killed. The dead body'of Gen.
BArksdae within liues. We have thus far about
sixteen hundred prisoners and small number are yet
| TO be started"
The correspondent of the Inquirer says is reported
that General Longstreet killed. The rebels SD
held Gettysburg at l P. N. the Sd instant Our loss
is very heavy That of the rebels cannot be far from
twenty thousand and the Rght was st going on Fri
day. The rebels so far, have been rePulsed in every
attack, and the fight wa, still raging.
Gan. Lee had GENT in Gag Of truce asking cessation
of hostites fer two days to bury the dead General
Meade refused to gran. it.
The Inquirer says breathes freely after reading Gsn
| MeadS's dispatches.
Vlcksburg had not been taken at last accounts The
intelligence from Brashser City is confirmed in the
Northern journals.
From the Baltimore American Of the Alb.
mi :. 4 49,,
he Army of the Potomac, though they do author
izs US claim decisive victory, are such "a TO give
ground for and hearty c0ngra ustion, and to
brighten our hopes for the future The battle has
Ii uad for three days Snd whilst fought by troops
on the defensive has resulted in the repuse of every
attack made by the rebels. The battle Wednesday
was somewhat unexpected, and was fought by very
| small portion OF our army against superior force of
! the enemy The bravery Of the troops and the able
| management Of the corps commanders eTricated our
troops from their position, aud inflicted quito serious
a loss upon the enemy az we suffered ourselves. The
battle on Thursday, though Listing only four hours
is described as one Of the most terrific Of the war
Our army closely msssed IN a strong position part
" to the South of Gettysburg The rebels esorted
their flvorte tactics and massd their troops fora series
Of desperate assaults upon our LEFT These assaults
met by our troops with frmness and every point
pulsed Again and again the rebel masses were thrown
against our lines and both armies surgei back and fol-
ward in desperate strife, but each successive struggle
resulted ayoraby TO and at the close of the engage
ment most of the field of battle in possession
The artillery firing both sides is said have been
among the heaviest Of the war; andthe loss each side
is heavy. We have lost many officers, among them
Brigadier Generals Weed, Cross and Zook. Msj. Gen.
Sckes also was wounded, and has had his leg amputa-
ted. Prisoners captured reported that the rebel Gen.
Longstreet has been killed. The body of Gen. Bsrksdae
of Mississippi was left by the rebels Ell the field. A
reserve force Of $4,000 Of not engaged
al in the battle and Gen heades strength has before
this probably, been increased by the arrival of Gen.
Ffench's force nom Harpor's Ferry.