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Correspondence % tho SavanHaa Ropu6iiean' ?
III. second Great Battle Of Cola FAR
sor nnd Guincs' Mill. *
AnaY or NuRrnehS|&lgGISIA, ~
Battle Field OF Culd Harbcr, =
Jane 3. 4pm.
A gracious God has given The Confederate
arms another yictory--a victory that is al.
most bloollesS as to. them, but ie'trtuily fatal
. 20 their enemies. The annals OF medern times
farn:sh no parallel to the battle OF tad;y--
st, sl;ci,t has !,aen ;hr loss CT The one sue
and 50 eren, haa been tina sl~u+ hter On the
urh.r. The anemy have bc"n aughtrrcd py
,housands. willie Lees veterans have hardy
received a scratch. IEns else can we explain
these strange results except upon the theory
that Heaven has alnied upon cur arms ana
wrought mischief among our foes?
4 brief resume of The operations whicr
preceded Inc great battle Of TO 'lay, will ens-
HE lie res'icr to accompany me IN tue EUR
rild narrative here presented, and 10 under
sta,r! clearly iha movements OF the hsstie
arnlcs.
As you are aware, the-o w:s hesvy s';,F
m'siias anrg The lines ON "Wednesday, lae
lst. Eerly in the morning 6f that day Ker-
shaws and Coke's divisions attacked the en-
a,pY ami drove h;:s To bis entertainments
Noke. WHO is reporting to Anderson, moved
IRON Old Cold Ilarbot, end Kershaw from
the vicinity OF Beuiah Church, their object
Icing 10 secure certain position, TO ne ns:d
either in attack or defence, as otcasioa Eight
require. ;,
during the afternoon tha o7cmy atiacktd
H.lh. OF IIi.rs corps, and VS. hsnS"ne':
rcpuised hy Uocke's AID h'rt.'a@ds Mort"
Carolina br;gades Brcckr!idge, III" re-
por.s to He'll, and Malone, commah,ing An
derson's old. division, dre7e the enemy from
their front, taking about ore hundred ana
fifty prisoners.
Whilst these movements wcrc being made
below, the Federals pushed forward heavy
column of cavalry f. OH Hanover Court liouSe
Ia the direction Of Ashland The ncn werr
provided with ten days rs.ions, showing that
they had started out On a raid, probably ,W..h
the hope of beiuc able to reach the Danville
railway, or .. least create q diversion .! isgGr
OF Grant. Hampton, who has been placed
in command Of all the cavalry OF tire Army Of
Northern Virginia, was prepared Tor them
however. They reached Ashland, and had
begun to destroy tue railroad tack at that
place, when the Confederate horse attacked
them and ,,roye them back to the Pamunkey.
General, Rosscr and Pierce Young played o
conspicuous aud important part in the ohs!l-
1s.e battle that cnsuei Gen. Young, COM
.nanding Ha;np.on's old brigade, received q
severe though not mortal wo1ud. The enemy
lost heavily in men and animals. Our own
loss was considerable. -
Late in. the evening a49rco of infantry WIS
repoltstso h.o -,i5y,., IS Tn:! ta,S s;s:.ion
from the White House, and to be cxteE';las
up the York river railway. They a:n'ei inst
they belong TO Buffers iorees the hjec! of
their moyamcn: being. aou"'iess, to c"rnect
with Grants left wing and open Tie va to
the Chickahomiuy.
During these operations in the morning,
Col. L.. n. Keitt. whose regiment The 10th
South CaroliHa} had just arrived and been ct
tached TO Kersl.aw's old brigade, received a
mortal wound while leading the brigade, from
which nc died Yesterday. No braver spirit
ever gar. his life Cor the liberties of his
country.
Yesterday, the 81. perfect quiet regned
along ths limos until ) o'clocl-in the aftern3on
whom Early attacked the ener,y il nis works
! /. - fIn,r l,In lInpc
of en.renchmcntS. Hoth, Of HIS corps, par
ticipated in this good work. While the at
tack was being made in front, Gordon moved
around and took the enemy in flank. Sc Wig
orously did our troops press tho flying foe,
that he was unable to make stand B. Eiad
his second line OF entrenchments, which they
entered pell me-! with hin. Early's loss will
not exceed goo, while the enemy's was heavy,
including 1C0 prisoners, taken chiefly by Cor
don, Rodes end Heth. nearly all CT whom be.
longed to the Z. s. Regulars. The Stonewall
Brigade behaved as it was wont to do in the
DAYS ofits 6rst grea, leader. Whilst our loss
was slight in numbers, it was great in fact. in
shat it includes the brave General Doies, Of
Georgia, who fell with his feet to the foe and
his face to heaven. He enetred the service
in April, 1861, and from that time forward he
: served his country with azesl andsk worthy
ofall praise. ~
This was on our left. On tie right, about
the same hour, Breckenridge, supported by
> Wilcox, was ordered to assault the enemy on
Turkey Hill aud wrsst it from him. This lie
aud N ilcoz did in handsome style; m thus
On important position was secured in time for
the great battle which, it WAS then evident,
cold not be much longer postponed.
Cure enough, with the early dawn this
morning came tue boom Of cannon and tie
sharp rattle Of musketry. Grant made
furious assault along Our whole lines exceit
on the right. The Cpnfederates had thrown
up entertainments or brcsstworks Of logs and
earth during the preceding night and day,
end were prepared for the onset. Early oe
cupied the left of the line: having Heth, Of
Hills corps, on his extreme left; anderson
held the.centre, and Hill tie right. The
lives were "a irregular crescent, covering the
battle field Of Cold Harbor; ana extending
from point somewhat above and in advance
Of Beulah Church in n southwestcrly direction
m tba v;c;nitv of McfHuljsn's brdun Ovcr ihn