The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-10


enemy back nesry mile, taking from him no less tnsn
strossly nsrsDebsd lines. Two Of tbsm being lines
three hundred OF that Ewels oss being
hundred and Heth's estimated Al about one hundred.
os%e;s ssS W IN pierced {, sa sarsvs nc m % ssss wSis
leading hIa brigade into action. Amoug the wounded
Sa Sns y an.S va1 vsHa ~
and Colonel Berry, sxseih Georgia. were also wounded
Il seems Gordon, who led this flank movement,
discovered . swamp, across which be charged This
swamp the enemy supposed TO be impassable. aud
mont in that direction Our msn frs, drove
10 the enemys limo OF skirmishers; then pressing
hem wo caused their fret line OF battle 10 give oack
rapidly by the vigor charge without the firing
OF gun on our sde the enemy firing feeby On our
renohsd line sSs Sbs VAS " prosessd by
stockahes, 30 close were our The heels OF tho
nss ss worked n Together In pulling down tho
brcastworks along with the enemy The enemy dared
nos rs Or rear % OF - sn1anS @ ns own men AZ we took
enemy who now made stand and fought us until night
All the troops engaged in this Hsht acted well, and
especially that far and Justly famed Sonewall Brigade
under the lead or its commander tho gallant Terry
The position from which we drove the enemy was
naturally worry strong and rendered douby 80 oy very
and parallel limos and limos running yery way. aud IL
seems marvel how they were driven from their
position
The force which we thus pus hight. and OF whom
c,pturcd gcody number. belonged TO Warren's
Fifth corps Five regular regiments nre represented
among the prisoners tho Second, Ninth. Fey.
enth, twelfth and Fourteenth We also captured the
commanding officers Of three Of thomCaptan McKib.
bcr the Fourteenth Captain Penn Of the Second and
another ofncer whose name forget. These officers
seemed little nothing about themselves, their
great anxiety appearing to be to learn something about
Besides the i've hundred we'll Yankoos, some Hfty
wounded ones were captured, nearly all Of whom were
wounded in The back il is also related by an ofaser
that passing over one Of their oicersa captainhe sup
posed him 70 bo dead CHANGING however to look back,
IA cnA q daQd
supposed hcelug u rcarwNrds. ~
While this warm work was going on in Eweil's front,
Pickett and Fields skrmish lines heavily engaged
with the enemy and there also considerable shelng
i also reported that the enemy attacked Ioke near
pulsed with considerable slaughter or their numbers
side suffering little nothing.
OF twelve guns in position the extreme right and hay
ing sheed the enemys position, advanced and occupied
the heights near AcCeans bridge, on the Chickahominy
During This advance BrEadics General Lane severely
wounded 10 the thigh.
This morning about sunrise the ball opened again,
principally Longseets and Stokes 'front.' and for three
hours the enemy continued to assault onr lines. Each
time, however, they were most galantly and success
lost of the enemy reported be very heavyndeed
IL is believed that the eDey have lost to-day not less
than seven thousand mon, whilst scarcely bo
one twentieth Of that number. The principal and most
repeated assaults have been madc on Kershaws front,
time. ss' d
sion, formerly McIAws has successfully driven back
hs H1s ss so rev
Al time this morning, the enemy having
made most vigorous attack upon Brecklnrdse, .
portion OF his command was forced back Finnogan.s
floridians, however, at bounded forward with
yell and regalned what Breckinridge had tempo
Red's battalion were for while taken, but Fnnegsn
captured them General Finnegan himself was sghtly
wounded, but did not leave the field General Law, OF
Tield's DIVISION was also wounded this morning, in the
eye, not, however, dangerously.
as ns and dv.on on
left, but repased by our skrmish line.
Since morning thcre has not been much lighting, but
heavy skrmishng and artillery firing has been going on
all day along the lines Grant has evidently been rein
forced from Butler and seems to be contracting his lines
NY inior@a.,on, derived from wh.. deem sood au,ho
rity that Hcth and Rodos had been but slightly as-
later information however represents that the assault
Rodes and cth very vigcrous and that we liter
ally piled up the Yankee dead in front Of these divisions
Lieutenant General Ewe has been sick but s now 70.
covering His corrs for the last ten days, has been un
Tne battle ground 20 day has extended rom and
half miles 70 the left Of hechsnc,vIs 70 Mcclsllans
bridge, distance OF some seven miles.
GRANTS main Efforts today haye been directed against
BATus FIELD, NEAR G,Nxs' MILL,
Heth's division participated with Ewe ia tho fight
yesterday capturing two hundred prisoners Among
his wounded was Brgsdicr General Kirkland. slightly
The battle opened at sunrise this morning, about ton
vile road to Mcclcaus bridge making the line Of bat
tie miles long the enemy making the attack
The heaviest lighting "a reported IN Rodes kershaw's
our LOSE very slight, not ovor Ave hundred In killed
Some estimate 1t as high as ten.
The enemy a. one time broke through Brecknrdge's
however quickly up, recapturing the artillery and
taking ono piece from the enemy. Brcckinridge lost
probably two hundred prisoners.
Tho heaviest fighting was up to eleven O'Clock since
then there has beon heavy cannonadng ami ncessant
Generals law and Finnegan slightly wounded. The
latter did not leave the aeId.
THE BATTLE OF COAL HARBos
From she Richmond ESamner, June Al
We fear that Lieutenant General Grant has resolved
meut, and that the Army Of Northern Virginia viii
one day as il had upon tho 10Th Of last month in the
county OF spottsylvana. II heIcoud bo provoked 10 let
vokod on yesterday when he had every opportunity
that could, under any circumstances, se desired by
On thursday evening he had been attacked 10 his ln
trcncbmenis Three lines OF breastworks had been
h rvh ,hs n p mnor,on nas,an baa pss
taken, which forced him from the high ground on our
cft and bent his own right back TO the amunkcy Here
was alton Observers OF Grants career anticipated
glorious field day on the merrow, But the
anticipation was fulfilled in partial manner only.
There was. indeed, sharp struggle yeslorday-the
most sansuuary fighting which has occurred since
the 18th Of May but general engagement involving
the whole forces OF either army, stl lees decisive
50 far as We arc now informed tho affair OF yesterday
was an attack By me @ enemy my - great 0rie 90 Ta nc SS
energy. II must be admitted that Grant has i'm
parted on some occasions impulse 10 Yankee troops
which no other federal general has yet given
TO them. But neither this, or on any other
OCCASION has II becu tho be,tcr for them or
for him. They rushed up yesterday morning with
deep lines, aud succeeded, az At spottsylvania Court
House, in bursting one part OF the Confederate
breastworks. Two guns VI an artillery company from
Richmond fell for a moment into tho cnemy's hands,
after fifteen officers and working the said guns, had
been killed and wounded But the result was different
from that similar Incident at epottsylvania Court
House. There the Confederates recovered neither
the guns the augle OF the brcastwork which
was taken. But here our troops wore so rapid
" rallied aud reinforced tnat tho Yankee
success wholly vanished before they could even
raise a choer They slaughtered shot out OF the
trenches iu the brefcst tpace Of time the guns were
certainly recovered unspiked unharncd, and are now
m Confederate hands, The rest of the battle was repe
titIon u charge after charge-some say they were
brought up timcsbut they never got 10 again. ana