The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-17

| TIE GREaT Ba TILE on TIE gCHTCKAH0GISE
Tie roak Of artillery is still ringing in our
ears n ne ii. down 10 record the most ,renen-
doas slaughter that has ever taken place op
this coatssens--a slaughter as far exceeding
that OF Thursday. The lssh, as the slaughter
OF Tharsd 81 the 18th. surpassed every other
fisld Of sssnsse.
The haasse sosnmcassd yesterday morning
for tie pss.sssiou Of the Grape visc, or, as 4.
is soaacsisass called. MccIsllau's Bridge, over
the Chiekaiiou.iny. ], is the sasps by which
MccIe!lass wisklre~ his troops when ;het were
defeated ii shc t.oublc baltic OF Cold Harbor
and Gaiaa AfM Had Gran, succeeded in Oh.
,aia;ng lscssso,S of this bridge, he nigh: have
passed .hs Chiekaho'r,iay and established him
seif in Mdslellan's old fassnesscs et this side.
II was ;as pajees sf General Lec TO prevent
bin. aaa be accordingly took possession Of and
fortified shr position formerly held By MeClel-
Ian. Tie arerad on which the basslc was
fosgAt mo tho sane with tha. on which The
battle Of sgs vas fought. But .hcsposi.ions
were rcssssrd, We holding MeClcllan's and
Grant hcssihg Lees According TO The ac-
counts of prisoners Cant oa the night OF
1hnnaas caused quart Of whiskey 10 be dis
,iba.ed 10 each Of tho soldiers. and abopssoar
o'clock yesterday saosuiag. hasiag psinacd them
wcll Tor siss wOrk, commenced aa assaul. upon
Eous worls gcralsei again and agsin. with
uppssretsa slaagh.hss, no constantly No.
newea ths attack sish srcsh isoops, sending his
uea ap eoaamas ion desr aud, ID great
part. se aspnk si,ss sissy knew acs ~has shey
.ssrs al,uas and pressed On with saa H,oss feea
lsss aasIaeisy. Nothing eoula rsssei sbe soolusss
sish aiiicA :heswero received lbs or ssp.el,ss
who asng Ishiad shssr areastwosks rod saf.
sssris, lIssIa. sss,ss .lssa dora III slassaassls
. ssllsss:sll sles sssapI
firing III 10 saany tnafss o'esosk tie action
erasesl along ;he whole line, oar troops having
rspaised ths eacsns, Sho lsfs several Thousand
hshi,i him. dead or wounded. on sla field,
and declared that the slaughter far exceeded
.l.a. of The 18TH Of Mar. Macy oi the Yan.
kees were SO drunk that they satnbled oser car
breast "a o,ks. and were either killed or made
prisoners; others after firing sl,eir gans could
no. reload them. In word, siie drama Of the
la,h 81 May was repeated 10 sha lssies. Our
lines were considerably aasauced IN conse.
qusues OF oar Success yesterday. Doubtless
The cacny ail seek to drive ~ back, aud an
ether gepera hattie may ensae. We have rot
beard how many prisoners aud snns wets Ia
ken. In battle Of this soa, where !, Is the
ot9ec. OF oncpassy 10 defend hrrasswosks, sad
of tho other 10 capture ihsm, many prssonsss
arc ncs nspaily taken. We saw about shoa-
aad, however. pass down she ssreas Yesterday.
The most marvellous thing abop, shis battle
10 the small loss OF our army. AZ Is O'Clock,
we learn from unacab!ed asahori,y ,longsNccs's
corps had mol loss hundred men in killed and
wounded A tew hundreds will coyes our
whole loas- Since New Orlean. shen Gen.
Jackson said, scarce sprig Of cypress was
mingled with The wrcashe OF Laurel" ,here has
bean nothing liks this. When The Yankees
occupied those same lines from whieis we have
jes. repalaod them with sach ,erEiblc slaugb
we drove them from them. Al ,ha, time they
wesc suaeh stronger than they arc now. This
faI alone would be sufficient to show which
ara the best trcopA Devouily thankful should
the whole Confederate States be to thai Prori-
deHee whch has watched over Us in this grca,
crisi., aud under Him TO tina. brave army, aud
thai great General. who have turned our day
OF trial into one Of joy. Especially ought we
to held The latter dear, for the skill which has
eon.insed to accomplish such mighty enter
p;ise with 90 little less.