The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-10
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
Tn. Battle on Friday

The Battle On Friday.
THE sKBsL DETAILS OF TUE rIGHrrNe-LARoE MIN
HRR REBHL GENERALS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
From the Richmond Examiner, June a.
Not c3ntrary 70 general expectaton-for the rumor
the public mind for news Of shock Of battIs-tht
morning yesterday ushcrcd in by tho and thun
citing Never there heard here such tremendous
artillery rngt filled the heavens, and the very earth
seemed TO culver beneath its heavy roar From I've
the beIchng forth their thunder in the most terrific
spirit and with scarcely an Interval OF five seconds The
sound wss quickly caught up and the city was all astr
esry hour supposing that the great battle had
been joined by the opposing armies
The morning woro on, and for many long anxious
hours nothing could be heard from the battle ed Tho
scene but few miles from the city, aud tho firing
attested that the struggle was desperate and terrific
The anxiety grew intense this account but still
nothing TO be heard but the Deep continual muttcr.
ing Of artillery. Persons vainy inquired the news OF
each other, bat sti nothing II apparent that
our army was too hoty engaged in the struggle to be
despAtching couriers 10 The The work going
on but the result for the time was LEFT for rnmor and
pcnse with great patience and with mistaken and und
minshed confidence 10 our army and1ts noble leader.
FROM HATr1E FIELD.
Soon came the dsgs OF victory The hour Of anxiety
passed About one O'Clock came the FIRST bulletin
from the front announcing the signal Of
army. The despatch Official, and was dated "At the
front, line o clock" The following is its report
An goes well We repulsed the enemy with in.
actng heavy !oss In front Of Hoke and Andersen and
Tere hss been sharp ashtlns suce lye ocok There i
was stated that the enemy had been driven and
pulsed at all ponisihat fields division had repuscd
them in six attacssihat parts OF Brcckinrdgss and
Hokss divisions had repused them In three attacks
our right near Gaines Mil, and that We were driving
them AT all points.
Such was the news that irst came from our army
Though barren Of detail was enough to slay anxiety,
and TO prove concusivey that our army had won tho
ea, nght People cared not ,or tne %e a. 70 trouble
know that the victory was with US
About tho samc time that this news was received OF
through the city OF the capture Of immense num-
bers Of prisoners, stores artillery wagon trains &c
OTHER AccorErs FROM TIE BATTLE riEID
Reports and rumors continued to flow in from the battle
aeld through the day. one could hear almost anything
he kcd wild and exaggerated were the stories Some
represented that Grant and his whole army were annih
lated and wiped out but this received rather too
high an estimate OF our victory.
We couverscd with number Of our wounded brought
down Yesterday but little news was be derived from
them beyond the general fact that he Yankees had been
whipped and driven at oil points, They seemed TO be
able 10 give very little Information beyond what occurred
with their immediate regiments. They represent that
the .nsht, which commenced Thursday evening, con-
newed with increased fury In the nght Of Thursday
evening the Yankees driven successyey from three
lines q their intrepchments,
assaults upon Kershaws line, and repused
each tme with loss on side Of not moro than thirty
The accounts we have been able TO gather are mesgrc
and ffagmentary. The battle we have summed up. 10 a
word was ABOUT this'-Ine enemy assautel our lines
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cept Brecknrdgcs 'front.' whose lines they succeeded Ia
breaking aud capturing two guns OF battery killing and
woundiDg fifteen mon az the two guns. our rsn were
rallied however, and drove back the enemy with
great slaughter, and recs ptured the guns.
Captain Lnthicum, OF General Hunton's stan, 10 re.
ported killed. Lieutenant 3 c. Jones, also OF General
Hunton stan, Was wounded Captain Woodson, Leuen.
ant Robertson and Lieutenant Evans, all of the Nine.
teenth Virginia, were killed
We had an unusual number Of our generals wounded.
Among The nurbtr reported 10 hear ~ General Lane,
ROUNDED severely in nigh shot by shdphnty. General
Rfrtidnd. sliohdy; General Bdp very dQhny, Gcneyal
F,naegdn, slightly onI General lars
THE LOSSES OK BoTH siDrs
Tho battle yesterday and the evening before was
desperate and bloody one for the enemy. they we're
moved down like grass M they charged our forti.
ncations gentleman who has been through the
tells us that he never saw q feld 90 liter
ally strewn with dead Yankees We hear OF several
mates Of their loss but the most reasonable one ard
made by gentleman who tho ned, thinks that
could not have been lees than six thousand In killed and
wounded.
Our oss was comparatively slight most OF tho fehting
having bscn done by behind breestworks, n IL
thought that II win net exceed some Ave hundred iu
killed and wounded. great portion OF cur wounded
were but slightly Injured.
GENERAL LKE's ARMY.
ARMY oF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, I
Mean GAINES MILL. June 2. 1854
Yesterday evening about four O'Clock the affair hay-
lng been previously arranged Gordons ana Rodes' di
visions of Ewells and HELMS division OF A. r. Hlll's
corps, executed tank movement The onemy's right
near netncsda church on tho Mccnancsyllln turn Ike
tsaWNr tD ina sfHhN