Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1862 — Page 2

-g'*l — V CONTI NCUD from first pick. While the rebels were endeavoring to force bark our center, the left ol the column was also busily engaged in keeping the enemv from crossing the bridge over the slri am ou the lower road. The Pennsylvania Reserve* fought bravely, and their unflinching perseverance, was the only thing that prevented the rebels from gaining ground in that quarter. The enemy seemed to eoncenlrate his whole strength firs', at the center, and then at the left of our line, but in each attempt ho failed to cross the stream. Our batteries did not spare the canister and grape find whenever an opportunity offered a mo,si terrible fire was poured into the re- ; hel ranks. The Pennsylvania Reserves. : who were in the rifle-pits, kept up an un- j ceasing fire upon the rebels on the other side of the stream, and finally compelled them to abandon their original front position at that end of the line At 9:30 P. M. the firing had entirely j ceased, the rebels had been repulsed, and we held our ground. Our loss was comparatively s i all, not exceeding 250 killed and wounded. The shrieks and groans of the rebels when the battle was *-nded. indicated tiiat their loss was heavy. Ti e air was fil ed with the wails of the wounded and dying, and all night long the rumbling ol amhulxm-e trains and the suppressed voices of those engaged in buring the dead and caring for the wounded could be dis- I tindly heard. By order of Gen. Porter a stiong picket force was stationed along the lines, and every precaution taken to resist any renewed attack that the rebels might make. Gen. McCall and staff bivouacked in ; the open air upon a field situated near the : battlefield, and necessarily passed asleepless night. The silence of the night was frequently 1 broken by the discharge of a picket gun, and every one was on the alert for the enemy save the wearied soldipf, who had 1 become exhausted from the night’s eff rt, and was indulging in a short but sweet repose. At 3 o'clock the next day. the sleep- * ers '.vere aroused, and a whisper passed from ear to ear that the enemy were on {^

the move. Our men wore again formed in battle array upon nearly the same ground occupied by them the preceeding night, and everything wa* ready on our part to again flay the rebels. That the rebels teceived strong re-en-forcements during the night was a fact not to be disputed, and the event was certainly not unexpected by us. Intimations thit the rebels intended to Bttack our right, had been in circulation for a week, at least, and we had no reason to suppose that so important a movement would be attempted by a light force.— The enemy came prepared not only to force us from the stream and the Meolr'nicsville road, but also to drive us across the Chickahominy. Later in the day, j the rebel force was estimated to be not less than seventy five thousand men. — The force we brought to hear numbered about twenty thousand. Os course, to j hold our position against such fearful odds was an impossibility, and the next best thing had to ha done. At daybreak, finding the enemy was j rapidlv closing on our right flank, General Porter issued orders for the whole force to slowlv fall back toward Gaines’ Hill. This movement was conducted in the most orderly and satisfactory manner; and had I not known the nature of the movement, it would have been irapossi- j ble for me to decide whether the army

was advanciug toward or retiring from the enem-. No hasty demonstrations i were made, and every gun carriage and ' ••very wagon held its place in the column. | One accident only came under my notice, 1 which was the breaking of the trail of one of the ammunition wagons. Extra hor-11 ses were subsequently sent back, and the i disabled wagi n taken to the rear. The rear of our column, as it marched i toward Gaines’ Hill, was admirably pro- , 1 tected by Robertson’s United Slates Bat- ' tery. Easton’s Pennsylvania Battery, and i the NiDth Pennsylvania Reserve regi- i ment. The enemy followed slowly and cautiously, ns if he feared being decoyed into some trap. The firing was not rap- j id, and we lost hut few men. Good order prevailed. If the rebels were in hope* of securing a vast amount of plunder, they were sadly disappointed. On the night of the 26th. orders were given to remove all the Commissary stores, forage, tents, camp equipage, and everything that transportation could be provided for. to the east aide of the Chicknhominy. That which could not he removed was to be burnt atid destroyed All the wag ns were

b ought into requisition, and the larger pnr'ion of the supplies were safely removed. A considerable amount of Commissary stores belonging to Martir.dale's Brigade was destroyed, also the tent 9 and camp equipage belonging to Gr ffin’s Brigade. The property destroyed be-' longing to McCall's D’vision was valued at several thousand dollars. As baa been previously stated, the reb- | el force was estimated to be 75.000 men. Our forees consisted of Morell’«. McCall’s and Sykes’ divisions and Cook's Cavalry brigade, numbering altogether about 20,000, with some seventy five pieces of artillery. At.l2 o'clock P. M-, the rebel* sue-t the first shot, from a battery stationed on a hill « front of Gaines’ house. It was a solid aboi, a.i4*Ouck Ju the woods at the

! rear of Gen. Martindale’s Brigade, and between his advance and reserve col-; uinns. This slot was followed by several others before any of our batteries responded. ; At I o'clock, sharp skirmishing was: b s f.rd in front of the center. By this, we knew the rebels to be steadily advancing, ! and expecting every moment to see them make their appearance on the brow of 1 the hill before our line of defense. The; firing became more rapid, but up to this time we had not heard any volleys. The fifth New York were in advance j of the column, acting as skirmishers; con--1 sequently they were the first to receive | the enemy’s fire. At about 1 o’clock our guns began to respond to those of the enemy. The j skirmishers were already engaged in front of the center, and soon after they got to; work along the whole extent of the lines. ! Hie firing became more frequent as the j enemy’s pickets advanced. The skirmishers were at leugth called in and took j ; their position in the line. By far the heaviest battle in which the army ol the Potomac had yet been engaged, was now progressing. Little did we think as we stood two days previous in the midst of the army, that it was so i soon to meet with a reverse. The rebels i came down from Richmond in tremendous ; i force, and they fought with the despera- I : lion of madmen. 11 j We had taken the precaution the pre- ( i ceding night to remove all the siege guas s on the right to the other side of the river, j ( and then destroyed all the bridges above 1 the one which crossed just at the rear of e Smith’s Division. £ I have no idea that it was originally 1

• v -- ~ * designed by Gen. McClellsn to make a stand on the right side of the Chickahominy, but to quietly withdraw the force oo that to the other side. We had thrown up but few earthworks, only two of which ' were mounted. Five 30 pound Parrots j wtre mounted on An earthwork near Game's house, and five more 32 pound 1 Rhodemans were placed in position be- 1 hind an earthwork uear Hogan’s house. On Wednesday he opened these guns on the enemy, keeping up the fire from 10 A. M. till late in the afternoon. The; fire was directed to the rebel batteries on the bluff across the river oppoeite Game’s

bouse. The bluff was lined with open and masked batteries, and I believe that to have taken possession of (be bluffs would have required the united force of ibe whole army. This was the strong point of the enemy, and he could have held it against terrible odds. During the fire of Wednesday we succeeded in dismounting one of the enemy’s guns. At 2 o’clock P. M , on Thursday, the artillery on both sides were hotly engaged. The infantry in force had not yet got into the fight, but not many minutes elapsod before they were also engaged. At one time we could not have had less than sixty guns in practice, and the enemy had as many, if not more. The roar of cannon was truly awful. Shells were busting in every direction, and a dense cloud of smoke covered the entire field. The enemy now advanced in columns toward our center. Martinfale’s Biigade stood firmly to receive the charge, as also did the Fifli New York Zouaves, who were on the right of Martindale.— The rebels were repulsed, but at the loss of numbers of our brave men. Hundreds of the rebels were seen to fall, but their places were quietly filled by others. Failing to break our line at the first, attempt, the rebels sent over a large force to the right, for the purpose of turning our flantr. We immediately strengthened that end of the column by a change of position.

When the enemy had advanced to within about three hundred yards of our batteries, our guns opened with canister and grape. The slaughter was terriblp, and the rebels were compelled to withdraw. Not only did the artillery do good execu- 1 tion on this occasion, but also the infant- 1 ry, who kept up a constant fire. It was near three o’clock, and during the hour following there seemed to be a lull in the terrible conflict. The enemy was apparently bringing down re-enforce- j ments from Richmond, notwithstanding their force already exceeded our* by over 50,000. also found it indispensable to have a larger force. Accordingly Gen. SloI cum’s Division crossed the rtver at Grapevine Bridge, and proceeded to the right of the line. French’s and Meagher’s Brigades su 1 sequently crossed over the same bridge and took positions further to the left. The enemy had made two charges and been repulsed in both. It was now approaching 5 o’clock, and i the enemy was preparing to make a . charge an the left wing of this portion of i our force. With this view he seemed to

have concentrated the larger portion of his force on the bill directly opposite I Gaines’ bouse. He had been largely ra- 11 enforced by fresh troops, and seemed de. termined to make one more vigerou* effort to break our line. Th« rebels descended Gaines’ Hill six columns deep, and in compact order. This mass of men pave our artillerists oa the left a sptendid opportunity for practice, and when the proper time arrived, a deadly fire was opened upon the advancing columns.— An immense weight of canister and grape i was thrown among them, and hundreds of their number were seen to bite the dust. The rebels, however, were notj checked bv our artillery, and onward thev came toward our left. Gen. But- ; terfield, with up lifted hat, passed from one tottifl oilier end of Lis btigade, cheer-

_ _ -* r j-— ; irig and encouraging his men. calling upon them to fight like soldiers, and if need be die like Soldiers. The conduct of Gen. : Butei field during the whole engagement j elicited the admiration of every one who ! saw him. The presence of Gen. Martindale among his men seemed to inspire i them with double real; they fought liks men who were fighting for the noble cause j of couutry. Every man stood at his post, resolved to do his utmost to repel the enemy- Volley after voley was exchanged, but neil ther side wavered. At last the rebels poured a tremendous volley into our ranks, which thinned them out to an alarming extent. After awhile the supe--1 rior numbers of the rebels also began to : tell, and it became evident that our troops w uld soon be obliged to g've way.— The troops under command of Gen. McOall were nearly exhausted, having been lin the battle of the preceeding day, and j having passed the night without sleep, j i Our men fought well, but they could no’ ! contend against three, and come out the winner. The left wing began to fall back. The center and right of the column j were necessarily forced to do the same, ! and our entire linn commenced retreat-j ing toward the river. The enemy seized upon the auspicious moment and, with furious yells, rushed forward upon our' broken ranks. The horses attached to j the batteries on the left were nearly all shot, consequently many of the pieces had j to be abandoned. Teamsters and ambu-ii lance drivers began to whip up their hor- j i ses, and try to get up another Bull Run. j Some portions of cavalry were galloping f belter skelter, and confusion among the i

infantry would have taken place, had not the officers} leveled their pistols, and threatened s-cot the first man that ran But to contend longer wa* useless. — We had lost our position, and all attempts to rally the men for the time were ' vain. The command for the troops to ' retire in order across the Chickahominy was given, aad the regiments commen- ; ced moving in that direction. It was ; nearly dark. The fight had been desperate and the enemy did not seem inclined | to press Lard. With tbe assistance of the re-enforce- j

1 ments previously mentioned, another line 1 of battle was formed, about half a mile in ■ the rear of the first position. The object I however, was more for the purpose of ' covering the retreat than for renewing the contest. The battle was ended. MOVEMENTS OF OUR LEFT WING. Early in tbe morning of Saturday our j enlire force which had been engaged the I day before, left the east side of the Chickahominy and crossed over to the opposite side. The bridges, four in number, were then blown up, and batterries were planted on Trent Hill, to command tbe river below. At 10 o’clock A. M., it was discovered that the rebels were crossing the rivet at j New Bridge, from the west side and were ascending Gaines' Hill in large numbers. From this it was inferred that they intended to rnave arouud towards Bottom,* Bridge and cut off our railroad and telegraphic communication. That they bad not done this before wa* surprising, for they cerlaiolv had free access to that portion of the Peninsula. No attack was made during the day. The enemy were probably engaged in burying the dead and attending to the j wounded. They had not only their own but ours to attend to. We were obliged lo leave our killed on tbe field of battle, also those of the wounded who were not able to walk away. Generul McClellan bad removed his

headquarters from Trent Hill on Friday morning and had located in a field near j Savage Station. In tbe afternoon Morell’s Division left Trent Hill, where they had been since Friday night, and marched to Savage Station, around the railroad and tbe Williamsburg road, and proceeded over a road tunning between White Oak Swa m p and Bottom’s Bridge. On Saturday night orders were given ! Gens Franklin, Sumner and Keys, whose forces held the center and right of our , line on the west aide of tbe Chickahom>ny, to destroy everything in the way of Camps, Commissary stores, ammunition and hospital supplies that transportation could not be furnished for, and to gradually withdraw their forces toward Savage. Word was also sent to the wounded 1 at Savage, for those who were able to > walk to move immediately toward Carter’* Station, on James river. All the 1 Atnbul nces belonging to tbe army were brought down to the station and filled 1 with the severely wounded. But trans- » portal on could not be provided for all, >f and about 300 were left to fall into the o 1 bands of tbe eoemy.

At 12 o’clock, midnight, the transportation train—the head of which was across the railroad, on the road crossing the railroad at Savage station—began to move toward Charles City, following the direction taken by Murell's Division iu the afternoon. The transportation train was preceeded by a long line of artillurv. j Gen. Smith wt.i ordered to hold his positioa on the Chickahomtny till the train was at a safe distance, and then to follow, actiag as a guard to the rear. At about daylight on Sunday morning, Gen. Smith began to retire over the same road that the transportation train had j taken. Gens. Sumner, Keys and Heintzlem&n, also began to bring their forces round so as to make their front extend at right angles with the rear of the wagen tra n.

I As soon as the enemy discerned the ! movement he began to ,e ““ 1 did not press hard until later in the d y On two or three occasions the rebe s | made attempts to flank Hooker and Kearney, but they were unsuccessful each : time. The retreat was conducted in peri feet order. The m ain body of the army was now at Charles City, distant Irom James river, , by one road six miles, and by another fif'een miles. During the day the Eighth Illinois cavalry, commenced moving toward James river. Keys’ corps brought up the real of this column, and reached » point two miles west of Carter’s Landing j ta an early hour Monday morning, with-, out meeting the enemy. The other road, which was nearer Richmond was not so free from the rebels. In the morning, a squad of cavalry j was sent out to reconnoiter, and found the J enemy in possession of he road »l “ ! point five miles from James river. He did not know their strength, but concluded it was not great. At 7 o’clock in the morning, the pick- ! ets brought word that a squadron of rebel j cavalry were coming down the road to- ! ward the Charles City Road. We sent up two pieces of artillery and planted j them in a concealed position, so a* to 1 command tha range of the road upon which the cavalry were approaching. — w en they had come sufficiently near, a volley of csnnister’was poured into their column, which caused him to retreat in a most precipitate man ner. A number, were killed and several wounded. General Martiudale’s Brigade then marched up and occupied the ground at

t; the point where the two roads meet, ij At about the same time the column t j moved on t e fifteen mile road toward James river, More l’s Division, McCall’s - j Division and a large amount of artillery was sent forward to open the way on the j i upper road. This they succeeded in do-: ' ing after having several slight skirmishes j with the rebels. They were obliged to move cautiously, however, and did not | reach Turkey Bend till alter the column [ that took the long route had reached the point near Carter’s Landing. A train of wagons was then sent forward on the six-raile route, and was fol-

i lowed by infantry. Geu. McClellan arrived at Turkey Be.;d on Monday morning. Wh»-n I left the ground the new posi- j tion to be occupied by our force was not made known, but. I presume the right of the line will rest on the Charles City road. T 11 E E AGLE. JA. J. HILL. ::::::: DECATUR, INDIANA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 186*. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. — FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, ; JAMES S. ATHON, of Marion. roa TREASURER OK STATE. MATTHEW L. BRETT, of Daviess. FOR AUDITOR OF STATE, JOSEPH RISTINE, of Fouutain. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, OSCAR B. HORD, of Decatur. roa SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, SAMUELL HUGO of Alien. COUNTY TICKET. I | EOR REPRESENTATIVE, P.N COLIIN3 FOR TREASURER, C L. SCHIRMEYER. FOR RECORDER, W. J. ADELSPERGER. FOR BHERIFF. '| JAM S STOOPS JR.

FOR COMMISSIONER, Ist DISTRICT, CONRAD REINKING. FOR COMMISSIONER, ?D DISTRICT, JOSfAH CRAWFORD, 1 ! More 'lroops. The President has cal ed for 300,000 additional volunteers lor three years or during the war. Governor Morton in response thereto hat issued a proclamation calling for an additional regiment for each congressional district—eleven regiments —and six batteries of artillery.— Tbe regiment for this district will rendezvous at Wabash Town, where tent*, uniforms, arras and equipments will be furnished. Enlis’ed men are entitled to 825 dollars bounty in advance, and an advance of one month’s pay on tbe or-1 , : ganizati >n of their companies. , Every effort is being made throughout! I the loyal States to hasten the enlistment of troops and get them into the field at an early a day as possible. Indiana has j heretofore taken the lead, and it is to be j hoped she will be tbe first to fill the re-

quisition. We hope measures will be taken to immediately raise a company in this caun- 1 ly. Who will take the lead? The Loss in tke lime Battle. The latest and most reliable accounts of our losses in the late battle* place it at 15,000. The rebels captured several of our siege guns aud some forty pieces of light artillery. We also lost about 5000 * prisoners. i The rebels acknowledge a loss of 30,- . 000. and one of our Generals placed it at j 75,000. Ilia thought it is not far short ‘ of 50,000. We captured some rebel artillery, the number of pieces not stated. . i and took many prisoners, but were com--0 pelled to release most of them rather than ■ i be encumbere ) with tlieunm the change oi position. 0

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Ordinance of the Town of OJE€^X’X.' , XJX«.» l An ordinance passed by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Decatur, June 7, 1862 BE it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the town of Decatur, that a side walk be constructed on the east side of '1 hird street, , : from side of Monroe street to the north side of Madison street, upon the following grade: At it 9 commencement oil the south sole of : Monroelstreet, it shall be on a level grade with the sidewalk running east and west on said i street; tlieuce running with a gradual ascending grade to the center of in lot number eightyfour (~4 ) where it shall be graded six inches 1 below the surface; thence to its termidation on a uniform level grade, and intersecting the side w.lk running east and west on Madison street on a level grade with the same. PLAN AND SPECIFICATION. The Grade of these walks shall be eight feet

in width, commenceiugon a line with the lots, and extending toward the center of the street, four feet of which shall be planked with good sound white or buroak plank, which shall be i one anil one quarter inches iu thickness, and l shall be laid on three stringers, Ix 4 inches, j which shall be laid lengthwise of the walk, | parallel to each other, at an equal distance a ! part, and the two outside stringers shall be ‘ tour feet apart from outside to outside, and I shall be of timber of the same quality as the plank. . , . . No plank shall exceed eight inches in width , and each plank shall be nailed to the stringers with not less than four ten penny fence nails.— j two at each end and one in the muldlo. The several crossings of the streets, and al- ! leys shall he laid with plank one and one half ! inches in thickness, laid lengthwise with the i walk, upon ties 4 X 4 inches, laid crosswtse with the walk, and similar in construction to those already laid down at the difterent street "The'outside line of the walk shall be two and one half feet from the line of the lots, and shall have twoand one half inches mcltnatiou toward the center of the street, and shall present an even surface. At all points where , required, box culverts shall be constructed to carry off tbe surplus water. It‘is further ordained that the owners of real estate along the line of the proposed walks, shall he required to complete the same on or be- j fore the first day of October, 1862. and ts not , completed bv that time, all unfinished will be sold by the Marshall, and the expense incurred collected from the owners of the property. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of Juue, June 7th, 1802. Clerk ’ shut mi 1551 factory,! FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. 100,000 POUNJDS WOOL W anted! i At the’nbove Establishment, for which we will pay the highest irate* in jm. * *’ • To our Customers aud all others who have WOOL TO "MANUFACTURE ’OR F-XCHINGE we can offer a LARGER and BETTER assort ment of Goods of our OWN MA N U FACTURE this Spring than any previouslseason; while! ! in the CUSTOM DEPARTMENT OF | CARDING. SPINNING and FULLING, with experienced hands and close attention, ‘ we hope to merit pat rotiage heretofore bestow ed. HARD? SOAP ANO LARD ; taken in exchange as usual. H RUDSILL’S SONS. May 22,1862. v6-nl6-ml. Notice, ■ Notice?* hereby given, that there is money ! in the county treasury for the redemption of all ; county orders issued prior to June Ist, 1862, and no interest will be allowed on orders as ter this day. C. L, 3CHIRMEYER. June 5, 1862. Treasuw, i Sheep Shears. ALL prices, from fifty cents to one dollar per pair, at NUTT MAN A CRAWFORD, | Lime FOR sale in small quantities, for whitewash ing. NUTTMAN A ORAWFORD. Wool Twine. ■9ftA“BS- Wool Twine, at, — VV NUTTMAN A CRAWFORD.

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