List of Casualties in Major-General D. H. Hill's Division, during the Engagements around Richmond, commencing June 26, 1862, and terminating July 1, 1862.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. E. RODES'S BRIGADE, (FIRST.)

BRIGADIER-GENERAL COLQUITT'S BRIGADE, (SECOND.)

BRIGADIER-GENERAL GARLAND'S BRIGADE, (THIRD.)

consisting of two (2) brigades, the numerical strength being about thirteen thousand men.

In obedience to these instructions, I caused the pickets and skirmishers to observe the utmost vigilance, attack the enemy's pickets from time to time, and open a frequent fire of artillery on his works, to insure a full knowledge of his position, strength, and movements, as far as it was possible, moving my own headquarters to the line occupied by the troops, and sleeping near them, in order to observe more closely.

also communicated to General Lee, by whom I was ordered to obtain a report on the subject from Brigadier-General Toombs, and to forward it to the Secretary of War.

Events followed so rapidly on each other that I had not time to obtain this report, and when the operations of the week were ended, I took no further steps, as I knew that both Brigadier-Gener als Jones and Toombs would make their written reports on the subject. I beg leave now to refer to that portion of their reports, in further expla nation of the circumstances of this affair.

From the time at which the enemy withdrew his forces to this side of the Chickahominy, and destroyed; the bridges to the moment of his evacuation, that is, from Friday night until Sunday morning, I considered the situation of our army as extremely critical and perilous. The larger portion of it was on the opposite side of the Chickahominy; the bridges had been all destroyed; but one was rebuilt, the New Bridge, which was commanded fully by the enemy's guns from Goulding's, and there were but twenty-five thousand men between his army of one hundred thousand and Richmond.

I received repeated instructions during Saturday night, from General Lee's headquarters, enjoining upon my command the utmost vigilance, directing the men to sleep on their arms, and to be prepared for whatever might occur. These orders were promptly communicated by me to the different commanders of my forces, and were also transmitted to General Huger, on my right. I passed the night without sleep, and in the superintendence of their execution.

After the battle of Friday, the twenty-seventh June, on the opposite bank of the Chickahominy, it was ascertained that the enemy had withdrawn his troops to the right bank, and therefore the whole of his forces were massed in front of our lines, and that he had destroyed the bridges over this river, thereby separating our army and concentrating his own. I immediately ordered, without awaiting instructions, the bridge known as the New Bridge to be rebuilt, which was done by the troops under Brigadier-General Jones, in order to establish at least one line of communication between the two portions of our army. This was completed on Saturday, the twenty-eighth. On the same day Brigadier-General Jones came up to my headquarters, and informed me that Brigadier-General Toombs had ordered an attack on the enemy's line of rifle pits on Goulding's farm, and asked if I had given such an order. Upon my replying in the negative, he said he had not authorized it, and I directed him at once to countermand it, it being in violation of orders previously received from General Lee, and at the moment reiterated through Captain Lathrobe, of Brigadier-General Jones's staff, just from General Had McClellan massed his whole force in colLee, to the effect that I should not make any at- umn, and advanced it against any point of our tack on the enemy in my front unless absolutely line of battle, as was done at Austerlitz, under certain of success, except in coöperation with the similar circumstances, by the greatest captain of movements of the Commander-in-Chief. I was any age, though the head of his column would the more anxious to have this order counter- have suffered greatly, its momentum would have manded, as, if this attack were unsuccessful, it insured him success, and the occupation of our might lead to an advance of the enemy, to the works about Richmond, and consequently the seizure of Garnett's farm, the turning of the left city might have been his reward. His failure to of our lines, and the fall of Richmond. Briga- do so is the best evidence that our wise comdier-General Jones sent the countermanding or- mander fully understood the character of his opder by Captain Ford, of his staff, and soon after ponent. Our relief was therefore great, when he left, Lieutenant-Colonel Lee reported to me intelligence reached us, almost simultaneously, that our men had already attacked and carried from Colonel Chilton and one of my staff, that the enemy's rifle pits at Goulding's. I immedi- the enemy, whose presence had been ascertained ately sent a message to that effect to General Lee, as late as three and a half o'clock A. M., had stating that the works were carried by our troops, evacuated his works and was retreating. Colwho had been ordered by Brigadier-General onel Chilton, who rode into my camp on Sunday Toombs to attack, and at the same time directed morning, hurried me off to see General Lee, on Captain Dickinson, my Assistant Adjutant-Gen- the Nine-mile road, and I gave, while riding with eral, to go to the spot and to ascertain further the state of the case.

Proceeding in the direction of Goulding's myself, I met Captain Dickinson returning, who informed me that when he had arrived near Mr. James Garnett's house, he met Colonel Anderson, who was just withdrawing his troops, who informed him that the attack had been made by order of Brigadier-General Toombs without the authority from myself or Brigadier-General Jones, and that it was unsuccessful. This information I

him, the necessary orders to put in motion my whole command, which extended over a distance of some miles, directing Brigadier-General Griffith's brigade, which was nearest to the road, to advance at once from the centre, and ordering Brigadier-General Jones's division, in advancing, to incline towards Fair Oak Station, as I had been informed that Major-General Jackson had crossed, or was crossing, the Grapevine Bridge, and would operate down the Chickahominy. Having overtaken General Lee, we rode together

ascertain the extent of his front, I directed Brigadier-General Cobb to detail a trusty officer, and some of his best skirmishers, to feel the enemy, if to be found in front of my division, and to report the result. In the meantime, Major Bryan, the staff officer, who had been sent to MajorGeneral Jackson, returned with his engineer, Lieutenant Boswell, who reported that MajorGeneral Jackson was compelled to rebuild the bridge, which would be completed in about two hours Major Bryan reporting that Major-General Jackson had crossed but a small portion of his infantry not more than three companiesover the broken bridge. About the same time I received a message from Major-General Huger, stating that a large portion of his command had been sent elsewhere, but that with two brigades

down the Nine-mile road, and the General informed me of the plans which he had adopted for the pursuit of the enemy. They were as follows: Major-General Longstreet's division was to have crossed the New Bridge, and to take post on our extreme right, so as to intercept the enemy in his attempt to reach James River; Major-General Huger's division to march down the Williamsburg road, on my right flank, and Major-General Jackson's division, which, he stated, had crossed, or was crossing, the Grapevine Bridge, over the Chickahominy River, was to operate down that river, on its right bank, whilst my own command would press him vigorously in front. On our arrival at Fair Oak Station, we found the enemy's lines in that vicinity, which had been evacuated, in possession of a part of Brigadier-General Kershaw's brigade, the remainder of my command he would soon march down on the Williamsburg being then on the march. Here, General Lee, road. Having passed up the rich country near having repeated his instructions, left the ground. the railroad, on our retreat from the neighborI directed Major-General McLaws to consolidate hood of New Kent Court-House, I knew that Kershaw's brigade, and place it on the right of there was a road leading from Grapevine Ford, the railroad; and, as the other brigade of General where the enemy had afterward constructed McLaws did not arrive for some time, I ordered the bridge, to the railroad bridge near Savage's two regiments of an advanced brigade, (Griffith's,) Station, passing to the right and rear of the of my own division, to take post in reserve, also enemy, now in our front, and that when Majoron the right of the railroad, so as to support Ker- General Jackson advanced he would probably shaw's brigade, leaving the Williamsburg road move on that road. I determined, therefore, to still farther on our right, unoccupied, and open await that advance, and to request Major-General for Huger. I then formed the other two regi- Huger, when he came up, to move down the ments of Griffith's brigade on the left of General Williamsburg road, and, enveloping both flanks Kershaw's, their right resting on the railroad. of the enemy and attacking him in front, at the Brigadier-General Cobb's, which marched in the same time I hoped to capture his rear guard, rear of General Griffith's, was, as soon as it ar- which I ascertained, from prisoners and from the rived, formed on the left of these two regiments, reconnoitring parties in front, to be at least a two of his own being kept in reserve. I then division. The enemy, having ascertained the gende-patched a staff officer to ascertain the position eral disposition of our troops, opened a brisk of General Jones's division, which had crossed artillery fire on the railroad and our centre, unthe swamp at Goulding's house, and directed it fortunately mortally wounding the gallant Gento be formed on the left of General Cobb, with eral Griffith, commander of the Third Mississippi the proper interval. Whilst these dispositions brigade, who was borne from the field, and died were being made, I ordered skirmishers to be the next morning. The enemy's fire was rethrown out in front of General Kershaw's brigade sponded to with effect by the railroad battery, as and my own division to find the enemy, and as well as by Carlton's battery, which that practised certain his position. The enemy having thrown artillerist, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen D. Lee, up a heavy obstruction across the railroad track, had placed in advance, in a commanding position I caused men to be detailed for the purpose of in front of our centre. The enemy was now reremoving it for the passage down the road of a ported advancing, and this report being confirmed heavy rifled gun, mounted on a railway carriage, after a reconnoissance by Lieutenant-Colonel Lee, and protected by an inclined plane of iron. II galloped to the right of the line to see General also despatched a staff officer toward Grapevine bridge, some three miles off, to ascertain the position of Major-General Jackson's troops, which, I had supposed, from the statements above given, had already crossed. These orders given, and dispositions made, I received information from Brigadier-General Jones that the enemy was in force in his front, and fortified. This, it was reported to me, was derived from a prisoner who had been just captured, and the presence of the enemy in front was verified by the skirmishers of General Jones being engaged with those of the enemy. I received, about the same time, a communication from General McLaws, stating that the enemy was in front of General Kershaw's brigade, and in works well manned. Desiring to

Huger, who had arrived with two brigades, and to give him such information as would enable him to dispose his troops in the best manner for the protection of our right flank. Having accomplished this, I returned to the left, and threw forward the left wing of General Griffith's brigade, and the whole of General Cobb's, in order to occupy a more commanding position, and a wood, which skirted a field, across which the enemy would have to march. This had no sooner been done than I received information from Major-General Huger that his two brigades would be withdrawn, as I understood, for other service; and subsequently a note reached me from General Jones, [see paper No. 1,] stating that Major-General Jackson regretted that he could

sleeping on their arms, and in the advanced positions which they had won.

not cooperate with him, as he had been ordered to other important duty. Thus the forces, which General Lee had left to operate against the The troops on the left of the road were not enenemy being reduced from some thirty-five or gaged, with the exception of two pieces of artilforty thousand to some thirteen thousand men, Ilery attached to General Jones's division, which was compelled to abandon the plan of capturing did good service, disorganizing the enemy's line, any large portion of the enemy's forces, and di- and causing his troops to change position. When rected that Semmes's brigade (McLaws's division) the enemy attempted to turn our right flank, I deshould be placed on the Williamsburg road, and sired to move a portion of General Jones's comCobb's on the left of the railroad, in line with mand to the right, to operate on the WilliamsKershaw's, Jones's division being on the extreme burg road; but the position of his troops could left, and Barksdale's brigade marching in reserve not be ascertained until it was too late to do so. behind the centre. I ordered the whole to move In the mean time, desiring to have troops in hand to the front, and each commander to attack the ready to reenforce still further General McLaws, enemy in whatever force or works he might be I left my position for a few moments to confer found. This was executed promptly and in beau- with General Cobb, on the left, from whose comtiful order, though the ground was difficult and mand I detached a regiment, and halted it near the wood dense. Kershaw's brigade soon be- the railroad bridge. Whilst with General Cobb, came engaged with the enemy, who took refuge an Aid-de-camp of General Lee, Major Taylor, in the works on the Williamsburg road, from came up and informed me that General Jackson which he was driven in gallant style by the in- had orders to coöperate with me, and that there fantry advance, and by the excellent artillery was some mistake about the orders directing him practice of Kemper's battery. Retreating from elsewhere. He desired to see General Jackson, work to work, pursued by our line, which swept but not knowing the way to Grapevine Bridge, through his camps, with little interruption, the Rev. L. W. Allen, one of my staff, who knew the enemy was at last driven as far as Savage's Sta- country thoroughly, volunteered to deliver any tion, where a strong line of battle was formed message he might send. This was done, and Genready to receive us. He also occupied the wood eral Jackson arrived in person at half past three in front of the station. Here Kershaw's brigade o'clock, on Monday morning, to which hour I had engaged him frankly and furiously, and was been kept up by the duties of the night. He ingallantly supported by Kemper's battery and formed me that his troops would be up, probably, Semmes's brigade on his right. Taking my posi- by daylight. I then slept an hour-the first in tion on the railroad bridge, which commanded a forty-eight. Previous to the arrival of General good view of the fight and of the enemy's line Jackson, I considered the situation as by no means of battle, I directed the railroad battery, com- satisfactory. Not having heard from Mr. Allen manded most efficiently by Lieutenant Barry, to during the night, I was uncertain whether Genadvance to the front so as to clear, in some de-eral Jackson had obeyed his orders to go elsegree, the deep cut over which the bridge was thrown, and to open his fire upon the enemy's masses below, which was done with terrible effect. The enemy soon brought the fire of his artillery and infantry to bear upon the railroad battery and bridge, whilst he advanced a heavy line of infantry to support the troops already engaged, to capture our artillery and turn our right flank. Early in the morning, on Monday, a small parGeneral McLaws, finding himself pressed, sent ty of Texans, of Hood's brigade, ascertained that for reënforcements. I despatched at once two the enemy had evacuated their position on the regiments of Griffith's (now Barksdale's) brigade, night before. Several hundred prisoners, twentythe Seventeenth regiment, Colonel Holder, and five hundred sick and wounded in the hospitals, the Twenty-first regiment, Colonel Humphries. a large amount of stores, and a considerable numThese were gallantly led into action-Major ber of wounded on the field, fell into our hands. Brent, of my staff, bearing the order. Soon, by Here, also, some of our own prisoners were retheir steadiness and excellence of fire, as attested taken, among whom was the gallant Colonel Laby the number of dead found in their front the mar, of Anderson's brigade, captured by the ennext morning, they checked the enemy, who were emy in the battle of Goulding's Farm. I sent repulsed by the whole line on the right with great the prisoners to Richmond, in charge of Captain slaughter. The enemy having sent still addi- G. P. Turner, of the Marine corps, and placed tional troops to sustain the fight, I directed Col- Major Wray, of my staff, who had been of great onel Barksdale to move to the support of our service to me during the action, in charge of the right with his remaining force. They were enemy's wounded, the hospital and public propplaced in reserve under cover of a wood, where a erty. Our loss was some four hundred, killed few men were wounded from the long range mus- and wounded, whilst I estimate that of the enemy kets of the enemy. Night coming on, their ser- to be not less than three thousand, killed and vices were not required. The battle on the right wounded-General Semmes reporting not less raged with great fury for about two hours, and than four hundred dead in front of his brigade darkness put an end to the conflict, our men alone.

where or not, and I was satisfied that there was at least a corps d'armée in our front, as was proved, next morning, by our having taken prisoners from three divisions. The proportion of the enemy's force to our own was probably two or three to one. I therefore asked for reenforcements, in case General Jackson did not join me.