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Richhosp, June IS.I am glad to Inform you that laUr intelH-genoe from Yorktown, received confirms tba previous report* fir regard Ut tbba#aUL at JktUaVpbiireh-(Kue acoouatff whichI MDt you by tba U*t mall. Pull particular* have wot yet oome to hand, or, if thay have, they ara ia the possession of tba authorities, and have not baan given to the public. Nor ha* the extct numbercf tba Wf*4 ew*t wounded on tba saexny's side baan ascertained; but) a gentleman juat from the *cana of tba action tall* ma that the enemy lost about 70 killed, and about 2C0 wounded. Tba Yaakaaa ware shrewd, or humane »»wngh—I can't tell whieh —to remora their dead and wounded as fast as tbs disastrous circumstances of the bsttla would allow them ; otherwise, we might hare obtained more precise information as to the casualties of the day.Among the killed, was Capi Waldrop, of the famous New York Seventh Regiment. As you are aware, his Regiment had returned to New York from their champagne—I mean their campaign—in Washington; but the redoubtable Captain Waldrop, not satisfied with his conquests orer bursting il Heidsieck, and resounding “Green Beal, determined to repair te Fortress Monroe, and seek new ad rentares in the ricinity of Hampton and Yorktown— the reault you hare abore. His aword, the gift of the fair, and with patriotic inscription! up on its shining steel, ia now in Richmond, as well ss his pistols, epaulette, Ac.
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Atlanta Southern Confederacy
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sun, Jun 16, 1861
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