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From the North.
more of the Williamsburg battle — Affairs at Fortress Monroe.
The Yankee accounts of the battle at Williamsburg, published in the New York Herald, are headed in glaring capitals, as follows:
McClellan's Operations — Another Battle and Another Victory — The Rebel General Lee Defeated by the Unio r a month ago such a resolution coming from the other side of the House would have met with a fierce opposition from members of the Lovejoy school.
From Fortress Monroe--the Traitor steamboat Captain.
A Fortress Monroe letter, dated May 8th, says:
This morning at half past 7 o'clock a small steamer was descried apprFortress Monroe letter, dated May 8th, says:
This morning at half past 7 o'clock a small steamer was descried approaching Newports News from the rebel side of James river.
She was quite a small craft, with a dense column of black smoke curling out of her pipe, and her hurried manner conferred the belief that she was making her escape from rebelled — Upon a telescopic observation no flag was discovered on board, except a small one on the fore
The Williamsburg battle
Our wounded at Williamsburg. Richmond, May 14, 1862. To the Editors of the Dispatch.
It is known to perhaps many of your readers that when our army retired from Williamsburg, Dr. Cullen, of Richmond, accompanied by a party of twelve, consisting principally of medical officers, returned under a flag of truce to attend to our wounded, left in and near the town.
These officers left Williamsburg on Sunday, and reached this city via Fortress Monroe, yesterday, (Tuesday) Any account, however meagre; of the condition and treatment of the wounded will be interesting to those who have friends among them.
The college building and the churches of the place were used as public hospitals, and some of our men were received in private houses.
In the new Baptist Church there were nearly one hundred patients, the wounds in most cases being very severe, eight cases having terminated fatally up to Sunday morning. It is probable that most of the remaining cases wil