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TWO DAYS OF BATTLE AT SEVEN PINES .

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Palmer’s and Wessells’s brigades having been thrown into great disorder whilstretiring through the second abatis, and finding the earth-works of the secondline already crowded, continued to retreat; but some of them, with nearly thewhole of Naglee’s brigade, remained upon the field. The Confederates in theimmediate front of Seven Pines were now pressing into the second abatis,and there seemed tobe strong probabilitythat they would soonbreak through it andcarry the earth-worksof Keyes’s secondline. Thus, after

more than two hours’close and bloodyfighting, Hill’s divis-ion unaided had cap-

THE TWIN FARM-HOUSES BEHIND CASEY’SREDOUBT (SEEN INDISTINCTLY ON THELEFT). FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.

Tlic upper picture looks toward Richmond;the prove stands between the Williamsburgstage road and the houses winch front square-ly on the road, perhaps 300 feet away. Fourhundreddead of the battle of Seven Pines wereburied in the foreground (behind the houses),where also stood a part of Casey’s camp.

The foreground of lower picture showseither a corner of Casey’s redoubt or theworks between it and the Williamsburg road.

On the Official Map of the Campaign of1864 the twin houses .are named “ Kuhn.” Tn1886 only one of them remained. A persim-mon tree stood at that time on the site ofCasey’s redoubt, and there were slight tracesof the old earth-works that for the most partwere erected after the battle of Seven Pines.

tured the Federal first line ofdefense, and was closely press-ing upon their second line.Hill then sent to Longstreet for another brigade. In a few minutes “ the mag-nificent brigade of R. H. Anderson ” came to Hill’s support. The latter says:

“ A portion of this force, under Colonel Jenkins, consisting of the Palmetto Sharp-shootersand the 6th South Carolina, was sent on the extreme left to scour along the railroad and Nine-mile road, and thus get in rear of the enemy.”

These two regiments were conducted by General (then Colonel) G. B.Anderson to the position in which he had left the 27th Georgia. Thethree regiments soon became engaged with the two regiments under Gen-eral Conch, previously referred to. The latter says:

‘‘ I advanced with Neill’s and Rippey’s regiments through a close wood, moving by the flank.• . . . We at once came upon a large column of the enemy in reserve, but apparently mov-

TTIE TWIN FARM-HOUSES AS SEEN FROM CASEY’S REDOUBT.FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.