- ' - , . . - I glcuotcil to politics, literature, Agriculture, Stieure, iHoralitu, emit eneral Intelligence. VrOL 20. STROUDSB URG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. AUGUST 8, IS61. NO. 2 Theodore Sehoch. Oil TRUMS. Two dollars per anntimin advance Two jlollars and a quarter, half yearly and if not paid be fore tloj end of the year, Two dollars and a half. No papars-lUconfiniied iinlilallarrcaiagesHicpaid, except at the option of the Editor. ICWlvcrtisemcnts of one square (ten lines) or less, one or three insertions, SI 00. Each additional mser- ton,25 cents. Longer ones in pioportion. .JOS PRINTING. llavin? a general assortment of large, plain and or riamental Type, n care prepared to execute every de scription of C wis. Circulars, Hill Heads, Notes, fllank Receipts, Justices. Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets. &r.,piln led with neatness and despatch, on rcasonahlcterms at this office. -. III II I II TTiTTl Wl The Battle as seen by an eye "Witness. From Wilke's Spirit of The Times. Washington, Friday, July 2G, 1661. The minor action of tho l"nb, though ... . . , , . endin? in a serious repul-e, served but to f , . . i ' stimulate the ardor of our troops; and as T ,, , lt , ,, ' . I walked, on the following morning, a- inonir tho swarmin? battalions that rested in the valley this side of Centrevillc, I heard but ouo wi-h expressed, and that we fchould aoaio and at once move for- r. r A mi ?rn on f flia i? 1 r -i no nf i li f trtrnrmrn r-j flwr!r (f.iri- f Ki n cvti'tinit rili. ela couiJ take fresh heart by their fcuc- Tt ..nr. .tnTn t.nn.nnn n 1 v .1 Gen. McDowell, warned by the unexpeo- ... .i i-iiii ted evidence of strength which had been , , , c .1,1 . developed from the treacherous covert at ,, , , , . - , . - , jjuii ivun. nan ueiermmca to remain ior - . , 1 n t:mo near vjeutresuie, wnue nc maac the minute reconnoisaucc which was ne cessary before a genera! attack. The teams, therefore, were turned from the flying batteries and wagons, aud the Sac army beeves, which were our best camp- Fiibiishc followers, were driven iu and slaughtered however, did not question the dotermina by the wholesale under an order for the tiou of their General, but, with the whole preparation of three date' rations. "Griai ' some vanity of valor, each soldier felt the vipaed war relaxed his wrinkled front," happiness of expectation, and slept the and uow, intead of prancing steeds Bnd sounder for the prospects of the morrow. regiments drawn up in line, -nothing could ,, .T,Tvr , b . i .- u i i POSITION OF THE REBELS, be seen through the entire val.ej but loun-j t gins swarms" Furrounding team kettles, ( .D tue,r Part. lLe Rebels lay on that n,!nr .mVui.AK.fMiinn.. Krrtn,.l,f brilliant moojiHght evening enfolded iu back the . r .jj: r n. maoho. It was in the mid-t of this vast picaic and these savory sLams that the Secretary of War paid a visit to the scene and imparted, by the mere fact of his preseuce, an additional assurance that rc would not move that day. When he left us in the afternoon, there were somo who believed we were on tbe brink of ac tion; but the majority were of the opinion that the general advance would not be made till daybreak Monday morning. This was the prevailing notiou iu the California caop (whose headquarters I had half adopted, in view of the impend ing departure of the Seventy Grst,) and, I must confess, it vvls partly u.ine. I had, however, at the same time, an idea that we mijjht, perhaps wait till Gen. Patcr ou could descend from Harper's Ferry end co operate upon our right. The night wore quietly away, with the exception of a sTijut alarm at tbe distant cottage where I rlept, and which, though more, than a s.ile from our lines, I had choi-cn for tbe convenience of makiug up rav letters. At two hours past 9:i'd Light, ,- u c i. fy.n.. .. three or lour vollevs or tr.u-k"trj from a i . ,1 5 . ,., nc :rove near by sUHled u:e awoke, aud, as V ...... j. ro-?e upon my arm, l couiu uear ice vquad of Germans who were picketed be ajeath the porch cautiously cock their muskets in expectation of an attack. But the firing soou ceased, aud daybreak re vealed the fact that it proceeded from newly arrived regiments which had si t tlcd themselves hard by. who had been inertly expelling stale charges from their pieces in anticipation of important work. GEN. MCDOWEL'S PLAN. T T lllAl- Meanwhile, and all tbe following day, the ablest engineer.- of Gon. McDowell's : of this battle was a night of true hopeful ttaff had been reconnoiteriug for miles a-1 ncss and intelligent reliance; and well round, and the frut of their labors was a ' might tho rotel chieftains, as tbey looked report that the cuoajy3 position could not proudly over the vast host which an im- i,o tnrnfd to the left (or southward), bv reason of the roughness o? the roads; thot it was not advisable to renew the attack pf the ISth ou the battery of Bull Ruu, tut that the road to the right, through Centreville, was s. practicable avenue to 'another crossing, aud which was undefcrf- ' ded aud to which the artillery could cas- ilv bo dra rn. Thii waa called the Wcr- ronton road, and at sooc distance down, it had the further advantage of a path Alverrtinv from it to the northward, bv ! which a circuit could be made to the morning was promulgated in our camp at, od at Deiwecn o.vuu aou ,uuu. xueuu rear of certain heavy batteries; which 10 o'clock on Saturday night; aud wc now i tire attacking force, thereforo, may be the course of the main road itself would have reason to believe that tbe order of j summed up at 22,000 men; all" of whom enable us to strike in front. It was there- 1 march aud battle, then distributed among, could hardly expect to be engagod. fore decided by Gen. McDowell to send our militia Major-Generals, was in pos- This was tho army which passed out of merely on brigade to Bull Run to hold ! session of tbe Confederate leaders before , the valley up over that hill at 3 o'clock that batterv icheck and to make his I our troops had risen for the conflict. j on tho morning of the 21st, and which, ' O O '-, .,rnA fir.ol- K-j tho Wnrrpnton road, re- n lying upon the column that was to pass off into tho northward Doth to turn the enemy's position and throw it into confu sion while assailed by us upon its face. This seemed to be a very proper and con sietent plan. Undoubtedly the theory of it was a tzood plan (as a theory), and it might havo been practically successful, j bad it but fitted the proportions ot the enemy. Unfortunately, however, Gen. McDowell had not taken the full measure t)f bis foe, and tho circuit whicn he bad decided upon, instead of reaching the base of the Rebel's principal position, mere ly plunged against tbe side of bis triangle, hero ho was most fearfully in strength, and where tbo most desperate valor could but servo to feed bis guns. The Confed erates, as ho might have ascertained, numbered, without Johnston and his for ces, at least 70,000 men; and be now pro posed to fling against ibis compact mass, reposing in jungle? behind batteriis of cent. To tho left, and forward through umn was on its way by the memorable the heaviest gunB, Eotnc six or seven bri- the village in the direction of tbe Run, 1 Warronpoint turnpike to seek its fortuue. gades, to explore tho labarynth of that the ground descended threo or four miles,' The halts wero numerous, in order that terrible position, and seek, bj impetus a- j toward the Occoquan, aod thcD rose in a the Generals might insure the compact lone, to butt a holo through it and hold j gradual ascent to Manassas. It was a ness of the lino, aud presently we all pass on to the lower end. jsceno of mingled grove and opening, and Jed across a woodeo'bridge in quiet, no It mut be stated at this time, that fcbo moonlight slept as placidly upon tho challenge being mado that might prevent while Gen. McDowell was forming his jungles of that rise, aa it Treason, armed 'us from reaching tho deepest entangle calculations on tbe basis his engineers' i in triple strength, wore notslyly watching jment where tbe foe desired to giveus report, he was aware that Gen. Patterson from its lair our ignorant advance, ready ( more bitter battle. Onward we went was out ou miles to bis right witb a Jbed- eral army of nearly 30,01)0 men, wboilignant were then employed iu watching an equal rebel force under Gen. Johnston, with the tiew of preventing him from descen ding to Mauaisas. He knew, also, that while Johnston, from having a railway j w;tll j,js couum a two days, Patterson nucu uuuiuu uiiu, uuuiu rcaco manassas ! could not follow, over obstructed roads I , , , . . . , land broken bridges, in ess than fivo. n j .i . I Under these circumstances, it would seem I,. . ., . , iusuucll'u luaua that the e Cuu.-,uue m.iuarj pruoonce have suggested that Gen. McDow - uld have pouscd at least to know would ell whether Johnston had abandonod the .... j f , . , i neighborhood of Winchester, and wheth- n r t Ii tirn r n if tnno n n f n Kii!ntnl . n ,mn .1 ' scrr tn i)if Rnfrtll nf Jt. T..l.wl (nrrn I lucx-cuciai iopo of victory, that imaelf at Centrevillc, to say nothing of a h t. .1.1.1. !..f.nnl. I. '. . j r "D j. , and wait for Patterson s arrival. Bat it .1 n t t 11 -i , appears that Gen. McDowell considered .t . t .u t? j 1 j , . the prestige of the bederal cause and bis 1 111 ,.,.! , , own eoou iuctv as equal 10 an toe oucs . r . 1 , , . , 1 wmcn treason couia acoumuiatc, ana ac cordingly he decided to stake the fortunes of the Republic against the rebels in gen eral battle as be stood. A strong evi- dence of patriotio self-reliance, but not an abundant proof ofjudgment. .The army, . .i .i - -. i - ., . vast sireui'iu: ineir uo.-mou fceint? tuaioi a inaugie, wuu tne point toward us, ana i branching upward to Manassas, with an I open base of several miles. The point or open of this triangle, about a mile round, was most heavily protected at Bull Run, where the direct roud to Manassas crossed the Ocoquan. All up its branch ing sides, however, batteries faced out ward in tiecp row?, their ponderous iron tu?ks, concealed by artificial mask?, wherever natural groves did not volun teer a screen. A stronger field position could hardly bo immagined. Defended as it was by 70,000 men, to be inoreased to 110,000 in tho morning, it wonld scarcely sutler in comparison of strength with Solferino or Sevastopol; and I doubt if there is any French or Russian engi neer who would have undertaken to assail it, except by regular approaches, and sev eral respectful days of distant compliment with shot and shell. Brigadier-Gen. Ir win McDowell, however, was going, at it with a few 32-pounders and !0 field bat teries (nearly all of them light), lacked by some five or six brigades, whom, men- tali v, no nave tho credit of be uevinz to , - , b - IT , 6 oe equal lo its capture. Had oar poor ' fii!ln-jr ri:t. Irunarri lhf rtfTifli nf Ihn pom. . 1 plimeut thus lavished on their prowess, I doubt if they would have risen 60 joyful for tho fray on the lovely Sunday morn ing uow so near upon us. What render ed things even still more desperate, oould we but 4juve known their state, the enomy were thoroughly acquainted with our strength and our intentions, and awaited our coming witb the greatest eagerness. Their anxiety, however, was deeply mixed with dread that our General might change hU mind. Witb them, therefore, the eve menso and desperate energy had cot to-; gcther, flattor themseUee that they now had tho fortunes of the Great Republic, which they had so long coutcmued and plundered, necurely in their grasp In this belief, Davis and his legions early went to sleep, wbilo our battalions, half rested, rose a little afer midnight, to be wearied bv several hours of hot march before entering upon too more violent la- tiguos of the attack. The order for an early movent in tho . . 7 . . L4rom tho uour oi mianigut. our sentinels i liani li rt f(t .rTiuflfrnf1 fUblntil rall- way whistle at tho Junction, signaling the arrival either of the last regiments of Johnson, or of fresh troops coming up J gotten by those who witneasod it, while from Richmond. i tbe thoughts which it inspired woro to be- As tho time of our start was fixed at! come thenceforth an established portion 2:30 p. m., that entire army waa awake of the mind. Tho regiments of the re an hour before, and in marching order atlscrve, as they stood looking on at the :nj;..imi mnrnnf Tf. waa Lrult ttassinp- line, envied their marohinir com- moonlight; yei luruugu iuu uiuiiauk cuwvu .u . . r. e some of the stronger stars looked curious-! tune; and, as they went by, saluted tbem from the enemy; so, after a pauso of sev Iv down as if they shared with us ouriwith various requests, ranging between eral minutes, our iron monster spoke a wonder at tho spectacle. From tbo bill tbo acquisition of somo traitor's scalp,' gain, this time leveling itself at a battery of Centreville backward toward Fairfax, down to the possession of a palmetto but-higher on tbe hill, and dropping its com tho whole valiey eo lately untrodden in ton. Tho marching lino replied with va-jplimcnt directly inside tho works, to the its verdure, was sparkling with a frobt of rious conceits, but in most cases the re-'destruction as we were afterwards in steel; and, as the thirty Thousand b.yon- quests were responded to with a large ex- fdrmcd, of half a dozen men. lhe ene ets moved forward in the uncertain light, cess of promise. It was indeed, a gal- my, nevertheless, did not seem o think with that billowy motion peculiar to tbe lant sight; bow sadly to changed in tf few tbe game quite made, - thh" step of troops, the stirring mass looked hours none of them fortunately, knew near enough as , b.eqa.Dtly projed, iike a bristling monster lifting himself by By H oelook, the last bayoheU bad d,.- to reach us from two or hree potions a slow irtfit LtioD ui th6 laborious as appeared oier tbe bill, end the entire col-'do our right and loft, persisted in a ml.. to belch torth upon us its deadly and ma- fires. PLAN OF THE ATTACK. The plan of General McDowell was, as I have already indicated, to advance up- ' on the enemy in two directions, launching (i- s mam and central column alone the I Warrenton road in a direct lino, until he reacbed their batteries: while a strong i t .column, Dy a circuit to tne riht, was to ' J - nM 6 ., 1? smite them in the rear. The road to Bull i? ,t , r. j ., i u Ilun on the left, and the hostile batteries at jtg end t0 be meroI watched .th bou; ,h day 80 that fho enomy ...,.,.k ,rl -A , e n i t- u j uu u turn our left. Col. Richardson, with tho , t M.-i..f-. oa nr.A oa at!-i,.-- ' ft and New-York Volunteer 1 2th, and U. S Artillery, was charged with this dutv; Lilo to support hiS, in case he should I , n.BnM, M;. -f. I be seriously attacked, General MiIob, with , . . j nine reeiments, was posted m reserve, v. . r i u t j n -n l 1 but far enough baok toward Gentreville to -j i . it . , give aid or succor also to the mam column iiu ease it auouiu meet wun a reverse. f m case it -l 1J . These nine regiments consisted of the 6th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 29th, 31st and 32d N. Y., the Garibaldi Guard, and tho 8tb New-York German Rifles. It waa fur ther supported by Green's and Barry's United States Batteries. The left being thus guarded, General McDowell posted the New-Jersey regiments, coven in num ber, in reserve, at Centreville, and even still further back, so tbe rear should al so have a proper protection on tho right and guard alike against any flank move ment in that quarter. The rear being thus defended on all sides, the central column which poured on, and which waa " v w u Warrenton road, consisted of tho divisions of General's Tyler, Hunter and Heintzle-1 men; the nrst being appropriated to tho central and direct attack, and tbe two latter to tho flank movement on tho right. THE CENTRAL ATTACKING COLUMN. The division of Tyler-consisted of threo brigades; and those of Heintzleman and Hunter' contained three and two respec tively. The first brigade of Tyler consis ted of the 2d New-York and 1st and 2d of Ohio, under Gen. Scheuk, accompa nied by a battery of light .artillery; then followed the brigado of Sherman, 3oniis ting of New-York 69th, 79tb, 13th and 2d Wisconsin, accompanied by Ayer'a Battery; while the brigade of Koyes, comprising the 1st, 2d and 3d Connecti cut, and 2d Maine, formed a rear guard for the division. This latter brigade waB accompanied by Tompkins' United States Battery of Varian. The division was further aocompanied by a rifled 32-poun-der, which was known as the Parrot gun. THE PLANKING DIVISION. The flanking division of Hunter and Heintzleman consisted of the 8th, 14tb, and 27tb New-York, under Gen. Porter, accompanied by companies of United States infantry, and cavalry, and marines, Ransoro'b United States, and Griffin's West Point Batteries. Then came Burn aide's Brigade of the Rhode Island Regi ments, tho New-York 71st, and tho 2d New-Hampshire, accompanied by Reyn od's and Webb's BatterieB, and two light howitzers, which tho boye of tbe 71st bad learned to work, and borrowed from tbe Navy-Yard. This brigade also bad a battery of rifled 32 pounders, under Capt. Seymour, of Fort Sumter. Hointzleman's Division consisted, in its first brigado, of the 5th Massachusetts 1st Minnesota, and 4th Pennsylvania. Two batteries aocom panied this brigade. The next brigade was under Wilcox, and oonsi-ted of the ' I 1st Michigan, tbe 38th Now-York, and the Fire Zouaves, backed by a battery of United States Artillery. The last bri gade contained the 3d, 4th, and 5th of Maine, and the 2d of Vermont. The six teen regiments thus enumerated in tbe flauking column may be set down at be tween 13,00P and 14,000 men, while the! eleven in the central line may be number , .i. o inn in (inn mi , wuu tue ujuuu tun guuuS mum uFu thorn their journey, took the right hand road toward tho fetrongholds of the enemy.. It was a bravo eight, not soon to do lor- a bt,nr for - tbe soldiers cursing the rough road won dering when they would have breakfast. or vowing to get even on the fellows who had "put them to all this trouble. The day broke mildly as wo pushed along and many a soldier thought from tho dead si lence of the woods that lined the road at , Qra. we should have no battle after all. Presently wo struck tho nath that branched off to the right, and hero tho column, under Hunters lead broke off, while tho central column, McDowell at its head, went directly on. THE MAIN ATTACK. As tho circuit of tho flanking column was to be a wide one, and as it could not reach its destined point and come into ac tion with effect, in less than two or threo hours, our first attention must bo given to the main column accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief. It was broad dav when wc parted with the flanking col nan, and wo proceeded along with an ea By step, with oar skirmishers well in ad vance, and watohful, on the look-out. No traces of tho enemy appeared, how over, and tho extraordinary quiet of the scene, coupled with tho fact that our en tire column bad been allowed to cross tho wooden bridge unmolested, induced many to believo that tho enemy, consult ing prudence, would yield tbe defenses of the Run, and give us battlo only at Manassas. But thia idea was formed in perfect ignorance of the extent of the Confederate defenses, for we were already within range of some of their batteries, and at tbe close of the day tbey landed their shell upon the bridge witb murder ous effect. In short, their wholo strategy nua u uctuj, uuu tuuu uuotj icm vuuuui from Fairfax, and pretended abandon- meut of camp furniture, as well as the shallow obstruction of our advance by loveled trees, were merely portions of a well digested plan, to coax our army, step by step, into their gigantio trap. 0 all placen, therefore, on the whole continent, Manassas, and its miles of densely serried battcrieB, was tho last with which the Federal Army had any business; yet, there we were, "going it blind,' with the vain confidence of fools, on perfectly good terms with ourselves, and exhalting in advance the profound military leader, who was thus giving us a chance to develop bis keen foresight and commanding genius. After we had got about a mile and a half beyond the wooden bridge, the road began gradually to slope toward tho Run, and to be moro closed in witb trees; and even at that ear ly hour tho coolness of those leafy aisles, was felt as a relief from the already hot and dusty path. After we emerged from "this pleasing shelter, tho column pro ceeded along to tho distance of, perhaps, a quarter of a mile, descending all the while toward a ravine which harbored a sluggish stream crossed by a stone bridge. From that point tbe enemy's defenses rose, spreading and thickening at easy intervals, and surmounted by powerful batteries where tho lino met the horizon; and I may pause here to say with pow erful batteries packed, and extending be bind that line for miles along. Sudden ly, an exclamation of "There tbey arel" from a member of Gen. Tyler's staff, brought our column to & stand. Every field officer at onco brought bis glass to bear, and tbe consoiousncsa that wo were surely to have a fight ran in an electrio whisper along tho entire column. Thtre, indeed, they were, the Rebels, down in a meadow, still a distance off, and not bold ly perceptible, because of the dark baok ground of tbe woods. It was a body of r . 1 1? I - 111. infautrv drawn ud in lino of battle, its full strength concealed trom being enten ded partly in tbe forest. It was now ne cessary that we also should take battlo order; so wo deployed into the adjoining fields, Gen. Sobcnck's brigado consisting of the 2d New-York and 1st and 2d Ohio Regiments, being extended to the left, and Sherman's brigade, composed of tbo New-York 69th, 79, 13th, and 2d Wis consin, stretching on tbo right. Tho large rifled 32-poundcf was then brought forward through tho center, and put into position in the middle of the road. The enemy evidently saw this movement with their glasses, for they suddenly fell baok, whereupon tbe big gun, giving out its thunder, flung a shell toward tho spot of their retirement. The fuse was short, however, and after plowing its roaring progress just over the proper spot, it burst harmlessly in air. But the oohoes of that soloann cballengo announced to A hundred and fifty thou sand armed men that tbo battlo bad be gun. Tbe silence that followed was pro- 1 found: hut it was broken bv no answer ( len silence. Our firt shot had been fired j at half-past six, and it was now after scv- j ( cn; still the foe designed no rcspouse, and j it was plain he would not be satisfied uu-; j less we sought him deeper in his fast- j ( nepses. The big gun, therefore, was su perseded by light artillery for closer ser- j , vioe, and an order was given for the bri-' ! gades thus strengthened, to aove riht and left and explore the adjoining woods. , This order necessarily brought up tbe t ' brigade of Keyen, which now occupied , tbe center, but still acting as a reserve, The timber branched away on cither side j in a sort of crescent toward the batteries j of the enemy; on the right band, however, it pursued the straightest line. Both t brigades, with skirmishers well out at onco proceeded upon their respective tasks, Sohenck following a left oblique a long the edge of the wood, with Col. Mc- Cook and tbe 1st Ohio in the lead; Col. Tompkins nnd tho New-York 2d next, with the 3d Ohio, under Col. Harris, in the rear. The brigade proceeded in this way, exhibiting the utmost caution for tho distance of about a mile, when they struck a fine newly-opened road to the left, whose clean, broad path seemed to invite their entrance. They turned into it and followed it for somo distance, when, to their surprise, it ended abrustly at a fence, with no evidence of any road be yond. Suddenly the enemy showed him self in two or three plaoes to the left, and shaking his flags at our troops, open ed a tremendous fire. It was promptly answered by the wholo brigade, who en dured the storm of balls with the great est fortitude, and returned fire for fire. Several fell at this spot, and among oth ers, the favorite drummer boy of tho 2d. The poor little fellow was struck by a cannon ball which took him just below the arm-pits and literally cut him in two, his childish shriek of pain mingling with the whittle of tbe rifled shot as his little life wentswith it down the wind. The storm from tho batteries seemed now to increase rather than to sioken, and una ble to endure it in such an exposed posi tion, the brigade fell, in good order, back upon tho wood. General Schcnck, who exhibited throughout tho whole affair tho most reokless bravery, now ordered bis to emerge and charge the main battery by a flank movement, but owing to the re monstrances of nearly all the officers, the desperate project was abandoned. The men, though now out of musket range, were yet subjected to the constant drop of shell, which seemed to have instinct ively found out their leafy covert; so, af ter consultation, they were drawn off and retired, in good order, to their position in the neighborhood of the Parrot gun; hearing on their way the thunder of bat tle on the right, with an oocasionaeavy report from Richard-on, on tho extreme left, to indicate that the enemy had been patting his feelers forward at Bull Run, to try whether a movement to turn our rear were practicable in that quarter. The Sherman brigade, which had sep- ; arated from tho central column, and went off to the right at the same timo that Schenck's brigade set out in tbe opposite j direction, had proceeded but a little way upon their errand before tbey were salu ted with fearful showers of shot and shell; but receiving it only as a provocation, they overran two or three earthworks j witb their headlong charges, tho Irish ! men and Highlanders soroaraing witb ex citement all the while, and the stout Wis oonsonians and bravo New-York 13th si lently waning by their sides. But we must now leave them in the midst of this pleasant and congenial work, to follow the fortunes of tbe flanking column. THE BATTLE ON THE FLANK. Having now shown the course and fea tures of tbe battle on tho centre, for three hours, we now turn to tho flanking col umn, which was expected to be able, in about that time, to turn tho rear of the Confederate position, and unite itself, through tho broken columns of the foe, with the direot-onward tide. This column, as I have already ststod, contained tho two divisions of Hunter, and Heintxleman, and it was led by tho Burnsido brigado, consisting of the 1st aud 2d Rhode Islanders, tbe 2d New Hamnshire. and tho New-York 71st. The next brigado was composed of tbe New-York 8th, 14th, and 27th; the next of the 1st Michigan, tho Fire Zouavos and the 35th New-York; tho next, tho 5th Massachusetts, aud 1st Minnesota, and the last, the 3d, 4th and 5th Maine, and 2d Vermont. Tbo Colonels of these reg iments respectively, in tho order I havo placed them, were Pitman, Slocum, Marston, Martin, Lyons, Wood, Slocum, Comstock, Fsrnham, Ward, Lawrence, Gorman; Tucker, Berry, Donnell and Whitney. Tho reader, who is especially interonted, will place them for himself. Immediately aftor leafing tbo central column, the Burnsidc brigado having tho lead, threw qut its skirmishers, and pro ceeded along at a brink rate, preserving, however, common time, in view of tbo long distanco to be made.. The eourse for tho first four or five miles, was rath er boldly to the right. It then inelined moro gently to the northward, and then, after somo eight or nine miles bad been accomplished, eurvod sharp toward the left. The march was a most fatiguing rin. and tbou'h shaded to considerable w i tj extent by long 'stretches of close timber, much of it lay in tbo glare of tho hot sun, and all of It had its share of stifling dust, except where we ordased tho fields. But the men wero hungry and alio very much fatigued, most of tbem having got ! but two or threo hours' Bleep the nightf before. Still they trudged cheerfully a- long, animated by tho task beforo them",' I and made more elaatio by the sound of tbe oannonadc, which had for some tio: been beard, and which they were now sensibly approaching. In tho brigade,' nay, in the whole line, none heard this with higher spirits than the 71st. About1 1.0 o'clock the head of the coluairi into an open country, and after proceed -ing in it for a mile, Capt. Ellis of the 71 st, deteoted a masked battery aboil? half a mile to-the loft;' and bringing oar glasses to. bear upon it, vre could alio' perccivo tho enemy moving to their posi tions through the woods, in considerable' force. Soon after this, Gen. McDowell came riding up, and orders wero given that we should proceed at a more rapid paco, and an hour more brought tbe bri gado close to tho rattle of the strife. . The column now mado its final curve, and turning sharply to the left faced the roar of battle as it oame from the head of tho' central column, which, under tho lead of the 69tb, was now pressing its way to'- ward us. Tho din of great guns atid musketry at this point was almost deafen ing, and the very earth trembled with th' roar of the heavier artillery. Burnside, who was forward, then sent an order to' tbe 71st to take its howitzers and dash' through a piece of woods and from its po sition on tho right of tho Rhode Islanders. Obeying the order with alaority, the 7Iat passed the New-Hampshire men in their impetuosity and emerged into' the fire, wbilo the 2d N. H. formed in good' ofdeif on tbo extreme right. THE RHODE ISLANDERS, TITE SOCdHtlf NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND THE SEYENTJfV TIRST. The Rhode Island cannon were the' first in position, and opened with good' effect, upon tbo battery that was pepper ing us, with a heavy cross-fire upon the loft. Tho howitzers of the 71st were" next in play, and, between their heavy roar, the muskets of the brigade replied with interest to the similar salutations of tbe enemy. But tho fire was most galling to us, from our exposed position, and a- mong those of the brigade who fell be fore it was Gen. Hunter, sufficiently hoTtr to require his removal from the field. -Burnside lost bis horse at tbe same time;? while the charger of Gov. Sprague had his entire head taken off with a shell as' his gallant rider was spurring him up and down the field. Captains Hart and El li of oompanics A and C of the 71st were likewise wounded in this fire, while brave ly cheering on their men. "Cornelias,-"' the faithful servant who had accompa nied Col. Vosburg from New-York, and; who more lately, adhered to bis suecea' cesaor, sank gently down by tho side of Col. Martin, and died from a rifle stroke just below tho chest. Many others felr under that hail, but the regiment sternly stood his ground such bold spirits as' Captains Coles and Meschutt, Gommissa ry Borrowe, and Lieutenants Oaklyy Embler, Maynard, Denyse, and others,' giving-cheer by their staunch coolness to? the entire line. While tho regiment was thus standing under fire, it eame very" near being thrown into confusion by tho reokless conduct of Griffin's West Point Battery, which without any sort of no tice, tore through its line in the rear at top speed, in order to take up a position in tho front, and thus actually cutting it in two. ThiB discourtesy, to Bay tho least of it, sprang, doubtless, from the contempt which the regulars are rapidly evincing for the volunteers, and, under ordinary circumstances, would have jai titled tbo 71st in firing on tbem in retali ation. The fire of the enemy came dou bly hot just at this moment; (be regiment wavered slightly under it, and threatened for an instant to fall back. At this crit ical moment, an American flag suddenly appeared within tho redoubt that had done us our greatest damage, and that till kept up its storm. But, seeing this signal, an order was given to csase firings as we wero shooting our friends. A far ther order was then made to advance onr colors to the front, bat, as it Bcemcd to be certain death to stand exposed to the tornado wbioh swept over the brow of tho hill, tbo color-bearer naturally hesitated for a momont; whereupon several of Com pany F iprang quiokly forward, with the cxolamation, ''Give us tbo colors!' But Capt. Coles, of Company O, was tho fore most in the effort, and, seizing the fla ho ran with it full fifty paces to the front, and hold it at arm's length high in the air and then planted it into the earth. Its folds were hailed in tho Rebel battery with a demoniao yell, and in tho next in stant the bright banner was riddled wjih a shower of balls. Providentially; the gallant Captain was untouched. Beholding that starry challenge, the Alabama 1st, wbioh had long ago ex pressed, in print, their desiro to meet the New-York 71st, deployed from a wood ; upon tho right, and formed in full force j to charge up hill updn the flag The 71st, recognizing them, answered the ' challenge with a shout, and, springisg ' forward, delivered a volley of musketry, 1 strengthened with a dose of grape and canniater. Then they charged down the hill unon thorn with tremendous vigor, in tending to take them with tho bayonet. But tho Alabamians did not like tho war whoop nor its prologue, so, after a volley and a short pause, thoy took back to cov er, leaving sixty-two of their dead upon the field. Wo bad a ohauco to count n
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