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YOEKEE. 
JULY 27. 
At the next ford, a quarter of a mile further on, 
Gen. Garnett attempted to rally his forces, when the 
a similar manner, occasioning only a few minutes’ 
delay in the march. The third barricade was more 
battle from the telegraph station, about four miles we had suffered. As hours passed by the darker 
Indiana 7th came up in hot pursuit, and another hot formidable. It was at the entrance of a deep cut in the 
engagement ensued. Gen. Garnett was finally shot road, commencing about half way up a steep hill 
dead, when his army fled in wild confusion towards crowned on one side with a thick woods, and on the 
St George. The 7th Indiana pursued them a mile or other by an open field. To pass this a road was 
two, but our forces were so much exhausted with 
their forced march of twenty miles, with hut little 
rest from yesterday's march, that Gen. Morris refused 
to let them pursue further. 
made through the field, enabling the army to pass 
around it. 
At this point there were stationed 200 rebel cav¬ 
alry who, without waiting to ascertain the strength 
The results of the whole affair are the capture of of the advancing force, lied upon the first appearance 
the rebel camp at Laurel Hill, a large amount of of our skirmisbers, who fired at them one rifled shot 
tents, camp equipage, forty baggage wagons, a field 
camp chest, supposed to contain all their money, two 
regimental banners, one of them that of a regiment 
from Georgia, Captains and Lieutenants, and a large 
which did no harm. Here it was ascertained that 
about half a mile ahead, the rebels bad a fortification 
erected and a battery planted, which was defended by 
a force of 2,000 men, and that the rebel force in and 
from Bull’s Run. 
Fairfax, July 21—11 A. M.— There is rapid firing 
from heavy guns, and frequent discharges of mus¬ 
ketry. 
11.40.—The firing is very heavy, and apparently 
most on our left wing. 
1 1.45,—There is evidently a battle towards our left 
in direction Of Bull’s Run, and a little north. The 
firing is very rapid and heavy. 
11.50.—Heavy gnns are heard again, and apparently 
nearer. Musketry is heuvy and nearer. 
2 P. M.— Musketry Is very heavy and drawing 
nearer. There iH evidently a movement more to our 
left. 
2.45 P. M.— The firing Is a little further off and 
features of our news began to assume a somewhat 
more cheering aspect, and we now give those details 
which wear the garb of reliability. It cannot be 
denied that we have met with a repulse, but the 
statements that we lost entire batteries, and that 
whole regiments were cut to pieces, is without foun¬ 
dation. The latest received intelligence is as follows: 
Our troops, after taking three batteries and gaining 
a great victory, were eventually repulsed and com¬ 
menced retreating to Washington. The retreat is in 
good order with the rear well covered by a good 
column. 
It was known to our troops at the time of the battle 
number of Virginia officers, besides the killing of around Fairfax Court House, guarding the different 
Gen. Garnett and twenty-six of his men, and wound¬ 
ing a much larger number. Our loss, wholly in the 
approaches, amounted from 10,000 to 15,000. The 
fortification was encountered about half a mile from 
14th Ohio regiment, is two killed and two mortally the Court House. It consisted of a simple entrench- 
wounded. 
Gen. Garnett’s body is lying at headquarters. His 
body will be sent to his family at Richmond. 
Along the line of retreat the woods are filled with 
deserted rebels, and our men are ordered to stop 
rnent extending for about 400 yards on each side of now here under Col. Miles to advance to the bridge 
His the road. It was pierced for eight guns. This fori i- 
fication had been occupied for about three weeks by 
pith the 2d and 3d South Carolina regiments under Gen. 
Itop M. L. Bonham. In approaching this point our 
apparently in the direction of the Junction-less yesterday that Johnson had formed a connection 
judge. Wltb Beauregard on the night of the first action at 
3 P. M.— Firing censed ten minutes since. Ball ’“ Run ’ 0ar men cou,d distinctI y hear cars com- 
3.36 P. M.—Firing has almost entirely ceased, and ing into the J " r,ctioD > and tbe c! '^rs with which the 
can only be heard with difficulty. rebels hailed their newly arrived comrades. They 
4 P. M.- Gen. McDowell has ordered the reserves knew that the enemy was our superior in numbers, 
now here under Col. Miles to advance to the bridge and knew our position. These facts were further 
arresting prisoners, because we can’t take charge of skirmishers had a brush with those of the rebels, in 
them. which a corporal of the 2d Rhode Island regiment 
There were over four thousand rebels on the blufl' received a flesh wound in the thigh, and a rebel 
commanding our position, who opened fire on the 
14th Ohio regiment, at a distance of a little over two 
hundred yards. Their artillery was rapidly served, 
but aimed about two feet too high, entting off the 
trees above the heads of our boys. Our advance, 
which alone entered the engagement, numbered less 
than two thousand. 
it is thought that our forces at Itowleysburg will 
ent off the retreat of the remainder and secure the 
few baggage wagons left The rebel army is com¬ 
posed mostly of Georgians and Eastern Virginians. 
Col. Ramsey, <»f the Georgia regiment, succeeds Gen. 
Garnett in command. The Georgians were direct 
from Pensacola. 
The same correspondent telegraphs from Grafton, 
on the lf>th, that coming through the field of battle 
on Cheat river the previous day with Major Gordon, 
who had charge of the corpse Of Gen. Garnett, he 
officer was captured by Capt. Dyer. 
The advance guard of Gen. Burnside’s brigade 
reached the fortifications’ in time to make one pris- the 3d still further on. 
over Bull’s Run. on the Warrenton road. Having 
driven the enemy before him, Col. MileB is now three 
or four miles from here directing operations near 
Ulacklow’s ford. 
4.45 P. M.— Two of onr couriers have returned, 
but are unable to communicate in person with Mc¬ 
Dowell. One of the couriers was on the field of bat¬ 
tle; he says our troops have taken three masked 
batteries, and forced the enemy to fall back and 
retire. He says that the battle was general at Bull’s 
Run for some distance. One of the batteries was in a 
wheat field, and another some distance from it, and 
oner, a South Carolina officer, who surrendered to 
Major Lisson, paymaster of the 2d llhode Island 
regiment. The inside of the fortifications presented 
abundant evidence of the baste with which it had 
been abandoned by its late occupants. Ah the head 
of the division was approaching the entrenchments, 
sharp firing whs heard on the left, which was after¬ 
wards ascertained to have been occasioned by a 
skirmish between the advance guard of Col. Miles’ 
division and the Alabamians, who were in position 
there and about two miles from the Court House. 
6.48. — The Federals have won the day. Loss on 
both sides heuvy, hut the route of the rebels is com¬ 
plete. The batteries at Bull's Run are silenced and 
two or three others taken at 5.48 P. M. 
By telegraph from Washington we have the follow¬ 
ing details: 
A most severe battle was fought to-day at Bull’s 
Run bridge. The conflict was desperate, lasting 
over nine hours. Our troops advanced as follows: 
Col. Richardson, who distinguished himself in the 
previous engagement, proceeded on the left with four 
From the inside of this fortification the village of re F* men ta< The 4th brigade to hold the battery on 
Fairfax Court House was plainly in sight. > Thither 
the command proceeded. The rebel flag was still 
flying at the Court House when the advance of the 
learned that the rebel army had left the remainder of division entered the village, with the band of the 
their baggage train and artillery at a point about two 
miles from St. George. Word was instantly sent 
baek to Gen. Morris, and all is now probably cap¬ 
tured. The rebels are greatly disorganized, and 
heading for Hardy county. Gen. Garnett’s body is 
here awaiting orders from bis family. 
The Forward Movement in Virginia. 
On Tuesday P. M. tlie column of the Federal 
Army under General McDowell received marching 
orders, and the command, 53,000 strong, have left 
Washington and Alexandria, m route for Richmond. 
Almost the entire North have representatives in this 
column, hence we give the exact organization of the 
Btaff and the several divisions as follows: 
McDOWELL'8 COMMAND. 
Staff ok Tint Dkpartmkvt Comm anukk.— Adjutant Gen¬ 
eral* Department^ Capt. James B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant 
General. 
Aids de-Camp — 1st Lieut. H, \V Kingsbury, 9th artillery; 
Major Clarence S Brown, N. Y. Stale Militia: Major James 
S. Wadsworth, V. Y. State Militia. 
Acting Inspector General—Major W, 11. Wood, Seventeenth 
Infantry. 
Engineers— Major J. G. Barnard, 1st Lieutenant., F. Fi. 
Prime, 
Topographical Engineers—Capt. A. W. Whipple, 1st Lieut. 
Henry I. Abbott, 2d Lieut. Hahliinarnl S. Putnam. 
•Juai teroiaster'a Department—Capt. O. H. Tilliaghast, As¬ 
sistant Quartermaster. 
Subsistence Department—Capt. II. F. Clarke, Commissary 
of Subsistence. 
Medical Ib-parlnu-nt — Surgeon, W. S. King; Assistant 
Surgeon, David L. Mftgruder. 
FiRter Wj vision. —Brigadier General Daniel Tyler, Connec¬ 
ticut Miht.ia, commanding 
First Brigade—Col. E B. Kerrs. Eleventh Infantry, com¬ 
manding First, Second, mid Third Connecticut Begiment 
Volunteers; Fourth Maine Begiment Volunteers; Captain 
Vnnan'a Battery of New York Eighth Begiment; Company 
11. Second Cavalry. 
1st Rhode Island regiment pluying national airs, it 
was taken down by some of the 2d Rhode Island regp 
xnent and handed to Gov. Sprague, who was with the 
brigade, and transmitted by him to Gen. McDowell 
as a legitimate trophy. 
The first division of the grand army, under General 
Tyler, commenced moving from Germantown at five 
o’clock on the morning of the 17th. About a mile 
from the village a heavy obstruction was discovered 
in the road. In less titan twenty minutes the whole 
of the barricade was cleared away. Col. Keys imme¬ 
diately pushed an advanced brigade along the road 
with a view to getting in the rear of the enemy, 
while Gen. Tyler ordered Gen. Rchenck’s brigade to 
form in battle array in the Melds to the left of the 
road. The 3d and 4th brigades, under Cols. Sherman 
and Richardson, formed on the road, but the rebels 
abandoned their position as soon as Gen. Schenck’s 
column commenced moving on through the fields and 
other brigades up the road. 
Hcntshill, some two and a half miles west of 
Vienna, being reached, and the enemy being evi¬ 
dently still retreating, Gen. Schenck’s brigade again 
turned into line and the column continued its march 
in Die order of the morning. A thick piece of tim¬ 
ber was entered, in an opening of which tangible 
evidence of the hurry in which the rebels had 
retreated, was found in the shape of a largo number 
of blankets, pistols, guns, canteens, Ac., which were 
immediately appropriated by our soldiers. The col¬ 
umn was about pushing on when scouts reported a 
battery of several pieces less than half a mile ahead. 
the hill, on Warrenton road, in the vicinity of the 
place where the last battle was fought. The flank 
movements were described in first dispatch. Gen. 
Bchenck’s and Sherman’s brigade of Gen. Tyler’s 
division, advanced by Warrenton road. Col. Hent- 
zelman’s and Hunter’s divisions took the fork of the 
Warrenton road to meet between Bull’s Run and the 
junction of Col. Key’s brigade, and remained at Cen¬ 
terville. 
confirmed by prisoners taken and deserters and spies; 
but these facts were not probably known at Wash¬ 
ington, and tbe officers in leading our men into 
action only obeyed orders. It was the arrival of 
these fresh reinforcements of the enemy in superior 
numbers that turned the scale of battle. The enemy 
before now might perhaps have had more to boast of 
had they followed up their advantage last, night. 
The retreat of troops to Centerville was HHecess- 
fully accomplished by eight o’clock last evening, the 
regiments rejoining the positions vacated in the 
morning, minus large numbers that had been scat¬ 
tered in the woods in various directions. Those who 
succeeded in reaching Centerville had an opportu¬ 
nity of four hours to sleep. The reserve force, under 
Col. Miles, being posted beyond Centerville at one 
o’clock in the morning, the retreat from that point 
commenced and was maintained in good order to 
Arlington Heights. The army, in its retreat, was 
Compelled to leave behind a large amount of pro¬ 
visions and ammunition. About forty army wagons 
fell Into the bands of the rebels. 
As fast as the United States troops retired, the posi¬ 
tions were immediately occupied by rebels until after 
Fairfax Court House was passed, after which pursuit 
was not continued. 
In many Instances the teamsters unhitched the 
horses and abandoned the wagons when there was 
not the slightest necessity. 
The rebel cavalry were the terror of tbe volunteers, 
nrs passed by the darker The Horae Guard here dispersed to-day in a very 
m to assume a somewhat fast style, as the 2 d cavalry and Philadelphia troop 
we now give those details charged into the town from both sides. Many of 
reliability. It cannot be the inhabitants who have heretofore been regarded 
. with a repulse, hut the as rebels, are now strong Unionists, 
sntlre batteries, and that No event of importance occurred on the march, 
to pieces, is without fotin- Report says there are earthworks of an important 
d intelligence is as follows: character in the neighborhood of Winchester, and 
;hree batteries and gaining abatis of formidable proportions had been formed 
ttnally repulsed and com- on the road leading from Runker Hill to Winchester, 
tington. The retreat is in The movement npon this point was to secure the 
well covered by a good Winchester and Potomac road, and thus protect the 
opening of the canal and the rebuilding of the rail- 
ps at the time of the battle road bridge a.t Harper’s Ferry. The latter place will 
tad formed a connection be immediately guarded, and communication with 
igbt of the first action at Baltimore re-established. 
d distinctly hear cars com- The telegraph, on the 20th, gives us the following 
the cheers with which the additional news from Gen. Patterson’s column, dated 
arrived comrades. They Charlestown, July 20:—In consequence of conjplaihts 
our superior in numbers, from numerous commanders, that their men were 
These facts were further without sboeB, clothing, Ac., and could not he now 
en and deserters and spies; supplied, as the time for which they had been sworn 
trobably known at Wash- in had nearly expired, Gen. Patterson has visited 
in leading our men into tbe brigades, and plead earnestly with the men to 
s. It was the arrival of stand by him for love of country and honor of the 
of the enemy in superior flag, for a few days longer, but. failed to gain support, 
ale of battle. The enemy The good behavior of the soldiers is having excel- 
bave bad more to boast of lent effect npon the town’s people. Many of the 
advantage last night. families were prepared to leave upon the arrival of’ 
i Centerville was success- our army, but are now going to remain, feeling that 
t o’clock last evening, the their property and lives are secure. 
II . Seen i 111 (Java fry K -' K ,ua-m; company Abonl ft „ bo „ r <, )a|wcdt when Capt. Ayer’s bat- 
Beentnl Urttfudts— First aod Second Ohio Regiment* Volt)n tory of eight pieces came thundering along the 
te<-r»; .secnnU New York Begiment Volunteer*; Company K. T . . , , , 
Second a itiiiers ( Light Battery.) 1 J road. In the meantime other scouts had come in and 
Third Brigade ■Colonel William T Sherman, Thirteenth reported that the rebels had precipitately abandoned 
TnlMfitrir .. VI 11. * * ' * 
, t . , , ,, , . , who were compelled to keep the woods in order to 
Information was received by General Tyler’s com- ., , . . , , 1 
.... . , , * avoid being charged by them, 
and of the existence of the enemy’s battery corn- T . . . 
.... . „ . „ , . It ib estimated that only 20,000 in all of our troops 
aiiding the road. Our troops were then formed in , 1 
... rrx or xr v i • were engaged in battle yesterday, and on y 15,000 at 
ittle array. Tbe 2d New York and First Ohio real- r, , ... ’ „ . ’ 
, 1 ,u Ai- • an y ono tlnje > Including G 00 or 700 of the Rhode 
ent* on the left, and the 2d Ditto and 2 d Wisconsin, , . , , . , „ , 
,v v i . ’ Island 1 st and 2 d regiments, 
d (9th, 13th, and 69th New York regiments on the „ 
f ■ vi , • • , „ , . the returned soldiers are perfect y worn out. 
gltt.—Col. Miles’ division following in the roar. ... 
Many of them state that they went to the battlefield 
The first range gun was fired by Sherman’s battery after breakfasting. They were all engaged at some 
ten minutes to seven. The rebels did not return time , whi i e the rebel strength was supplied with 
s shot until an hour and a half afterwards. fresh force9 . The whole battte in ihc center column 
When Col. Hunter's division came up the battle was within the radius of a mile. It is believed that 
came general. Col. Hunter’s movement to gain the the rebeI „ abandoned some of their batteries for the 
it of the enemy was almost a success. The one- purpo8e of decoying the attacking force to advance 
t -’s position was opened on by several of Carlisle’s t0 a position wh ere a double fire could he directed 
witzers, followed by a slight skirmishing. The ftt thcm and BWeep tl)eir lineg> 
bcls rapidly received reinforcements from the Juno- „ ,, 
m after'the attack was opened. The battle con- f ^ Hlatcment ia rec « ived 
ted of u succession of fires from masked batteries a B cntle «» a » who the 8 th New 
iich opened in every direction. When one was ~. C r< L im ent. 
enced its place was supplied by two in the daring 1 b ° T “ a ? h * 1 ° D tbe batt,efiel(1 after a fatigue 
urge of infantry in unmasking them. The. 2d Ohio T of n, , nc t hour8 and Mediately the enemy, 
d 2d New York State militia were marched in flank Th ® * batteries wcre alt concealed, which 
•ouglf the wouds by a new made road within a e * !••*< ctdingly difficult tor our men. As they 
le of the main road, when they came on a battery ^ rnoving forward tb <W could not see the enemy, 
th four regiments flanked in roar. Onr men were C 0 , 1 Ke< )t J ently could not direct their fire with as 
mediately ordered to lie down on the side ef the reBults as they would had the y been in tb « 
id, in order to allow two pieces of artillery to pass 
■ough and attack the work, when this battery Tb « following is the secession account of the battle: 
cncd upon us ttnd killed, on the third round, Lieut. Richmond, July 23, via New Orleans. -The reports 
Second ArtUleQ (Light Buttery.) 
Tbird Brik'a'ii' Colonol William T, Sherman, Thirteenth 
Iufantry. comninnOIni;, Sixt.v-ninth and Seventy ninth 
Regiments New York Militia: Thirteenth Regiment New 
Y(irk Volunteers: Second Regiment Wineonaiu Volunteors; 
Company E. Third Artillery (Light Battery.) 
fourth Brigade—Colonel J. it. KichnrdHnn. Michigan Vol¬ 
unteers, commanding. Second and Third Regiments Michi¬ 
gan Volunteers; First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers; 
Twelfth Regiment New York Volunteer*. 
Sbi-onh Division.—C ol David Hunter, Third Cavalry, com¬ 
manding. 
First Brigade—Colonel Andrew I'ort.er Sixteenth Infantry, 
commanding. Buttalllon ..I Regular Infantrv (Second, Third, 
and Eighth Regiment,i. Eighth and Fourteenth Regiment* 
New York Militia; Squadron Second Cavalry, Companies G. 
and Company Fifth Aitiilery (Light Battery ) 
Second Brigade—Colonel A. F. Burnside, Rhode Island 
Voltmi<‘C'pv ooioniRruling. Fir>t nud RiigiraontK 
Rho.n, Is 1 .mi! v..' unU-er-, Second Regina-nt New UfUnnshire 
Volunteers: Battery of Light Artillery, Second Rhode island 
Regiment; Seventy first Regiment New York Militia. 
Tninn Division —Col. S. I’ lU-int/.elman, Seventeenth 
Infantry, commanding 
First Brigade—('*-] \V. B. Franklin, Twelfth infantrv, coin, 
roamiing Fourth Regiment 1’enusylvania Militia; Fifth Reg- 
invent Mo-sac hu.-e Its Militia; First Regiment Minnesota Vnl 
urtteer*; Ci-mpnny Ft, Second Cavalry; Company 1. First 
Artillery (Light Battery). 
Second Brigade—Cot. O. R. Wilcox, Michigan Volunteers, 
commanding. First Regiment Michigan Volunteer*; Elev¬ 
enth Regiment New York Volunteers, Company I), Second 
Artillery i Light Battery) 
Third Brigade—Co). O, (t. Howard, Maine Volunteer*, com 
man ding. Second Fourth and tilth Regiment* Maine Vol¬ 
unteers. Second Regiment Vermont Volunteers. 
Rkskuvk—I' orui n Division. — Brigadier General Theodore 
Runyon, New Jersey Militia, commanding. 
First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiment* New Jersey 
Militia, three month* Volunteers, First, Second and Third 
Regiments New Jersey- Militia, three years Volunteers. 
Finn Division.—C olonel D. S. Mills, Second Infantry, 
commanding. 
Fir.-t Brigade—Col. Blanker, New York Volunteers, com¬ 
manding. Eighth and Twent.v-Ninth Regiments New York 
A oluiiteers; Garibaldi Guard; Twenty Fourth Regiment 1‘enn 
sylvamu Volunteer*. 
Second Brigade—Col. Davies, New York Volunteer*, com 
manding Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Thirty First and Thirty- 
J^ocoihI Kfiriminth NOW York Yohuiti*i‘r.*i: Company (J, Second 
Artillery (Light Ilnlterv). Uy command of 
Brig. Gen. McDowku, 
Artillery (Light Battery). 
Jamks B, Fliv, 
Ass't Adj. General. 
the buttery and were retreating in haste. The enemy 
disappeared and the entrenchments were quietly 
entered and taken possession of by the skirmishers. 
The position was a strong one, and could have easily 
been defended. 
The following dispatch was received in the after¬ 
noon of the 18th at head-quarters: 
Fairfax Court House, ) 
July 18th. S 
To Lieut, ('ol. J). Townsend, Assistant Adjutant 
(i eneral, I Vashington: 
The first division under Gen. Tyler is between Ger¬ 
mantown iwhI Centerville. 
The second, (Hunter's,) is nt this place, and just 
about to move forward to Centerville. 
The li fill, (Miles’,) Is at. the crossing of the old Rud¬ 
dock road, north of the road from this to Fairfax 
Station, and is ordered forward to Centerville by the 
Ruddock road. Barry’* battery bun joined it. 
One of Col. IIciutzelniau's brigades (Wilcox) ifl at 
Fairfax Station. 
Col. Ileintzelman and hi* other brigade are below 
the Station, but he has not reported to me since we 
have been hero, and I have not been able to commu¬ 
nicate with him. 1 think they arc at Saugcrties 
Station. 
The four men that were wounded yesterday be¬ 
longed lo Colonel Miles’ division, who had seen 
slight skirmishing in reaching the position. Each 
column found about the same obstruction*; trees 
were felled across the road, but, tin; axmen cleared 
them out in si few minutes. There wore extensive 
breastworks thrown up at this place, and some of 
them with embrasures resulted with sand bags, and 
extensive breastworks were also t brown out, at the lair 
fax Railroad Station and the road leading to Sanger 
tic*. A great deal of work had been done by them, 
ami the number and size of their camps show' they 
liad beet) in great force. The retreat, therefore, 
must have a damaging effect upon them. They left 
in such haste that they did uot draw in their pickets, 
The right w ing, commanded by Gen. Tvler of wll ° cnn)c into our cam P thinking because it oecu- 
Cnnnp^tfi nt nm„,i ti <■ , ‘ pied the same place that it was their own. 
Connecticut, pioccodcd by the Georgetown turnpike. The obstructions of the railroad in the vicinity of 
I he center, composed of the second division, two the station, including the deep cut tilled ju with 
brigades, under Col. Hunter, U. S. A., proceeded by 
the Leesburg or Oentreville road. The left wing was 
composed of the third division, three brigades, under 
Col. S. 1’. Heintzelman, U. R. A., and the 5th division, 
two brigades, under Col. Dixon S. Miles, U. S. A. 
The fifth division proceeded by the old Braddock 
road, and third by the Little River turnpike. 
The fourth, under Gen. Runyan, of New Jersey, 
constitute the reserve. There were in the whole 
column G 2 regiments- about 55,000 men—and in the 
marching divisions an aggregate of 45 , 000 . 
The center under Col. Hunter, left its bivouac, 
six miles from Fairfax Court House, at 10 o’clock 
this morning, 'lhe first barricade, made of trees 
felled and thrown across the road, delayed the head 
of the division only a lew minutes. This was encoun¬ 
tered about three miles from the Court House. It 
was cautiously examined by the skirmishers, bnt no 
signs of a rebel force were discovered. The pioneers 
soon cleared the road with their axes. The barricade 
was erected at the foot of a large hill, the top of 
which was covered with a dense thicket, affording an 
excellent cover for sharp shooters. The second bar¬ 
ricade was of a similar character, and was cleared in 
i ne onstmetions of the railroad in the vicinity of lu,u OL “ “imiery uas creaieu great navoc amoug the 
the station, including the deep cut filled iu with rebels, of whom there arc 30,000 or 40,000 in the field 
ea, th can be cleared in a few hours. under command of Reanregard, while they have a 
Telegraph poles are up with wires on them. I look „ T 3 
to having railroad Communication and telegraph in a 1 rvc 0 J 5 ’ a Junction, 
very short time. Much Hour, some, arms, forage, He describes one officer, the most prominent in the 
touts, camp equipage, Ac., were abandoned. I am fight, distinguished by hiH white horse, a* Jeff Davis. 
rtr r“ of * r*r «- 
and pillaging, which, however, was soon checked. tut rebel forces, bnt says it is difficult to 
it distressed us all greatly. I go to Centerville in a get them in proper discipline in battle array. The 
tew moments. .... . position of the euemy extend on three lines in the 
James McDowell, form "1 a triangle, the apex pointing to the center of 
Brigadier General Commanding. the column. The urea seems to have been filled with 
On the 18th a portion of McDowell’s advance masked batteries. At seven this evening guns were 
encountered a succession of masked batteries at a heard firing at short intervals, 
place called Bull’s Run, near Centerville. Firing terrible conflict at manassas. 
was kept up by artillery during the day, while Gen. Our community was thrown into a fearful condition 
McDowell was concentrating his troops and recon- of anxiety and excitement yesterday (Monday) P. M., 
[loitering. It was ascertained that the rebels were owinir to tele era ms concern in v a collision between 
maud of the existence of the enemy’s battery com¬ 
manding the road. Our troops were then formed in 
battle array. The 2d New York and First Ohio rcci- 
monts on the left, and the 2 d Ohio and 2 d Wisconsin, 
and 79th, 13tli, and 69th New York regiments on the 
right.—Col. Miles’ division following in the roar. 
The first range gun was fired by Sherman’s battery 
at ten minutes to seven. The rebels did not return 
his shot until an hour and a half afterwards. 
When Col. Hunter’s division came up the battle 
became general. Col. Hunter’s movement to gain the 
rear of the enemy was almost a success. The ene¬ 
my’s position was opened on by several of Carl isle’s 
howitzers, followed by a slight skirmishing. The 
rebels rupkily received reinforcements from the Junc¬ 
tion after the attack was opened. The battle con¬ 
sisted of a succession of fires from masked batteries 
which opened in every direction. When one xvas 
silenced its place was supplied by two in the daring 
chnrge of infantry'in unmasking them. The 2 d Ohio 
and 2d New York State militia were marched in flank 
through' the wouds by a new made road within a 
mile of the main road, when they came on a battery 
with four regiments flanked in rear. Our men were 
immediately ordered to lie down on the side ef the 
road, in order lo allow two pieces of artillery to pass 
through and attack the work, when this battery 
opened upon us and killed, on the third round, Lieut. 
Dempsey, of Company G, New York 2 d, and Win. 
Maxwell, drummer, and seriously wounding several 
other*. Our troops were kept for iiiteeu or twenty 
minutes under a galling fire. They not being able to 
exchange shots with the enemy, although within 
stone's tlirow of their batteries, they succeeded in 
retiring in regular order, and with their batteries. 
The most gallant charge of the day was made by 
the New York G9th, 79tli, and 13th, who rushed upon 
one battery, firing ns they proceeded with perfect 
ertnt, and attacking it with the bayonet's point. 
Their yell of triumph seemed to carryall before it. 
They found that the rebels had abandoned the battery, 
and only taken one gun, bnt their success was 
acquired only by a severe loss of life, in which tbe 
69th most severely suffered, and it was reported that 
Lieut. Col. Nugent was among the first killed. 
The Zouaves also distinguished themselves by their 
spirited assaults on the batteries at the point of the 
bayonet, but it is feared that their loss is immense. 
Up to 5 P. M„ it was generally understood that, we 
had hemmed iu the enemy entirely, and that they 
were gradually retiring, and that Col. Hunter bad 
driven them back in the rear, aud that Col. Heitzel* 
man’s commund was successful, and that it required 
but the reserve from Tyler’s division to push on to 
the Junction. 
A Mississippi soldier was taken prisoner by llas- 
broack, of the 2 d Wisconsin regiment, and he turned 
out to be Rrig. Quartermaster Pryor, cousin to Roger 
A. Pryor. He was cap'tured with his horse as lie by 
accident rode into our lines. He discovered himself 
by remarking to Ilasbrouck, “ We are getting badly 
cut to pieces.” •' What regiment do you belong to?” 
asked Hasbriniek. ‘- The 19th Mississippi,” was the 
answer. “Then you are my prisoner,” said Has- 
brouck. 
From the statements of this prisoner it appears 
that our artillery has created great havoc amoug the 
rebels, of whom there are 30,000 or 40,000 in the field 
under command of Reanregard, while they have a 
reserve of 75,000 at the Junction. 
He describes one officer, the most prominent in the 
fight, distinguished by his white horse, as Jeff. Davis, 
lie continued previous reports of a regiment of 
negroes in the rebel forces, bnt says it. is difficult to 
get them in proper discipline in battle array. The 
position of the euemy extend on three lines in the 
form of a triangle, the apex pointing to the center of 
the column. The area seems to have been filled with 
masked batteries. At seven this evening guns were 
still heard firing at short intervals. 
TERRIBLE CONFLICT AT MANASSAS. 
Oitr community was thrown int o a fearful condition i 
MoCLELLAND‘3 COMMAND. 
The Kanawha correspondent of the Gazette says 
on the forenoon of the 18th Gen. Cox ordered the 
12th Ohio regiment, two companies of the 21st Ohio 
regiment, and two guns of the Cleveland artillery 
and Ironton cavalry, to reconnoitre a supposed 
masked battery near the mouth of Pope creek, four 
miles from Gen. Cox’s headquarters. They discov¬ 
ered the enemy, 1,500 strong, strongly intrenched in 
Scarcey Hill, with a masked battery of two guns. 
Our men were fired upon from a masked battery and 
a log house, and onr men, after firing forty rounds, 
crossed the creek and silenced the battery, but the 
ammunition giving out, they were compelled to re¬ 
treat. One gun of the masked battery was afterward 
removed and opened fire. Col. Allen and Lieut. 
Pomeroy, of the 21st Ohio regiment, were killed, 17 
wonnded and 3 missing. Morton, of the 21st Ohio, 
was badly wounded and taken prisoner. The rebels 
were commanded by Col. Tompkins. 
On Friday night a detachment of Col. Woodruff’s 
2d Kentucky regiment, comprising three or four 
companies, including the commands of Captains 
Brown and Hurd, made a forward movement to Bar- 
hourville, seven miles back of Guyandotte, in pursuit 
of a force of five or six hundred rebel militia, re¬ 
ported to have encamped or congregated near that 
point, on an eminence on the banks of Mad river— 
the rebel force being principally from Wayne and 
Cabel counties, Va. About G A. M. Saturday, Wood¬ 
ruff’s force arrived at the contemplated scene of 
action, and after relaying plank removed from the 
gangway of the bridge, crossed over, encountering 
the enemy on an eminence between Mad river and 
Barbourville. The rebels immediately fled in every 
direction, with the Kentuckians iu close pursuit. 
Ten or twelve of the rebels were killed and a number 
wounded. One of the Kentucky boys, whoso name 
we have not learned, was killed. 
Headquarters Abmv of Occuuation, l 
Beverly, July 19. ( 
Soldiers of the Army of the ItVjV.- 
I am more than satisfied with you. Yon have 
annihilated two armies, commanded by excellent 
and experienced soldiers, intrenched in mountain 
fastnesses, and fortified at their leisure. You have 
taken five guns, twelvo colors, fifteen hundred stand 
of arms, one thousand prisoners, including more 
than forty officers. 
One of the second commanders of the rebels is a 
prisoner. The other lost his life on the field of 
of the killed and wounded were so unreliable last battle. You have killed more than 280 of the enemy, 
night, owing to the confusion following the victory 
at Manassas, that I refrain from giving them, being 
careful of giving causeless pain to anxious hearts. 
Beauregard and staff are safe. Beauregard’s horse 
was shot from under him. General Johnson com¬ 
manded the left wing when the enemy made their 
win) lias lost all his baggage and camp equipage. 
All this has been accomplished with the loss of 
twenty brave men killed aud sixty wounded on vour 
part. Yoo have proved that Union men who tight 
for the preservation of our Government, are more 
than a match for our misguided and erring brothers. 
More than this, you showed mercy to the vanquished. 
You have made long and arduous marches with in- 
first attack. General Beauregard commanded the sufficient food, fYequeutly exposed to the inclemency 
right of the column. Jeff Davis reached the field at <> ^ tbe weather. 
noon and took command of the center. When the 
left was pressed the severest, the center engaged a 
portion of the enemy’s force and decided the for¬ 
tunes of the day. 
PATTERSON'S COMMAND. 
Tue column under command of Gen. Patterson, 
(the composition of which we will endeavor to give 
I have not hesitated to demand this of you, feeling 
that I could rely on your endurance, patriotism and 
courage. In the future I may have still greater de¬ 
mands to make upon you and still greater sacrifices 
for you to oiler. It shall lie my care to provide for 
you to the extent of my ability, but I know now that 
by your valor and endurance yon will accomplish all 
that is asked. Soldiers, 1 have confidence in you, 
aud 1 trust you have learned to confide in me. Re¬ 
member that discipline and subordination are quali- 
in next issue of the Rural,) with the exception of of equal value with courage. I am proud to 
the 1st Pennsylvania regiment, advanced tn Bunker ? y that you bave K “ ,,K ” 1 ,b ” highest reward that 
h:h „„ im rm , , American troops can receive—the thanks of Con- 
Hill on the I,dli. lhe march waa a very pleasant gress, and the applause of 3 uur fellow-citizens. 
one, and nothing of a serious nature occurred until R. B. McClelland, Major-General. 
near the latter point, which is nine miles below - 
Martinsburg. Captain Tompkins’ Rhode Island bat- War Movement* in tbe West. 
t f,| T bftd ^ bo lead, supported by the 21st Pennsylvania On the 16th inst. eight hundred United States 
legiment, and followed by the 2 ,id. Just below troops came up ahead of the passenger train as far as 
Bunker Hill, Colonel Stewart, with six hundred rebel Millsville, thirty miles above St, Charles, on the 
cavalry, drew up lor a charge upon the 21st, but Northern Missouri railroad, whefi the track waa torn 
failed to see the Rhode Island battery, which opened up . The U. S. troops were fired into, when an 
with powerful effect with shot, shell and grape, engagement ensued, resulting in the loss of 7 rebels 
Colonel Stewarts charge was immediately broken, killed and several taken prisoners. One man who 
vn hen the 2 d United States cavalry, under Colonel was caught with a gun In bis hand, and another who 
Ihomas, charged and pursued him two miles, cap- attempted to escape, was riddled with halls. Alight 
luring one captain and one private, who huvo been occurred three miles east of Fulton, Holloway county, 
sent hack to Martinsburg. The remainder of Colonel on the lHtli, between Col. McNeil, with GOO men, 
Stewart * force scattered into the woods, and the 2d a nd Gen. Harris, with about 1,000 men. Six I ’rated 
returned, lhe whole secession force has talleu baek States troops and SO rebels were killed, and 2(J0 rebels 
on AY inchestcr, thirteen miles Iroin here. taken prisoners. The rebels were completely routed. 
A dispatch from Bunker Hill on the 17th says:— Twelve of McNeil’s force were wounded, including 
Much to the surprise of the whole army, instead of a colored body servant. On the part of the Federals 
proceeding direct to Winchester, we took the line 
of march this morning from Bunker Hill to Charles¬ 
town, and now have full possession. The reason for 
this move is that Winchester is defended on the 
north side by strong breastworks in the form of a 
letter V. Leaving the town behind the angle, it 
only the udvanced guard of the United States force 
were in the engagement, and were fired upon from 
an ambush. The rebels then fled and some of them 
were seen afterwards quietly at work in the fields as 
though nothing had happened. 
An official dispatch from Col. McNeil states that 
cannot be uttacked on that side without exposing he had met Harris and had completely routed him, 
strongly posted, and that their force was very large. 
It was evident that the point could not be carried by 
storm except with heavy loss, and the Federal troops 
Immediately began the erection of batteries, mount¬ 
ing long rauge 32 ponuders, which was continued 
until Sunday A. M., when an advance was ordered. 
The iollowing bulletins were received in official 
circles at Washington, during the progress of the ^ 
our troops to a destructive cross fire. The west aide 
is defended by a palisade, but the east side is only 
covered by a vail. On this side is also an eminence 
which commands the town, and which has been left 
unoccupied, and it is thought to have been the design 
of Gen. Patterson to secure it as the base of'opera¬ 
tions. 
Communication with Harper’s Ferry will be opened 
to-morrow from this point, and a force stationed 
there. The whole force has reached here except 4th 
Connecticut. Colonel Yates 1st Pennsylvania reached 
owing to telegrams concerning a collision between Connecticut. Colonel Y'ates 1 st Pennsylvania reached 
the Federal and Rebel troops at Manassas. Report here from Martinsburg to-day, guarding a train of 
followed report, and these were of such a character 200 wagons, accompanied by Capt. Girard's company 
that many believed the Lnion forces were being of Pennsylvania 7th. But a small force is now sta- 
rapidly destroyed, and that Washington was again tioned at Martinsburg. Much of the provisions left 
exposed to ruthless assault from the minions of Jkf. there have boen returned to Williamsport, and will 
Davis. It was evident that wo had met with a thence be sent to Harper’s Ferry by canal. Capt. 
losing 6 , with 12 wounded. Harris’ force is consid¬ 
erably diminished. 
Four hundred mounted secessionists from Boone 
county, under Captain Martin, attempted to join 
Gen. Harris but failed. 
A ferry boat, with armed men, is cruising on our 
river to prevent the escape of rebels from Cali way 
county. 
Capt. Cavendor, of Col. Blair’s regiment, reached 
St. Louis on the 16th from Springfield. He reports 
Gen. Lyon in Springfield, but his command are 
here from Martinsburg to-day, guarding a train of encamped 11 miles north. The march from Boone- 
ville was very severe, aud provisions scarce; tbe men 
are being put on half rations. Gen. Lyon would 
reverse, and a very serious one, but the statements 
were so contradictory none could tell to what extent 
tioned at Martinsburg. Much of the provisions left remain in Springfield till he could obtain a full sup- 
there have boen returned to Williamsport, and will ply of subsistence and additional means of transpor- 
thence be sent to Harper’s Ferry by canal. Capt. tation, and allow his men to recuperate. 
McMullen took possession of some corn left at the Jackson’s force left Neosho and passed into 
depot at this point by the enemy. Arkansas. 
