Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-27
The ReSfent from Buil,s Run.I

The war correspondent d to Nss YeskI
World. gives the fdIIoMipg description Of NE
retreat;
:. But what seene,s and how terpi1o the onset
Of that tumultuous retreat For three miles,
boats Of federal foops-- al deteohed from their
regiments, al mingled In one dlsorderly rcut-,-
were fleeing along the road, but mostly through
the lots on either aide Army Wagons, antlers'
teams and private carriages, choked the pass
age, fnmblihg against each other, amid clouds
OF duse, and aickening sights and spunds. nacks,
containing unluoky spectators of the iate ARRAY,
were smashed like glass, and the ,occupante
were lost sight of the debris. Horsea, flying
wildly from the battle field, many ofthem In
death agony, galloped at raudom forward, Join
ing In the stampede. Those on foot, who
could catch them rode them bareback, as
much to save themselves from being run over,
as to make quicker time Wounded men,
| lying along the bahks-the few either left
on the field nor taken to the captured
hospitals, appealed with raised hands 70
those, who rode horses, begging TO be lifted be-
hind, but few regarded such petitions, = Then
the artillery, such as was saved, came thunder
Ing along, smashing and oyerrowering every
thing. The regular cavalry, record IL TO their
shame, joined In the melee, adding to Its terrors,
for they rode down footmen without mercy.
One Of the great guns was overturned and lay
amid the ruins Of & caisson, as i passed IT, !
saw an artillery man running between the pom
derous fore and after wheels Of his gun.carriage,
Hanging on with both hands, and vainly striving
| to lump upon the ordnance. The drivers were
squirting the horses; he could not cling much
| longer, and 1aEmore agonized expression nevei
fixed the features of O. drowning man. The
carriage bounded fromth roughness Of q steer
hill leading to creek, he lost his hold, fell, and
in an instant the great wheels had crushed the
life out of him. Who ever saw such flight
Could the retreat at Borodino have exceeded u
ID confusion and tumult2 think not. II did
not slack 10 the least until Centreville wai
reached. a There the sight of the reserve
Miles's Brigade--formed 10 order on the hill
seemed somewhat to reassure the van. But still
1.-THE teams and foot soldiers pushed on, pass
| ing their own camps and heading swiftly foi
the distant Potomac, until for ten miles tht
road over which the grand army had so lately
passed southWard, gay with unstained banners
and flushed with surety Of strength, was cover
ed with the fragments Of lite retreating forces
shattered and panic cstgicken ina single day
From the branch route, the trains attached Z,
| Hunters Division caught the contagion of th,
flight, and poured into Its already swollen cur
rent another tufbid freshet of confusion ent
| ds,nay9 Who ever saw q more shameful
abandonment Of munitions gathered al suct
vast expense4 The teamsters, many OF them
cut the trAcesof their horses, and galloped from
the wagons. Others threw out their loads Il
accelerate their flight, and grain, picks AND
shovels, and provisions of every kind lay tram
pied In the dust for leagues Q Thousands oi
muskets strewed the route; whom some Of ul
succeeded in rallying body Of gfugltives, and
forming them in line ACROSS the, road,o hardly
one but had thrown away bis arms. 9 II the en-
.emy had brought pihis artillery and served Il
upon the retreatine trains orl had intercepted
dur pogress with five hundred Of his cavalry
he might have captured enough supplies for Q
weeks feast Of Thanksgiving. As Il was
enough was left behind to3ell the, story Of th,
panic. The route,of the Federal army seemet
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