Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-23

the bate les thus telegraphpd for already is the
Whitworth battery Of ak or eight rfied guns
presentd to the Government by patriotic citizens
OF the UEited States in England, which IL
probably already on the way here from New
York Also, full battery belonging to the State
Of Connecticut, ard al,o one at Harrisburg the
property Of the State Ct PENNSYLVANIA.
close investigation made by us Yesterday
evening and afternoon leads TO the impression
that In the excitement Of Yesterday and the con-
frsed accounts Of the condition Of their sevaral
regiments put forth by arriving squads OF men.
induced the general belief that cur loss was fer
greater than II really Is Gen. Mansfield, whose
opportunities for getting at the truth with r. fer
cree TO = are perl ara better than these Of anv
other person than General Scott, sets down the
total less In killed and wounded at less than q
thonserd. md the enCnys loss as being more
than double ours 1t Will he recollscted tia.
until the accidental panic occurred The victory
was decidedly ours. ard that our f'vIrg force"
Were rot pursued Of fhe INN ediate field IF action:
the enemy being evidently IN no condition TO i'm
rrove the :dvar:aee In bis hards. rotwiths and
ing the large force Of cavalry with which be
entered the engagement
Thirty full, organized and drilled rev regi-
ments Gf Il rec years men, which we're ready {.
proceed within an hours notice wera Yesterday
tO
for Washington City without delay We ap!re
h"nd that they will all be amorg us bv the clos.
OF the week, thus increasing the available force
here probably about 81 coo men
The New York Fire ZOuavss certainly perform
ed prodgtes OF valor and hard service during thu
engagements Their charges were never surp4ss
ed by tEose Of either OF Napolpon's most renowned
GERS They well nigh annihilsted two Of the
"nemy's best corTs. one OF them being the corps
known as McCullough's Texas men. They made
tremendous havoc also with the best corps of the
Pnemys cavalry, waiting to receive It's charge un-
Ill their sabres Were ready to descend in an in.
slant, ard then firing deliberate volIey, that
changed the charge into complete rout, empty
ing saddles by the hundred
The b. S; brigade, perhaps OF Gen McDoweN's
| army was not called into the engagement-d!d
not fire gun. We refer 10 Gen Bien ker's bri-
gade. the German Turner's, Garibaldians. and
TWO other frst-cllss regiments. They Were held
back a reserve on the field by Gen Mcdowell
and the important duty of bringing MP the rear on
the retreat was assigned TO them by Gen Med
The mOmentary arrival in w skingtcn Of
squads, companies ar batai dns Of our retreatng
men, throu2 hont yesterday and last evening" kept
the excitement upon Pennsylvania avenue up to
4 the highest conceivable pitch until midnip ht
| notwithstanding the prevalence Of the So disa-
| gTe-able rain storm. Gen Mansfield caused the
| many buildings over the city In which arriving
| regiments had been previously quar'ere tempo
| rarily, 70 be reopened for their accommodation
| end provisions 10 satisfy their immediate wants
1 to tie provided there for them. II was with great
dltlcu ity, however, that they could be gathere 1
| into them, as tue citizens so iocked around and
| heio tnem In The streets with questions, as that
| the Pavernfn's were everywhere constantly block
Z sc do -,
possible of them into the Notifications on the other
| side Of the river, where they can b. soonest pre
pared To resume the discharge OF their rcpimpnt /
| duties. Those efforts were, however but martial
1 iy Succetsful YESTERDAY, Though in forty. eg bt
hours. II is thought in military circles they will
all be again ready to take their positions In the
entrenct meDts, letter soldiers than when they 80
recently left them
Col. Miles, u ) A, who commanded a dIvf.
ion Is alle ed to have given the unfortunate order
retreat hat urnfd victory into the panic igb,
| Of he day before es'erday
| The behaviour Of The TWO Rhode Island Repi.
ments not only In the action but in the retreat is
being universally praised; neither their c-tsnor
men lost their presence of mind at any time On
reaching Centervilc on the retreat, they went into
| thelr late camp there, and prepared 10 remain
they rested there for an hour and a-half and then
only TOOK up the line OF march again under orders
i to d. so.
| Inc Fi'f Michigan Regiment was In Hefntzle.
| mans division, and was afched round emma
ten or twelve mi es to flank the e,emy on ~
eft. The Z"uaves having charged the enemv,,
| POSITION line after tine Till they were cr. u
| prices, the First Michigan egiment was ordered
FORWARD too late to support them, and conseoueptv
met Tue enemy In full front, driving them back
some distance to d heavy wood where wps = I,,,e
battery AMI which the Michigan boys were clos
| upon before they discovered it IL ononed uno,,
them, ding heavy execution. and KILLING Col
| Wilcox. They had numerous sha,n sboo,.,s
who picked of IN" officers of the MicbIoap hoys
| at a dreadful rate. ard the column was forced 70
retreat, whic b II did in good order under heavy
cross IRE from their fanking infantry. They
made tnrPe successive char yea at the masked b, T.
terry In brilliant style, but having no support were
io'cea 10 fetre Their loss OF officers SO far as is
| hno"a Is d follows In killed: Colonel Wilcox,
CdPt. wilmington, Capt Hubbard, Capt Butter
| worth, and Lieutenant Moucb " oupded-
| Captains Lum ard Graves, the latter slightly.
| Lieut.. Casey, seriously, and Lieutenant Warner
| slightly. Lieut.. Parks is among the missing
Major B!dwe.I thinks the total of killed in thi,
regiment Day be estimated at thiriy.Gye or frtv.
| The report that Colonel Wilcox escaped alive is
barely possible, but the members Of his regiment
fear that il cannot be true.
The Minnesota regiment brought In seven hun.
dred of their men yesterday, aud some have come
in since. This reg iment was in the thick OF the
conflict, In conjunction with the Fire Zouayes
and rallied three several times In quick Succession
against the enemy's blackhor cavalry which
was nearly annih!lated by the Zouaves and Min.
nesOtians. The report which placed the Mime
sotians amongst the panic-stricken soldiers wa.
entirely without foundation.
Each succeeding moment renders Il pIsfner
that our ioss In the engagement of the day before
yesterday has been greatly over-estimated Gen
Mcdowell is satisfied to-day that between five
and seven hundred will cover his entire loss of
killed and wounded, and that the number of his
men taken prisoners without being wounded ia
very incOnsiderable, II any. His reserve brigade
that broug ht up the rear vas between the last of
hisretea,ing forces and the enemy, and gathered
before them even all the Ieg-weary that fingered
nearest the Id Of hattie
ALREADY copy of the dispatch sent from Rich
mond on sunday evening to New Orleans, an.
nouncing the engagement Of the dsv has acbad