The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-21
THE BATTLE OF BUTT, Rim
Mr.. Russell's Account of the Battle and
kOut
we publish, IN Jult. from Mr.. RussePs letter to
Tue LONDON Times, that portion of it which relates
to the Battle Of Bull Rua-Eds. Ec,

, | ''"'Sc, 'hdt pUEIlOl OF 1t which reIa
TO tue Battle Of Bull Rua.-Eds &c.
SIT down to give an account-not Of the arti" @ ,oot
Wy, ay, our OF what saw with my own eyes hitherto
U.ttn ueceived, and Of what heard with nv own on
"hch IN this country so much To be trnstad
mt, however, express opinion as to the sGfair
In the first place, the repulse of the Feder
ISIS decided as it was, might have had no esrio G
CT beyond the mere failure-whch po,iticgIIv y
pl greater consequence than it was in miIitarv 90
u' pr IN dlSgracefu conduct of the troops Tie rnt
on uier lines at Centreville seems to have en5od -;
| sc,ndiy ary rout-a miserable, causeless panic Su,
otaIouS behavior on the part OF soldiers should ba,
o Impossible, as with some experience of cam,
smes' en- ihIes' nave never. even in alarms among "a n
olo"efs, seen the like of it. How far the disnrs
uon OF the troops extended know not; but if Tss n
Piete in the instance of more than owe rco;o
washington this nornng is crowded with soI5ios I l.
o'eTS VINO have fed from CenrevilIe and win ,tfh
men VINO are going home from the face of n
ciny on the expiration of their term of nlStmsnt ~
streets IN spite OF the rain, are crowded bv neon
,, 'aceS anu groups Of waverug politicians are A.
sn''gu at the corners, in the hotel passages ana H.
80 - - III e present state Of the troops the Con federal
were 10 make march across the Potomac ab,ve W.
f ~, 'uS me works at Arlington, the capital miyh
H. % o the.I hands helay may place that event onf :
| the range of probability ~ 'H' ouI {
M ne re- North viii no DOUBT, the shock itbert
SIe mas only said, go and light for the Tnion J, ~,
south has exclaimed, Let us fght for our riabt =,
ortn must put its best men into the battle or sba I
inevitably 'ail before the energy the parsona, I.,J
anu the superior fighting powers of her antanonint
NY nettPrs, ss In my conversation have endeavored
selves is .sh winch the Unonists have set them
seFeS Is oae OF no ordinary difficulty but in the stata
arfogance and superciIious confidence either I
aneceed TO conceala sense of weakness one mirh ne
udEe preached to the Pyramid of Cheors Indsed " ~
may form some notion of the condition of tho On
nilhu ny OBSERVING that journals conducted bv mo- =
Eic2ed sd PERSONAL character-the be-whipped and be
u anu uifecoshlzed pariahs of society in Now Wi
are nevertheless IN the very midst of repulse and I
towaIJ th 10 in94lGe in ridiculous rhodomonad
,o"uS the NATIONS OF Europe, and to our aurhc
by impotentiy malignant attacks on our rotten 49,
achy, "hile the stones of their bran new rerubIi nv
ABOUT their ears. 1t will he amusing To ohsor
the change of tone, for can afford to observe and ~
amused at The same time " 'ei 'e anu 10 D
On turning into one Of the roads which lea6s 70 Li
fax Court House and to Centrcyille habind II I "
sonnd OF cannon reached us. That nust ba,,a boa
30 M. 1t never ceased all day; at least whence
rat.ie OF the gig ceased the boon ng Of gums vol l
thfough the woods on ears. One man sail T. he
ciock hut the pckets told it had really becen,
continuous about halfpast7 o'clock Ina G4w nir
ntes afterwards body of men appeared on the rS
ther oacks toward Centreville and their faces tr
@ @Hanuria Iher march was so dsorderly that coul(
ot nave peeVed they were soldiers an enemy,s
ry-for Eirgtnia hereabout certainly sobnt fr
arms ana uniform 1t appeared that there vas NJ
less than an entire regiment marching awav sino 90 !;
small Knots of two three, extending for son,e ir ~ ~
lour miles along the road A Babel of tonTucs - "
from them. and they were all in good snirits - -;
air ABOUT them could not understand Dismopnt,I, ~
1sream, Wherc group Of thirsty men were drinEin"
a mating IN the shade asked officer ''Where ar,
reckon, to PENNSYLVANIA u % N' "i''
1t was the ith Pennsylvania regiment which was on it.
ra as learned from the men II suppose there i:
severe WORK golnE on behind YOU iud zirr from M
hrlEgI, wen, ! reckon, sir, there is: We're goi,,a
nome ne added after pause during which il occ,
10 MN, PERHAPS that the movement rCouired
because the mems time is M We have Nd -
months OF this work " proceeded on NV wav ,,,nia
uDg on the feelings Of general who sees half brirT
walk quietly on The very morning of an arton sps ~
the frame OF mind of the men, who wsud havo So.
tll they were hoarse about their beloved ~
is Hteu uo"h any poor creature who expressed be
m tna IL was not the very quntessence of everythna
great ana good IN government and glorious and o,;,
tent IN arns-cooy turning their backs on it when in
utmost peril because the letter their engagement -
them no further. Perhaps the 4th Pennsvivsris 80
rg out let US hear no of the excellence of
months service volunteers. VI ''''e
On Iuf LEFT font gap in the lowest chain of ,b ,u
ht p OF Manassas, ana 10 the left and nearer tn
US lay the Junction" Of the same name where the IL
anaria railway unes with the rail from the west VII
En ana continues the route by rails of various enom
nations to Richmond The scene was So naacpf,I -
sht wen uoupt the evidence OF sense that great
Gote't was Deihg played out below in bIoodshed or
imagine, as Mr. Seward sometimes does that if was a
deuSon when he wakes in the morning and finds tbor@
Is civil war upon him But the cannon spoke ont IoudI
from the green bushes, and the plains below were rn
tied so to speak, by pufs of SIN Ike and nv ,Ita rin
from bursting shells and caprcious howitzers II
no review That was going on beneath us The shells
gave proof enough of that though the rush of the shot
could not be heard at the distances clouds of dnt
up IN regular lines through the treetos where infantry
were acting, and now and then their Sayerinqt mist ~
gn pue SMOKE cGrled up and the pluttcr of muskelry
broke through the booming of the runs ''
with the glass could detect now and then the fash of
arms thiough the dust clouds in the open but no ona
couu tell to which side the troops who were MOVING he
longed and could only judge from the smoke
the guns were fired towards or away from the mn
was evident that the dust in the distance on o,r
extended beyond that which rose from the Facrsii
me view towards the left, have said was ntcrrunf
cd, but the firing rather more heavy tbprc ,I,, ~
me iroot or right flank and glade was pointed on in
the other side of which the Conederaes were hid in TO-
though they had not made any specific reply to HE
thrown INTO ther cover early in the morning There
seemed TO be continuous line which was Leid NV ih
'heny nom which came steady solid firing against
ht pe supposed to be heads of columns stationed al
various points or advancing aga nst them It was neces.
ssry 70 Iced the hersos and give than ao, ,ctg
proceeded at "a ''1s, =. :
AS WAS Watching the faces of the Senators and Con
gressmen, thought had heard or read of snch a sccn
as ont there was much more to come The soldiers
VINO ioio"ea each shot with remarks in English or
man, were not as eager generally are in watching
a night. once, as cloud of thick smoke ascended
from the trees, shouted out ..Tha,,s ,oni. -,
taken another battery; there goes the magazine Ft -
looked like and believe was the eyplosnn of roj.o,
In tne midst OF our little reconnaissance, Mr. vizetey
who has been living and indeed marching with one M
the regiments an artist of the Illustrated London Eers
came up and told us the action had been commenced i'm
splendid style by the Federalists, who had advanced
steadily driving the Confede aes before thea mart 81
the plan, as firmly believe, TO bring them under the
range oi ther guns lie believed the advantages on the
fedefalStS SIDE were decided, though with bard
lighting and he had just up TO Centreyille to oo
after something to eat aad drink and to procure tlr
very probably saved his life
Having seen all that could be dscerned thrcurh orr
glasses my friend aud myself had made feast on our
sandwiches III the shade of the buggy my horse was
ing and resting, and forced to give linn half an
hour or more before mounted, and meantime tried Ia
rn g,l ,1nr
Suddenly up rode an officer, with crowd of soldiers
him, from the village We've wbinned ,lar, ~ " ~
p'lnts. ne shouted we've taken their batteries and
Iney re all rereatine Such uproar as followed :
The spectators and men Cheered again and again
cries Of ''bravol" " "bully for u.s. "ndn'tf tell %
s0E aud cultural hOchs from the Deutsch land folk and
loud hurroosn from the Irish soon pferward nav b
brought up to the hin and nv friend and tb T
man have already mentioned set out walk toward the
former to get closer view of thn nrocasdin 'n
] Gown ihso tne narrow road, or lane, already
wheeled tilt wagons W hch raised rood Jea NJ In
My attention particularly called to This bv the occnr
Tbad met INV E iends ~ ~ -
rods forward n Ir 49, - toaui anu iitei ieW "crdS
v.gors anJ tbrar.ie as "elL as C0uId past the
arose n tnmr,rt ~ - t uust, mheh suddenly there
tho road and ,hon - " M AZ a slhaiI ptldse across
warons will tbc Lorsds ta tiie u,l'eIS OF a set o
endeavorng to force Their wav a,aj " me-, VINO were
bicIas so,+; y; ~ - 10y against tAe stream OF We
nnrr 60, as a ~ @ -. i uliectlon by the side OF The
Nor od ,S;n ,ete was NUMBER OF commissarat
hag,a',e ,,nari r, % 49,, az is sSnL took to he tht
were Tnnning hv tba sda ~ ~ H anu aIarned ana
rta oIsc,,rea = y, he noI Ises-lh 'front.' the aus
men from The front t.Vy, hes'ea. shouted tht
They cnrscd and tugced at tba hdpp; e5e "hippeu
elei with frenzy t1 oct nost e%ue' ana Str ug
was man with The sbo,Id nuhntns by me on loo
what is the mafter sir2 ~ @ VI an ollcer. FraJ
whinned and tbo,,s foo. - !. L we're pretty DadlI
continued his career observed Ist o ous IN puns ant
The teamstes of the advancing wagons now caught UT
the cry. Turn Blackburn your hOrses' was the shou
up the whole line and backing, plunging rearing ant
KICKING The horses which had been preceding dowr
W. 80; a 80, So oiit anu went OH towards Centrevi lie
he;I'e, 80 5;Tt @ ua"'y [ushhS on the driver
~a pidS , Mster giofy or disgrace led the
a S Soolu L,nu IT, In the midst of thi
~ sPec,ac,e an omcer escorted by dra
- 'iitouSi the fuck WIN night cart in charge
IN I NC i. es on oot, WI, WIN ms sword under his arm
~, @ ~ t, s L5, e' G., iat rs Is an tiis about" 'Why
ceneraI T,',a tT ie a'i Ia retreat There
Tf b.ea" ~ e , ae,G I u"oy wounded And on he ran
noints n rbaI , 80 Mio Salu :" re beaten on al
M n,bt NJ trnons mo- ,t - a. etl'l there wa
ali this precipation Trua tbera M lily my no treason io
nnifnrm gyin, too5 ue, tneie were many men il
if thew were beyond The nrono,,j & ~ 80 e noG appear a.
escort got INV horse mn nto the aid ont F tt t sS
and went on randiv toward tb f,onf ~ o" Vi 'le foau