The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-08-01
For the LANCASTER Gazette.
Oar Army COTrespondenee.


at 2p' NJ, Of Friday July 18th, with bright
hopes Of a speedy reunion with friends
and relatives, we joined regiment after
regiment, brigade after brigade. division
after division. until the Grand Army Of
Occupation. filed in ranks Of four, mum.
bering 10000 men. we're marching to-
ward Manassas junction. the bands play.
ing national airs, banners floating in the
breeze, voices singing Union anthems.
and myriad bayonets cleaning in the sun.
High and sauguine hopes were entertain
ed that the horde of political blacklegs.
bankrupt politicians, refugees from for
eign climes.and crimes, murderers, thieves
pick pockets and assassins who com posed
the Southern rebel army would be most
etfsctually wiped out and the Stars and
Stripes float In glory and beauty DER Vi
emma Station. Germantown, Fairfax Court
House, Manassas Gap and Junction, and
at last have crowning glory BY waving
in majesty and beauty on the Capitol at
Richmond. The station at Vienna was
taken possession Of, our National emblem
placed on the track where one month be-
fore the Ohio lst was fred into by a
masked battery Of the enemy. German.
town, Fairfax and Centreville fell before
the stern front and steady march of the
army of freedom, until we brought up at
the Northern Fork of Bulls Run, July
Goth. Here masked battery within an
entrenchmsnt was sIormed, but with i'll
success, and both sides got of with in
considerable loss. Sunday morning, dark
and early, 2 o'clock, our column, under
command of Gen. Mcdowell, marched to
the since scene Of conflict; Schencks
Brigade, composed OF the Is. and Cd
Ohio and I'd New York, was given the
post of honor and we're thrown out as ad :
vance skirmishers in order to detect and
draw forth the enemys fire of the mask
ed batteries. The enemy lay strongly
entrenched in unseen trenches, under
cover Of the woods and in the long grass
The lst Ohio made the opening charge Of
musketry, the ed New York followed at a
double quick, which brought forth the
enemy's fire and regiment of riaemeu
who we're finely repelled by the I'd Ohio
Our Brigade loss was comparatively
small, considering the dangerous position
assigned US, and as you have heard by
the newspapers. telegrapbic reports and
rumors probably more than I know Of
the details, I leave the matter to the off
cial report of our very worthy and eff
cien, Brigadier. who has, after considera.
BILE lapse of time. and by keeping toe boys
over their time, avenged the slaughter o
: Vienna and gained a reputation for Ohio
The battle Of Bloody Run viii! never b.
effaced from the 0. V. MS memory; tn
mounds Of dead and dying. the heroic
charges, the rivers of blood, the death
groans of comrads, the ghastly visage
the family articulated cry for water, tn
booms bursting, the cannon's flash, th
t impetuons rush, the Grecian stolidity, tn,
Roman courage. the army OF enthusiastic
, impetuous, devoted and courageous sol
diers who rushed irto the jaws Of dealt
and charged into the cannon's mouth
, will live wildly in their memories lony
after the rebels who caused the disaste
aud death, have expiated their crimes b,
an igEominious death on earth, and tor
turing life among the spirits of the damn
edl
The precipitaie retreat, the hurrie,
fight from the field of action, was owinI
to misconstrued order, and it is estima
ted that $4,000 U. s. Troops were in clos
proximity who were not id the eng age
ment at all. Up to P. NJ. the battle wa
, ours, when Johnston's rebel reinforce
ments turned the tide and compelled
| retreat, which, although not compulsory
was necessity. We were ordered TO re
( treat which we lost NO time in doing an
$ starting at double quick, came distano
| Of over 80 miles, our muskets, oanieens
= blankets, haversacks, cartridge boxes
S etc., still a component part Of our bag
gage. At Fort COrcoran, Grlingto
9 Heights, we were kept In a drenchini
# rain for six mortal hours, while regimen
f after regiment moved past US to shelter
: food and repose. We are now here i
Washington City, barracked at Unio
4 Block, corner of 9th and Pennsylvani
}. Avenue, while your correspondent ha
! taken rooms at the Avenue House, doffe
> his soldier clothes. donned clean toggery
and imagines himself once more citizen
The order has been given to march t
camp at 10 o'clock to-day, at the end {
y y 7th st., to attend to roll call, see who ar
!. killed, wounded and missing, and to max
" arrangements for getting home as 500
If as troops now in waiting iol orders al