The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-08-17
The Battle Of Bull Run.
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description d the advance OF Col HurfnRt
diviAon, and Il the country through which II
feueht ib wsy, which b nsw; thu Gnsr.
having sppsrsntly had special observation Of
that part Of the battle. The turn Of In,
battls, On ths arrival of JsHssros. 8. Ths
scoourt q the rstrsst, which b siagularly in-
p,rtsct In detail, and stops nearly q, th. begin
ming. 4. Report Of killed and wounded.
6. The painfal account Ct tn. snt.c.d.n.s Of
The battle, and the uttsriy unpr.p.red cordl-
iion In which the army was forced to tax. the
hsld
THE rLAH OF THs RATTLE IN A NUTSHELL.
Reliable inform .tion was OBJ tsinsd Of au un-
dsfsndsd ford aoout three mites shove the
SSdgs tbsrs beng another ford bet v.eu II AID
thu bridge, which was defe endsd. /. was
thnsfor- ds,e' mined TO take toe road 70 the
uppea fUrd, and, sfssr Gro stag, TO gst b,hiud
the forces guarding the lower foo aud the
brides, and, after occuyying the wr,eaton
rad, east Of the bridge To sstd cut forcs to
destroy the railroad, at or near q inssvllla,
end thus break up tue comm unic atioa b-t useu
the snsmy's foioss at Msnsssss s.t thoes IN
the valley OF Vr.iniA, bs,cre W INC 10 ester,
which had oesn hsld In ehssk by m.J1t G ,ns-
raj PA7TEEsOH.
now THE ATTACK WAS DxLArED, AND JJIss-
Tons sUCCkss IrsURED.
Tia divisions we're ordered 10 m arch at halt.
paw two O'Clock A. a., so ~ 10 arrivs on the
ground cary In the day, and thus avoid tb.
heat which u 70 be sN ,ectsd at this sssson.
Thsrs was celsy In the d st division GO .tiag on,
Lfiu camp on ths road ana the other divisi ms
wTa In consequence, betwssn two and thres
hours beaind tn. time sppoio tsd--a great mis-
fortune, as events turosd out. Tne wood ro I'd
kadine from the Warr.nton turdp,ks to tha
a0F.. ID uak
upon, the gsusral direct on OF the stream b.iu g
o0liqus 70 the road, ana We having the obtdss
angle On our side.
THE sIoRr or HuSrEas PLAsK ATTACK
On rsscsing the botd al SLai,ys SpSinS, I
found part Of the leaitug briga 10 Of dUsTEs's
division (BuRssrDH's) had crossed, but the
men wero STOW in getting over, Stopping 10
drink. Az at this tim, the clouds Of Gust from
the direction of Mauass, IS ,ndica,sd the i'm d 8
dat, approach Of a Large forcs aud fearing it
might come down On the hsad Of tbs c1lumi
bsfors the divlslon could all get over aud SUI
tain H. orders were tsnt back 10 the heat of
regimsnts IL break from tbs c)lu IN aud come
forward separately as fast as plssibls Orders
were ssnt by an officer 70 the rsssrvs brikadi
of HuETZtJuAH's division 70 CONS by a
nearer road &C ross tn, hsldL aud an aid-ds.
camp vas ssst TO Bigadlsr Gsnsral Tr .KR
20 direct him 70 press for ward, this at
tack, a. large bodies of the susmy wars
passing In froat Of hin 10 attack ths divisi %
which mad crossed over. Tbs ground be. Essn
the stream and the road lsaaiog from Sudlsy's
Spring south, and over waica Is Irnsido's bd.
gsds marched, was for about mule from the
tort thioky wooded, whilst on the right
OF the road Tor about the sAms distance tue
country Vas divided be.~ssu as Ids aud woods.
About . mils from the rost the coo ut,y on
both adss Of the 70 ,d 4, oosn, and for nsail,
mule furthsr Large rolling del Is extend d, IN to
the WarrsulAa turnnika ahiCh rhaf
becaus the fsld OF battle tnroash the vali.y
Russ
snsrtly after the leading rsgiasut OF the arst
brigade reasted this open spass, and wAus
othsrs and the second brigads we're crossing TO
ths ersnt and hsat, the enemy opea ID a. de-
beginning with artillery, and foll) ~iny II up
with infantry. The leading brigade (Bgss-
UDR'sc had TO sustain this sh,ct for q sh ,rt
time without support and did Il well. The
battalion Of regular infantry sas ssnt to su,
tain Il, and shortly aftsrw ard. tho othn co.ps
Of PoKrus brigade, aod q rsglmsut dc ach-
cd from Husrz sLxAs's diviaion 60 the lsft,
forced the enemy back far enough TO ALLOW
SHkknAa's aud KxrEs' bdgsdes. Of TrLxa's
diyis.ou, TO cross from thelf position on the
Warsnton road. These drove tn, right Of the
ensny, understood TO have bean co nma add
by BkAuRHoARD, from tha front OF the field aud
out Of the dstaohsd woods, and down TO tn,
road, and across Il up the slopes ou the other
side. Whilst this was going on, HEtSrZ al.
Mas diyison was moving down the field 10 tn,
stream and up the road beyond.
TIM BATTLE woS.
Beyond the Warrsntou road, and 10 the
left Of the roat, down which oar troops had
marched from Sadlsy's Spring, Is . hlI ri.a q
farm house on IL. B,hlnd tsls bill Ia, ensn,
bad. eIly in thu day. son,os uis ms. al
noying batteries planted. Aross the road from
this hill was anothsr hill or rather elevated
ridge, or tAbls OF land. rhs hoHsst part :of
the contest vas for the psssssion OF this hill,
with houss on II. Tbs iorcs sngaSsi here
was HuSrzkLMAH's division, wilcox aud
HowAkp's brigsdss on the right. suppostsd by
part of PoRTkRs brigade and the cavalry un-
der PALMsR and FAAsKLISs brigade of
HKuTzKI.MAhs division, SssRMANs brigade
Of TrLEss diyis'c= in ths centre AMI up the
road, whilst KEras' brigade Of TrLxais di-
vision was on tue left attacking the batteries
near the stone bridge. The Riois Island
battery Of BURssIDks brigade also particlpa-
ted In this attack By tsftsfo n the north Of
the turn pike. The snamv Was under stood to have
been commanded BY j. r. JoHssIos. RIcKErr's
battery which did such eff ctive service aud
played 20 brilliant part In this contest, was,
togsthsr With Car rIN's Battery, on the side
OF the hall, and bscams the sct OF lhs SD .cial
attention Of the enemy, who succeeded -olr
oaaosrs mhtaking one Of their regiments for one
OF our owp, and allowing II to approach with
out htink IpOu It'll olbhollnR tne Dattory,
aud then attempted 70 take IL. Tires times
was he r,puls,d by different corps in suc.u-
s'on, and driven back, and tine guns taken by
hard, the horses being killed. and pulled away.
The third tins II was supposed by US all that
the Tepulse was bnl, for be was driven entirely
from the hill and 30 far beyond II as not 10 be
tn sight, and all were certain the day was ours
He had bstors thh b.el driven near a mile aud
. half, and was beyond the Warren,nn roai,
which was entirely IN our Possession. from the
Stone bridge we'twatd, and our engineers
were just completing the removal Of the ab9tis
sccrois the road, 10 allow our reiufoT csmont
(Shsnck's brigade and Ayers battery) to join
Lh
HOW n WAS LOST AGATE.
Tbs enemy was evidently dlshssrssnsd and
broken. But We had been lighting since half
past ton O'Clock IN the morning, and It was az
ter thrss o'clock In the afternoon. Tue men
bad been up since two o'clock IN the morning.
and had made what, TO those unuse1 70 such
things. seemed q long march before coming
hto action, though the longest distance gone
over was not more than nine and half milos;
and although they had three days provisions
ssrvsd cut 70 than the day bstors, many no
doubt sithsr did not eat them or threw th,m
away on tbs march or during the battle, aud
were thsrsfore without food. Thsy had doae
much severe lighting. Some ef the re yimsnts
which had been driven from the hill In the
Aist two attempts Of tie snsmy to keep Pos
sssSion Of II had become shaken, were uu-
STEADY, and bAd many men out Of the ranks.
It was at the time that the ensmy's rsin-
foTesmeuis came 10 his aid from the railroad
train, understood 10 have JUS, arrived nom the
valley with the rsEdue OF JoHHsroS's army.
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