The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-03
TIRE THonAs ARTILLERY.


MANASSAS JUNCTION, July 31st, 1851.
Having notised the different ,rrespondenee
OF the Bitpdtrh fer the last week il regard TO
the late battle Of Sunday, lily 2lst. allow me,
An eyewitness, to correct error in regard
to, the statement that the Howi'fers rendered
memorable day. The rtistake va made
from tae fact Of the uniforms OF the Howit-
zers and the Thomas Artillery are very near
iy alike, the credit, therefore, Is Justly ave 10
that gallant little band, the Thomas Artillery,
who, for seven hours. under the range Oh the
enemy,s battery. stood bravery by thrir guns.
pouring shot tficF and tat, AMI win &ood
etc t, into the enemy ranks, ntins, rs nh:
derstand seven hundred and odd shot. Iheir
ammu2ftion beiu Exhausted, they were order
81 Ia retire, which they did IN GOOD order, hav
,ug Su : tanned a loss of two kilied-i.ieut. Ma
con and private John Is. Dixon and five
woupded-Serg't Massenhnrg, Corp'ls Thos
M,Curdy and fopp, rriyates Waller and Da-
wilson. the hatierya loss OF An ammunition
hest OF one caisson, (Which WAS struck by one
of The enemy 3 shells and blown up,) twenty
fl We horses killed, wounded and missing
They arrived. after forced march from
Win hester under Gen. Johnston, on the
battle hsld about eight O'Clock Sunday morn
ing without food for men or horses and re-
mainRI nsar the Geld of battle the " hole day
ana at sun down took up their march for this
place, which they reachsd about midnight.
There Is no news worth attention. Troops
continue TO arrive daily. number of wound
"CHsw."
TEE FIFTH yIRaISAIA REeIMBSr.
CAsP NEAR Manassas, Juiy 81
take the liberty OF asking Il small space in
your yalu able paper To 90 honor to regiment
which has been entlreIy negiec ted In the
counts OF the battle OF july 2lst. No notice
has been taken OF the Fifth Virginia Regiment
or It's gallant and brave com manders Colonies
Harper and liarman, and Major Bay Tor, or i;s
herolc captains and men, who participated in
in The hotties, % The fght for many hours.
Captain a. W. y trmao, of the Stanton
Rifles, tCOmpany 81 was the first man who
took possession of Sberman's celebrated Bat
terry, teif pieces. ana kept | should have
noticed this before, but have been unable in
Consed hence OF sickness since the fight Know
ing that IL :" your prinCipia to accord merit
where merit is due, | hope you VIII obiige the
tIfth b. publishing the foregoing.
SrluxroS.
TIE SMITH BICEs.
Capt. q. Pendleton publishes the fol
towing in the Marion va Visitor, in regard
10 his company in the Manassas battle
ThOs. "A. Curry was struck in the mouth
and sliit his Ii's and knocked out his front
teeth.
Robert G.. Green was wounded by a shell
bursting on his back whilst he was laying
on the ground lie Is not mortnlly wounded
John NJ. Williams, Jr.. WAS struck by a
she'll on mis- iefl aim ana broken below his ell
bow, and received a ball shot III same arm
above bow.
IS. r. Leonard, wounded by n she'll; two
middle ringers ana end OF iorehnger OF lett
nani shot OF.
Ihos. j. Wolf, struck by shell on left arm,
hIui sed only.
We Were then ordered 10 charge bayonets
ana We drove the enemy back.
}. III Romans was snot by n bal through
the right groin fear he Is noTluIiy WVnnu-
Ell. Died ut Orange G.. HI
>. ii. " OH WAS enot through left thigh and
Tae badly wounded
Samuel Nef, struck Ivy a spent ball on calf
OF night ley; bruised only,
Edward hcCredy. poor fellow, w3s shot
through The heart, reading on III change.
Several OF my boys guns were struck by
cannon balls and bent double in their hands
Our regiment captured Sherman Battery,
ana stephen T.. james, OF my company, tore
from The Battery Is flag ana now haa it 10
hiring nome. Inc boys all done brayely.
We learn from the same raper that about
III recruits lett Marion last Tuesday aud Wed
uesday nigh 10 JOIN the Smyth Blues, which
will raise the number OF that company TO
2hout lhh strong, exclusive Of those killed and
wounded IN the late battle. They were all
choice recruits, just suited to loin with that
worthy little band of gallant heroes.
THE GRATsoS DARR-DsvILs.
The following is a list OF the killed and
wounded Of this company in the battle of
Manassas:
killed-Capt. p. N. Hale, Greed b. Ha lie
ana Josiah VIM.
WOundei-Wm. Waugh, Sidney Pan ter
Stephen X Fielder, w. J. Cornutt j ohm X
Corn utt Tray Stamper. Hugh Clark George
Sage Waugh and Fielder supposed 10 be dan.
gerously wounded
in a Litter written two days after the battle
by Nh. Jno. Hale, he says. that Capt. Hale
Creed b. Hall, and Josiah Wnn, fell close by
his side and thai Churchill Boyer, William
Stone, kenJy Warick, keuly Cornutt and
others, fought very braveiy. He says that
their regiment Che 4th Virginia, under Col
Preaton.l succeeded in taking the enemy's bat
terry. 1t was in that charge that those men
fell. They saw they were about TO he thanked
by the enemy and 10 charge the enemy
the best chance; which they did with great
success He says that Col. Preston rushed
up and mounted the battery and said "well
done my brave boys; the victory is ours "
Col. Preston then turned two Of the pieces
and fred them on the enemy as they ran.
KINDLY PBEL1EG Is BATTLs.
letter describing the Manassas Battle,
gays;
At the crisis of the fight, when it was doubt
fui II we wouId not be whipped, and when
men, sinking from their wounds, were coming
from fight in which their friends and rela-
tons had been cnt to pieces, some three or
four prisoners brought in were rather in the
way OF b@ilg TOhElfS tTttte IDe PROPOSE
ton made, aud was responded to. to shoot
them. / passed them on the way when the
II hit was going on, and greatly feared that
some thing might he done to shame us, but
few words brought the sufferers to their
senses, and the prisoners were spared. In ev-
cry other ms lance, however, after the act of
battle was over, the feeling was kinder than
it could have been before the fight began. /
saw the soldiers share their water with hem,
which they could hardly spare them selves
Many OF them We're taken and cared for by
the very men who shot them, and friend,
passing through the field after the fight was
over, passed two wounded men, the one from
Georgia, the other from New York. The
New \ DIRK man asked for water, and the
wounded Georgian begged my friend tor Gods
sake To give it TO him for that he himself
had called upon sold er from New York for
water when his column was in retreat, and
though it was at the risk OF his life, he ran
TO the trench and brought it.
HOW COL. coRCoRAS WAS CAPTURED.
The war correspondent of the Cha rles tor
Mercury relates the following:
OF individual experience there were scarce
ly room to speak One lad. Oakley, from Ala
tama, taken pris 1ner was tied but when
the enemy was fighting he cut the cords
found q musket, piurged it in a Zouave en-.
deavoring 10 detain him, and staTte to his
friends OF the way. On an officers prospect
ing, he went mp towards him, and, when near
enouch he ordered him to surrender the
officer did so. and young Oakley bore him in
triumph i'll To headquarters. He proved 10 be
Col. Corcoran.
CAPT. KENPgs, THE ARTILLERvNAS.
A letter from the battle field, publish cd in
the Charleston Mercury, mentions the fact
that Capt. Kemper was taken prisoner during
the fight. 1t happened in this way:
Early In the day, when the fight was fierc-
est, and matters We're so mixed that it was
difficult to dis ting sh enemies from reuds
,Iast pa