The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-03

tcrninod to avci9e The murder vi Ellsworth, quar-
Ter expected ~ them
had now been in the tree some two hours, and all
tls tme continuous s,lean Of woant>ad were feiag
carried past to the rear The solders would cross
uier mNkelS, pa nC their woGrdcd 'banOn
across, slowly carry them past anthcr soldier would
nave wounded man With his arm around his n-sk, slow
~ waking back, and. thrn mo men woakl he Gearing
mor'ay wounded ouurado in Their arms, VITO in
commissions and WI hng in his last agonics. Thesc
TO me the most atooug scenes witnessest and could
hardly keep backdhe tears whale could sk upon the
dead unmoyed Picking con,lo of pcrs, mons as a
inenlorance descended ihctrec startling two soldiers
leaning agahslt, ny requesting them to their guns
so that ] could get down. They locke up in asonsh
Ihen no Rearing voice. ami doubt their first thought
vas that might DC rcee spy, but the ~. : " ON my
eet, ana my anxious inquiries after their regiment
soon treasured them.
Leaving srce went along over the field to the left
the bullets whistlng about me and the cannon balls
ploughng up the ground ia every direction, when came
across two Of our men with prisoner who said he be
longcd TO n south Carolina rcginen asked HIM some
questions but he logged and silent and did not APP
pear 10 be disposed to reply to any inquiries The shot
hardly knew which way 90 turn musket
BAL whizzed past my ear, so near that ! ielt
the heat, and for moment thought was hit The
ground srogn with broken guns swords, cartridge
boxes, blankets, haversacks gun carriages together
with all the aaphcrnaa OF warfare, mingled with the
dead and wounded men. l saw here horse and his
rider under him, both killed by the cannon ball.
Seeing small white house still towards the left, with
well near II, started for some water and getting
wall, discovered lying beside IL number of dead
with their haversaoks drawn their faces. lifted
the from their faces, thinking, perhaps might
across some Of my friends but they we're ali
strangers or so dgured that could not recognize them
went to the well for drink, and as drew the
mousse heard loud groans, and such scene there
presented, in that little house Of two rooms, and the
grass around it, enough appa the stoutest heart
The rooms were crowded, and could not get in; but
all around on the grass were men morally wounded.
should think there at least forty that green
wounds-some with both legs shot on some with a
thigh shot away with both legs broken; others
with horrd flesh wounds made from shells l saw
one man with a wound in his back large enough to
put in my INST; he was fast bleeding ~ death. They
lay thick around that could hardly step between
them, and every step in blood. As walked among
them some beseeched me to kill them and put end to
their agony just gasping and some had died
they had brought there dying convul
sons Of these strong men agonzing in the ex-
trcme Some calling for the surgeon but the hOspi
tai was more than mile Off and there but two
gcons here.
left the house and bore of the right towards some
low pine woods, about hundred rods distant and
tered along the dead bodies of On reaching
the wood found the ground literally covered with the
corpses of the enemy and counted in the space
rods square fortysevcn dead rebels and ten mortaly
wounded and scattered all through the woods still farther
back were any number more talked with several Of the
wounded and they told they belonged to the Eighth
Georgia regiment Col Barlow and had arrived at Manas
sas from Winchester the day before where they had been
with Gen. Johnston They told me their whole regiment
posted In this pine woods One young man told me
he was from Macon and that his father merchant
asked another where he from; he replied dcfanty
~ am Tor dsunion-opposed TO YOU" This had both
thighs broken.
heard one of soldiers ask wounded Georgian il
their orders were to kill wounded. He answered.
and as they lay writing in agony cup of was
put within their reach The commissions Of Of these
the lungs, as he vomited blood in large quantities and in
his struggles for breath would throw himself clear
the ground. noticed among this heap Of bodies Off
GER dressed in light blue uniform with green stripes
MS pants fine looking man. whom took to be cap
tain also saw one of soldiers take sixty dollars
from the body Of dead Georgian and their knives re-
vovers, &c, were appropriated the way. This
looked upon as legitimate plumber for the soldiers but
a citizen forbore to take anything from the field
m Ia hQouA npcar
than in any part Of the field except may be on our
right, where tho Zouaves This wood was near
the eneny's right, and where the fight commenced in
the morning with Hunters division, and as Heintzek
mans division came into action the rebels giving
way at this point, under the CALLING fire of Col Mar
ston's regiment, while the Rhode Island troops and
Some New York regiments had driven back their OK
IRENE right Passing through these pine woods still
bore to the right towards centre and crossed q
cleared space and to heavy wood the edge
of which perceveda number of dead scattered about
ana seeing several wounded men went up to Of
them, and found he rebel belonging to an Alabama
regiment He told me he joined the regiment the 18th
of April He pointed dead horse close to u.s. and said
There Is my Coonels horse, and suppose you have
taken him prisoner
Most of these rebels had gray suits with black trim
mngs, very similar to the uniforms of of men,
Scattered all through this wood our men and the
Aahamians dead and wounded mingled together. I no
ucd splendid bay horse nibblng the leaves from tree
aud vas thinking what line animal he was, when saw
that one fore leg shot OF, clean though by
knife, and bleeding stream Until this time supposed
That every thing was being swept before US as the fire
from the batteries had been nearly senced their right
anu only an occasional discharge was heard On the
e'! rev tnc hrlie WIS no. nearly as vigorous as hf
an hour previous lcane out OF the woods and to my
utter establishment whole body rereating
oofh soi iiu ulsoucr-io INES, no companies no reei'
io.'e ooutt oe uHtlneueheu, sooou s'n d lew mo
MINIS, uuie 20 enenu t'e extraordinary spectacle
- iSu ~! iaie cc,' 1liu turning Iounla heu tenant
" tnc fith e',ie towards me. My COD,
N'' i are yo % neig .G nc eNcaheu. without re-
iy t 49, !, LIE ian hau suffered lnucn ne sad
iat, anu ,na, Wy co.oe m.s uahserousiy WOUNDED;
m'd ~ i G'nb,s W my ifls' p1. .ne Wnoie me
Wa NUNS payA enough we |"icy. i.ii III Win theni
n,., W. Ito"y w we nlil ovoaso,ny ,ang anu
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Vo Vi "9te, ~ ein ey plohen anu aisu saHeu
Ne o m i,! nte nea., sease ,u NJ ins rum
$50, 80. ~ ~ e " % VIII w, t q eai ~. VI oui eA
on @ ,suu' a. aeoh " aVQus' W; isnl Was go"e
M " NV, t,e 1anioiauihs was kepI up AlAh seoI
., - my "ieie w .lsi4 uale was iongnt Wac 0aU
-. quarters o !" hie III iengh the ground uneven
anu puhch ny kuoiis ana patches OF wood AT no time
G!e We nave aT chace al the enemy IN The open field.
ioy kept oehu lhcr lhrenchmcnts or under cover OF
,he WOODS our ceiaIatlyely sight loss may be atri-
10 he TACT that the great body OF our troops Wefe
posted IN the valley IN front OF the enemy batteries but
ny keeping as close to the ground as possible the enemys
shot passed over their heads while the fire Of in
lantry from their Hanks caused us the most damage.
dld not leave the hill until the enemy's infantry came
out from their nrencments and slowly ed forward
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