Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-27
THE CAMPAIGN In VIRGINIA.
THE LATEST ITEMS.
WAR ITEMS.
From the Richmond Enquirer, July "a


A member of Captain Wickham's Com pa
ny of Hanover Cavalry, says that two of that
splendid company were killed during the
pursuit of the enemy-2nd Lieutenant Rowles
and E. Fontaine, Jr. There was no other cas-
ualty. tgssf-1 x 49,
Gov. Smiths regiment, the Virginia 49th,
was in the thickest of the fight, and all of his
companies suffered considerably. His own
horse was struck by ball His Adjutant,
Lieut.. Caleb Smith, was wounded. Lieut..
Ward, commanding Fauquier company,
was killed, as were also number of his men,
besides others who were wounded. -
The capture of Col. w. G. Darlington, will
make Abraham need new District Attorney.
His eloquence and his arms have proved alike
futile against his mother State. He has dis
graced himself, not her.
A citizen of Fairfax G. FL. says that when
the retreating enemy passed through that
village, 10 answer to the question whether
they had been defeated, they said there were
hardly enough of them left to tell the story !;
that ii was foolish to talk about fgting the
Southern soldiers ; that they fought not like
men but devils. They begs ed for water, and
betrayed every sign of extreme terror and
exhaustion.
An officer of the army, who arrived here
yesterday, says that he witnessed the onset OF
our soldiers, the Arkansas Regiment, he be-
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was terrible spectacle. They threw down
their guns and made the charge with their
brandished bOwie-knives. The ZOuaves at
first seemed petrifed with amazement. Then.
as their ASSISTANTS knocked aside their bayo-
nets and fell upon them with their furious
blades, they fairly screamed with terror, and
fed in the utmost CONSERVATION. They were
nearly exterminated.
A carriage was taken, which our informant
was told belonged to Gen. Winfield Scott. 1t
contained sword with his name upon 1t,
and also his epaulettes. He is believed to
have been on the ground, and to have made
his escape by abandoning his carriage and
adopting some other conveyance. His car
riage, when captured, WIS driving furiousiy
perhaps to draw off pursuit from himself
We hope the sword was the one Virginia
gave him. Gov. Wise will take his 'pea-
cock feathers" next time.
The arrival OF the cars yesterday afternoon
from Manassas, drew together a vast and ex-
citing crowd. President Davis, who came on
the train, was greeted with enthusiastic
cheers, and delivered stirring speech upon
the glorious victory which had crowned our
arms The slain OF our gallant army, he
thought, would not exceed five hundred.
A number OF wounded soldiers We're re-
moved from the cars, amid the sympathies
of the spectators. The brave fellows seemed
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tude.
A number of our slain heroes were also
brought by the cars to receive from their
friends the honors of sepulture. The remains
of brave, and, some of them, distinguished
men, were there. A funeral cortege was
formed, and escorted the hearses containing
the remains of Gen. Barlow, of Georgia, and
Gen. Bee and Lieut. Col. johnson, OF South
Carolina, to the Capitol Building. The sor-
rowing music of the martial band, the mill
tary guard of honor, with slow, measured
tread and arms reversed, and draped banners;
the full moon yelled by the clouds, and shed-
ding its subdued light upon the scene, made
a combination of harmonizing circumstances
which so beftted the occasion, that il seemed
as il nature had united with man in doing
honor to the illustrious heroes and martyr
patriots Green be the memory OF their vir-
tues, and their fame enduring as our historic
records