The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-07-29

where the road leading OF north west. TO.
wards suflsy's. intsrsectsd the warrenson
road. Here We saw Gen. Mcdowell and his
stxn. The part Of the column west Of Car
lsle's battery. including the battery. soon
moved on. under Gen. Tyisr. and the remain
dcs Of it-constitusing Hunters disisoa-
wheeled and passed up the ssdley road. 10
eros. Bali. Run. OF north. westerly. In the
direction Of Sndley's. lhis division was &C
compsniea by A~lexanders pon,oon train. and
-ss TO srcss the run. make the Manassas
road beyond. and advance south to the line
Of the centre column. We followed Tyler's
command. which IL Vas supposed would be
hrst engaged. aud would bear the brant OF
the battle. After advancing . mile further
wsst-ihe coluna halted at Eigin's farm
house. After a short DELAY the line of battle
vas formed as follows:
A dssschment Of esrlhle's battery. headed
b, the large - pound PArrott riied cannon.
sadeF Lieut. Hams, formed al The centre Of
the line. schenck's brigade. composed Of
the ID New York regiment. ID Ohio rsgi
ment. aud l., Ohio regiment formed the leh
wing south Of the road in the woods. SheT
mans brigade. composed Of the ID Wiscen-
SIN. 18th New York. and 18th New York.
formed the north wing on the north OF the
road. The 9th, New York. irish lay
back Of schenck's brigade asa reserve. DE
tachments Of field pieces from CsF!sie's bat
terry occupied he extreme right and len OF
the line of battle. At s.. O'Clock A. II the
large rided cannon vas moved down the road
"A few hundred feet in advance Of the line
and placed in position. unlimbered and iour
shots fred in the direction OF the enemy At
different portions Of their line. These shots
seemed 10 tell. The piece vas admirably
handled by the young Lieutenant in charge
of il. BsiuR short Of men for rapid work,
be had psr mission Of his commanding ofhcer
TO call to his assistance come civilians az vol
unteers. Mr.. Hudson and myself immedi-
stely took hold and assisted for about two
hours q, the gun. Lieut.. Hams handed me
a hnc field glass with permission TO use il the
balance of the day. and il proved almost IN
valuable in assisting 20 a proper understand
inx of the battle field. Soon after the first
discharge OF the riaed gun-whieh, it is pre-
suned. was intended more 10 signal Colonel
Hunter and the officers OF the lover encamp-
ment of the arrival OF Tyler's column a, is
point OF cesl.natioE-a heavy csnnonade was
heard. AZ the scene Of the former engage
ncnt south OF Centreville. This was kept
% for some time, as n feint doubtless. to at
tract the enemy to tina, quarter.
About l01s O'Clock i, became apparent
that Coils. Huntcr and Heintxelman had sue
cssded in crossing Bulls Run, as they e1pec-
ted. ard were advancing southwark, along
the Manassas road, on the high plane beyond
Bulls Run. Hunters column could be seen
With the naked eve from Tyler's centre pas
sing Sudley Church. 1istanc. OF say two
or two and a half miles eff to the north vest,
Here he formed. in order Of battle. and en-
gagged the enemy shortly alter his arrival
Not getting over TO Hunters line until some
time after tie commencement OF the action
/, is impossible for ne TO give an sccurai,
statement Of the irs; formation OF his linz
of battle. The regiments comprising hi
column we're bis (2i) division and Colone
Heint1elunan's al division. and perhaps
portion o. Col. Miles 5th division. The re
servs. back at Csntrsyille, which comprises
tho extreme right wing Of the array, was IN
de- Col. Miles and we're 10. engaged In th
srtion. The entire Federal force abou, Cen
~treyille vas rated NJ twenty-five thousand in
fantry. but there were rot over fifteen ihous
and engaged in the battle.
TVS NJ co1rxs.
There we're occasional shots hrei By th
pickcts Of the enemy from the time of ii
arrival OF Tyler's column II the field. vhic
we're ~setiy. ely rerlieito By our sharp shooter.
after the aring Of the large gun-which US
not responded 70 ~ the enemy for over a
hour and a half-the mea stood on thei
arms. uatil IL became apparent that Hunts
was adv Ancing a was anticipated. which ~
,bou, 81, O'Clock. A. this time Generl
Scn-nca's brigade va. ordered 10 .dvancc :
Tn. woods we're thick and the ground IA.
ven. but the men ven, SLOWLY forward Il
wards Bulls Run. IN good line. when the
suddenly encountered = masked batter
which opened upon them with a deadly ha
of grape and canister. Fortunately the CUR
of the battery we're aimed too high. II
men we're ordered TO fall 10 the ground Al
hep, there for some thirty minutes. | IA
:, pcned to be passing along the line n comp
:, nv with a frieai FROM Cincinnati. = fe~ fe
onl, IN rear o. the % New York. a. the &c
IN discharge Of the battery in front l. e in
j., po.ibl- ~ describe the scene inselligably u
less persoa h>s bees exposed . that kii
: Of shot The leaves and tvigs and branch
=. OF Vie tree. fell Ia great quantities about 1
and the shot rissed by With its pecIli
. rkirr. close TO our heads. even when I'm
down. IN The later vollevs. The brigs
N withdrew after hring several soiley. OF mu
:, kerry. a short distance back. IN good ords
=. With a lcs Of only three or four killed OF
right and twelve Of aaeen hsily wounded
/, Carlisie's battery 49, then opened upon Il
Al masked battery from the right wing and aft
A . vigorous c~snnonade Of half an no
=. s;lenced IL, sni Il -as heard from no no
n. daring the dsy. Oar s~rullers continued I
hours "a Ma, a. infer,.is uss4a the ers