The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-30

you so,i' Thsrs are Cd 900 on the asld.s I
Ne rtpiisd, "besidss --A.s Here his strength
tsnet, be sighed hssvily, the blood sushsd
sgs he Ode N . torrsnt, N c,lisA7 out Ia .
fsant tons, Y nna, Em ma, rspssting thu
ram. twice, strstchsd out his limbs snd sx :
Ih,se. ptse. a' va. Z very hsndsOn' man, about
=. IHs OHIO nEarNEnrs were In the thicksst Of
the fight bat fcrtunsssly lost bat lev men.
Ihs fst Regiment, under Col MoCoos, hss
covered i,ssif with glory. They were tstsllsd
81 an early hour IN The day 70 hunt up batter
70 perfection. The Grnys were ssnt out n
skirmishsrs early In the morning, and drovs
In tie pieksts Of the rebels and comm ,ncsd
the aeht These two Ohio regiments have bssr
trained BY Col MCCooK, aud were ffequsntly
br, usht right into the very range and front q
the enemy s most terrible and formidable guns;
but no sooner would they zee the a.sh than
.very man wss prcstr.te upon his face Asd
the balls and sraps w uld pass harmlsssly over
them; then thsy would up and at them with .
yenRssncs In douhls quick tins. Col Mo.
Cook was "A cool aud collected a. whom drill =
ing bis me- n upon the parade ground, and Is
sued his orders, with bullets aud cannon balls
whistling about his ears as thick a. hail,tonsa
without any apparent excitement whstsvsr
Twice he was hsmm,d In by the snsny's cav
airy and ordered to surrender, but he was
away In tangent, coolly rsmarking that
the ball had not bean nodded yet 70 take hls
life"
His younger b'o,hsr, ~ years old. was .
uembsr Of the "a Ohio rssimsut, and vas
left as guard to tn. ho,pits'. 0ae Of the
ere nys cavalry dashed upon him and ofdared
him 70 sunep6s' the brave youth, with Il Ksd
bAyonst, steady nsivs aod cooi bssring, 70
Piled, IL never ssrrsndsrl" Tbs ID. her, Judge
mcCooK, VII had all tn, day bssn rduousty
engaged In assisting Al taking car. Of tn.
wounded, bring ny them In fson tha asld, and
thst, too, AT the imminent peril Of his o sn life,
was In tbs hospital telt and heard the ofdsf
70 his son, and saw othsra Of tho snsmy's cav
airy near by, and ru,hsd out and speaking In
. loud tons, "CAAbLEI. surrender, for Cod
sake, or yea ara lust' CaARLEY turned Il
bis father, aud with all the lion In bis counten
ancs, replied, "Father l will never suHsu
der to rebel. 10 . moment ball plsrceC
his spine, but be Instantly discharged hi, mus
kst at the rebel horssmAn and laid him lew In
death, and thsn fell himself. The rsbsls thel
uudsrtook 70 drag him on, but his fsthsf rash-
I'D In and released him, and he disd tooa sftsr.
ArrKRliIk RATTLE had been raging for soms
foprs, an Immense body OF Misaissipp plans, 90.
companisd By some (belisved TO be) Balti-
morssns, rush furiously over the Confodsrats
ramparts Thsy At once saw the conspicuous
uniform Of the Zouavss. and made al them.
The Mississippians, after approaching near
enough, sent a terrible volley from their riass
into the ZouAvsrsuks Tnis done, they thrsv v
their guns aslds and charged onward uutn
each contsnding enemy mat face 10 face and
hand 70 hand In terrible combat. The Mia
sissiPpians, having discharged their rifles Aftsi
the first Gre, fell back upon thsir bowie knlvss
These were OF huge dlmensions, eighteen Il
| twenty inches long, heavy In proportion
and sharp, or two-edged at the pdnt. At
tsched 70 the handle was . lasso, some eight {,
ten feat In length, with one end securely woint
round tho wrist. My informant says wasr
these terrific warriors approached 70 vi h!t
bsyonst range, they threw forward thsir boxis
knives at the Zousvos after the fashion OF AK
psrisnoed harpooners striking st Q whals
frequently they plunged In, and psnstratsd
through soldiers body, and ware jsrksd out
ready 10 strike again while the Arst victim
sunk into death. On several occasicns the ter
ribls bowie knife was trAnsdxsd In Zouavs,
and the zousvs's bsyonst In nlississi ppian
both lmpalsd and fsDipg togsthr. 30 skltully
was this deadly instrument handled BY IN,
Mississtppian that he could project Il q
the full lasso length, kill his victim, with
draw II again with o sudden impulss
end catch the handle un,rringly. If b,
any mischanos the bowie knife missed II
aim, broke the chord fastening Il h
the arm, or fell 10 the earth, rsvolvers wsr
next rssortsd to and used with s'min dsx
| tsrity. The hand to hand closing In with bot
pistol and bowie knife, cutting, slashing, carv
Ing, and shooting almost In the same moment
was awful beyond description. Blood Rushs
from hundreds OF wounds until, amid death
Pitiful goaus and appalling sights, II stanche
| tho very earth.
| WHEN the Fire Zouaves stormed the maske,
bsttsiy At Balls Kan. and we're forced TO fal
back by the grapsshot and cavalry charge, on
| ot than was stunned by blow from 4 sabre
and fell ain oct under ons OF the snsmys guns
| Tue Sscessionists s~arned around him lik
hess, but feienisg death, In the excitement b
was unhotiosd, and whom q sally was mad
managed to crawl b ck into the thi,k'
inside tho Confederate lines Here b
waited some time for an opportunit
10 escspe but finding nons concludt
be would make the best Of a bad bargain ant
II he was lost would have q little revengs b.
forsband. Hastily stripping the body of
and isiEiug rids made his way TO the iutrsnch
ments whore he joined the tecessionisis, and
watct iug bis opportunities. succeeded In pick.
Ing eff ssveral Of their most prominent ofiosrI
xhensvsr they advanced out upon ths troop,
Here he remained somotins until, thinking 4
best TO leave before his dissulss should be dis
covered, be joined party who were about I,
charge upon sur forces, aud was, 10 his grsti-
hcation, again captured, but this time by hi
| own men. Our ffs proved very destructive Il
the srsp y, and cut down their msn by hun
drsds. In the battsry where the Zouaves fel
he aftsrward counted thirty i've :ead bodis
lying close together, and the bushs, were tul
Of the wounded who had erAwled Z q 10 got ou
| Of the way.
A MEnBEs Of the Fifth Massac husstts rsgi
| msnt, named RoBIpsoN, writes from his ~
personal experisr 90 Of The bArbaritiss Of th
r, bel soldiers In the Last Balls Run battle. II
say . that whom the orders to retire were RI
c,iycd, they passed some Of their dead VIII
II h.Al laaaE. l.I kaW E-H naA
had 10. bsyoDstod in 8 ven places, and 9th
ers hacked and cut In q horrible m snner. Th
~iitsr says that he could not believe befor
that such aends existed on the face OF Oh
earth. He himself was struck In the head b.
| spent ball atd fell. A rebel ssldisr rushs
l up 70 bayonet bin, brt he caught the bayons
IN his hard, euttiIg |. badly. Finally, b
succ. sdsd in killing his opponent. He is no'
in the to'pital, but will soon be able 70 rssum
his duties.
what m Rsoapsd Fissner sayt.
On Monday niRht MishIRan soldlsr who wi