The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-30
-uE FLIGHT FROM MANASSAS
,,s,crs From NORTHERN NEWSPAPERS


sj.ht o; the Grand Army bat tbs
s'' .s.bic sccount of that event that We
-, E. furnished by the Washington
,,nd.ut of the New York World The
,or To smooth over their defeat by re
-.ss.ntius ihat The "Rebsl' force numbered
a., men. will hardly Ego down" with read
81 tbs other side OF the Atlantis. It'
aorLrs CORES pondsnt says
>a.r4 O'Clock / rode forward thrsaxh the
,s1 plstr 10 the creek where the soafu. VA
assaulted by our engineers. The Ohio
"rrAtiaat and Minnesota Reg.ra spts wer,
r,0ully posted therssbout, others were IN
ian; portions Of the field ali were com
I,triy exhausted and partly disserer.d T; n
t.,ersl or division, except fylsr, couid h
Ind who're were our ctceIsf Where VA
Do toe' Who ssew WHISTLER We had won OF
Ine question was quickly TO he decided foi
r. 4 suedsn swoop ard body OF cavalry
-. he'd dova upon our columns near the
GO They came from the woods on I'M
,r ard iGf+suy poured cot behind them -
T7lsr sud hisst&G, with The reserve wfisap
.,reatiy cut OF by the quick Hanssuvrs
.y.. p~ded IN gaining the position l .ad jas
~ here viii esi.d the capturs Of Carlisle =
J.ttery 10 shs plain, and saw ano ihsr toTcs OF
-ayaIry AID infantry pouring INTO the roao NJ
,hs very spot where me battis han com
.-sn.nsf and near which tbs SCEth tAroh-
,sus who manned tbs battsry sisncsd IL
,norniDS had oou less all day been Iy lac
ro.css'e6
TA- ,.m5uIsnoas and wagons gradually ad
,su,e. 10 III. sp0:, and q course All inGtan
..a,,us confusion ANA dismay resulted. Our
On infantry broke ranks ia the field, plunged
...a ;hs wood. 10 avoid tbs road, and got ay
lsr Ltll So best they could, without leaders,
.,r-y man ,Asing himself IN hrs ora way.
~ me time | rsscned The top Of the
ll. tie retreat. the panic, the heedlss
beAaloTg confusion, / WA now beyond a
h5ps / aear the rear OF the move
rsut wlth tka brave Captain Alexander.
ubo eEdeAvoT-d, by the most gallant
H., unavailable exsTIions, to check III.
o.waIG tumuit It~ss difacult to believe il
H. realty a! car snidsn reverse. VIVA
c-ast a.. mean - ! asked OF Alexander Ill
ssl. defeat" was his reply. We are
h.,,n II ISL shameful, 4 eOwArdly rstrsa. {.
b..iug. men, he shouted, don be sach in
f-rLsl 80 WxT0s and he rode Backward. ant.
fsrxsras, p'a> ING hls horss acrss. tbs ro.o
81 y&.G3y trying 10 rally the RAINING troops
The Fams and wagons confused AID xlknsn
t@rs4 every corps.
W we're now cut or from tae advance bcdv
~ he enemy infantry, who hsd rushed On
IL. si5,s 'uSI isit oy ub, SurroE .ed tbs suus
sd s-tisTi wagons, ana were apparently
Trsfs.u5 2 aSaIrst us "I.'S no use Alex
5aatf." ! .Aid, you mssi leave with the
rr.. IN b. id If l Will, was his spl.
- reply, and tbs splendid fellow rode buck
- nsss his way as best he could. Meantime
I.1 Ulcers with leaves and sskles on their
laoud.r straps MaIorf and Uolonsls who
Ezd deserted their comrades, pass me- gaIIop.
PKG - II for dear life. 10 enemy parsnso
'ut, then, but | suppose ali were AFRAID that
Askuns would DO trained Gown the loEx, mar
ypw avenue, and NOW the rstrealinx thou.
.sAt,, and batter 10 pieces army wagons anG
every thing rise which crowded it. Oulv one
i.ld 5incor, SO far as my observation sStsnc-
ri seemed - have remembered his duty
I.olt IOl Spsidsl foreigner TIA h,d
a. = Connecticut Regiment, strovs sCains,
tLe current for a league l po,l'ivrIy declare
,hai Ri.h the two exceptions mentioned
all ~ IT'S made 70 check The panic before Usa
usYlIe Was reached were coutlued to evil
E.rs saw I man III citizens dress W 0 lad
thrown II has coat, ssIs- RigIk-t End wss
Uy.ng 30 rally the soldiers who came -, ~
Tie ru.Et Of the bayonst In reply tosqpss.
Alu !yc nls name, lie sad 1t was W.shhu,n.
and ! l9Srn-d thst ne wax the member BY
tAst AAlno trora Illinois. Ths Hon Mr. kai
lJgg mrde 4 simllar ssort. Both th,., Con
sEetsnen oravsly stsod their ground TIL the
lytt moment, and were servicsabls At Centr.
vile N assisting The h.lI thore s,tiuatsiy
Iaads. And ether civilians did what they
tV.t.
Bu; what 4 Ecens. and how terrific the On
a.. u taa- tHH.UItuous retreat For tnr.a
l-.,sa hosts Of FEDERAL troops-,U 1e,scb.o
I'm Their TeslInsnta, sli nj nglai in ono dis
0yleIiy rurt-weEs hseiug along lie rozd hut
GusIy through Inc iCss on sItasr side Arpe,
wAsoIk, su-Isr= t7am. snd private csrriss.s
,h.ked tire psS.sss, ;umblipg against zach
ether, amid olJnds 0! dEst, and sicksnip,
Nxnts and sounds. Hacks, CONTAINING. IN
l4'Ay slet taIors OF tho late ARRAY. rery
tInashet iks glass, and the occupants ware
!0si sat % il tha ssSris Horses n,isy
wildly from tbs battle hsid many OF them IN
dta.B agony, ssliOpp-d 1T rSndOpa forward
E.nlns Ia The "tanFeco. Those on foot who
sd!d catch ihsm rode them bareback, ~
nuch to save themselves from being rva
over q. 10 make quicker tIus.
Wounded mon lying along the bsEks-ths
few slfhsr lsft on The Geld or taken to the
captured hospitals, appealed with raised
hasds 10 Lhone who rode horses, begging 10 b.
nfted bsh!Id, bat few regarded auch petitions
Then the artillery. sEch as WAS saved came
laundering along, Smashing and ovPrpowerine
everything Tbs reg lar cavalry, l record il
70 A'I shame, )oinsd Ia The nslee. adding to
liz irrrofs, for Iksy rode down footmsn with
culinary. ore OF the great guns was over.
urasd, AID iay amid the ruins of q eai.son, a
pAssss II. / SAW an artIisrynsn running
bsi%evn the ponderou- fore and after wheels
q MS gun carriage, n2HRng with both
lauds and vainly striving 10 jump epon the
ordnance. The drivers were spurrins the
AoT1rs be coHid not cling much longer, and Q
mora sg0n!r-d expression nsvar Hxsd the fsa
iGrss OF 3 drowning man. The carriage hOaud.
al from tbs roushne-a OF r stssp bin ,s.Ains
to cTe's he lost his hold, fell and In an in
.!AhI the great wheels had crushed the life gu
o. him
Who evsrssw such a nshty Gould the re-
[eatat Borodin no have exceeded il in confusion
and tumulIt | think not 1t did mot slack
n NE least m III Csntrsvillc was reached -
There the slght o. the rsserye-hlilsx' Bri-
'ade-iormed /. order On the hill, seemed
s'iT"htt TO resgsure tbs van. Bat still the
ieaHs and foot soldiers pushed on, passing
!heir own eamp ard heading swiftly Tor the
distant Potomac, until FOR ten miles ths rost.
over which The grand army had 80 lately
prSsea ecu Inward, gay with unstainsd ban
ArFs, ana flashed with surety ofgtrength WAS
covered WITH the fragments of it's retreatins
'oices, Shattered and panic strick ken in sin
e!s day From tic branch rout the trains At
"ohea 10 Hunter Divition had caught the
1oAtaSIon OF The eight, and poured into its al
lf1dy hwolicn current another tprbid freshet
u Confusion aud diImny
M" ever saw more shameful abandon
u eht OF munitions gathered at such yastsx.
FeiAs Inc tshtnstsrs, many of them, cut
'Ao races OF their horses, and gallopped from
t-e wagons O.hers thfsw out their loads 10
@ctierEte thsir flight, and grain, picks and
sHo'eis' and provisions OF every kind Law
HAMpird ia The dus, for leagues Thousand.
y muskets strswsd the route; when some OF
'eu'feeued in rallying a body OF fusitiyes
ana forming them in line across the road ;
4auIy ore but had thrown a way his arms
:. NO enemy had brought up his artillerists
shu rTFed upon The retreatirg train. or had
thsfeeped our progress with five hundred OF
-. vaf airy, ne might have captured enough
s"Ppt' ioE wesks feast of Thanksgiving -
- was enough was left behind 10 tell the
..yiy OF Tho panic. The rout of ths Federal
NIlJ was COmplets
Tie zig .! Of MiI.s' raearvs drawn 70, III.
n.' a al tsntFsvlIe, supporting a full battery
'. H'Io pieces, and The efforts Of ths few eli
'"u faithful to their trust, encouraged
90 10y OF ina fugitive infantry 10 seek their
40. "a. ~ and 20 no further, But the IN. joriy
.1.oou On 10 point near the La site OF Ger
1r"h' "h're Lisutspant Brisbane had
80 hne Of Hunts Artillery across the
,ora,,a a." Fspnised all who item pied to break
,,.t particularly req usst attention TO
tihO-r VA ~ 'hie ioyA Jouhk
win "',e No was thus engaged, courier arrived
ysr@,s VIC news that Dol Montgomery was ad
CbHrast WIN New jersey Brigade from Falls
opIv aho that The retreat INST b. stopped.
tbr1,sLs wagons being allowed to pnss
aIfh' some thousan ds OF the soldisrv had
T.! Eot lar on Their way 10 Washinston