The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-08
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The Rattle of Manassas ms Seen by .
Southern CorespOnden1.

i SONt"cFh correspondents
We select the following from long and well
written account of the battle, which appeared
in the Richmond Dispatch:
The correspondent says that though the y
S. troops opened with cannon on the right, Gen
Beauregard detected that as feint, and {: was
seen to direct Gen. Johnston's attention partic
ularly, with his hand, to our extreme left as il
he knew the struggle was to be made there"
He proceeds:
AS l have said, Gen. Beauregard was not de.
ceived, for the immense clouds of dust appear
ing above the woods indicated beyond doubt
that the Federal columns were moving in solid
masses in another direction, and one which was
unmistakeable.
| Several balls fell in a field Immediately be.
hind us, and not hundred yards from where
| the generals stood. An officer of Gen. Beaure-
CARDS staff requested us to leave the hill and as
we moved away shell burst not twenty feet
| off, Col. Bonner calculated with his watch the
time taken for the balls to pass us, and made
the distance IL miles from the enemy's battery.
The enemy no doubt saw the horses of the gen
erals and thought it good opportunity to dis
play their craftsmanship, and credit is due to
| them for the accuracy OF their aim.
THE CRISIS OF THE BATTLE.
| They pressed our left flank for several hours
with terrible effect, but our men finched not
until their number had been diminished by the
| well aimed and steady voleys that they had to
give way for new regiments. The seventh and
eighth Georgia regiments, commanded by the
gallant and lamented Barlow, are said to have
suffered greatly in the early part of the battle.
Kemper's, Shields and Pendleton's batteries
were in this part of the field, and did fearful ex.
ecution.
Between two and three o'clock large numbers
of men were leaving the field, some of them
wounded and others exhausted by the long
struggle, who gave us gloomy reports but as
the tre on both sides continued steadily, we ielt
sure that our brave Southerners had not been
conquered by the overwhelming hordes of the
North. 1t is however, due to truth to say that
the result at this hour hung trembling in the
balance. We had lost numbers of our most dis
tinguished officers. GeneI ais Barlow and Lee
had been stricken down Lieut.. Col. johnson,
of the Hampton Legion had bean killed; Col.
Hampton had been wounded but there was at
hand the fearless General whose reputation as a
commander was staked on this battle, and with
that chlvalry which is his nature Gen. Beaure-
gard promptly offered to lead the Hampton Lee
gion into the action, which he executed in
style unsurpassed.
Your correspondent heard Gen, Johnston ex-
Claim to Gen. Cooke just at the critical moment,
. Oh for four Regiments" His wish was graf
flied, for in the distance our leinforcemunts APP
peared.
The tide Of battle was turned in our favor by
the arrival of Gen. Kirby Smith from Wnches-
ter, with four thousand men of Gen. Johns toms
division.
Gen. Smith heard, while on the Manassas
Railroad cars, the roar of battle. He stopped
the train aud hurried his troops across the field
to the point ust where he was most needed.
They were at first supposed to be the enemy,
their arrival at that point of the field being en-
tlrely unexpected.
A SOUTHERN GUESS ABOUT THE FORWARD
MOVEMENT.
The Richmond corresp ondent of the New Or
leans Delta, writing the day after the battle,
says:
And as for Gen. Scott though the movement
against Gen. Beauregard may have been M ade
actording to hi order, doubt whether that Or
der was given in accordance with his delibera te
views of policy
Two months ago he committed mistake in
hating at Alexandria, after crossing the Poto-
mac, Instead of pushing briskly forward to Rich
mond. But that mistake sprang from excess of
prudence, and 1t Is not reasonable to deduce !
from such a mistake another arising from the |
opposite fault of rashness For rashness it GER |
tainly was to attack Gen. Beauregard on ground |
which he himself had selected aud elab0rately |
fortified Political considerations must have |
prevailed over military considerations when
General Scott consented to the attack, without
the support of Mcclellan on the west aud Pat
terson on the north. 1t was fatal departure
from the anaconda policy which he had prev-
ously been pursuing. The consequence is that |
the backbone of the serpent is broken.