The Van Buren press., 1861-08-07
From Me Richmond D;,.
Incidents of a., P''eh

thlekest OF the fight. his Lnrssa,e,A Ls,eA into ~ 4.
shot on by a shell, which aI head ~,
horses OF his two aids, NIessrs s1 ~ killed y
Ferguson, Of South CaroI;a haywatl,% %
The member of the WasL:
Eh. ~. VINO was as Killed, and Who's. 4fdQ.
brought to this city by his ,1 ia,S.IS Sody ", |
DAY night was Sergeant JOSH bef On A,s'
lie behaved with great coolnes4 l4S keya,j,
ry III the hight until he recc;n,a aal ga!sD
wound We heard of but ca ,r his fr,
this splendid battalion who n"' a"o othsas 8
PrivateS Payne and Crutcber 'e !AjOra>. I
Major Wheat, of LOUISE.
badly wounded, and his battaS;oss \ telo,.
have suffered severely. 'oh sa..
The friends OF Lieut.. Faco.,,
ed intelligence S5y' of bs q. this city, have
The Col. Wilcox. mentioned :,
as among the prisoners. surrepdo..se .'SseSa.s
2oth Virginia Regiment. If rsd mis to IL
every true Virginian to learn "ni graft,
ture OF Capt. Edward C. Cam u, .as eas
is connected with some of the - 'on, VII
in the South. none of whom w, ussI iauiHs
to his consignment to the hand uta "s objS
cutioncr. Another prisoner of " The ess
Corc9ran, OF the New York 69th Is PsntoI Is toI
Col Francis 5. Barlow, of Gea'gae
taken the colors of his regimas insoisla' bal
hands. and was leading bnI;an.' IN h.
when he fell. The bereaved WIS., ;aut ~ ehass.
liant officer was IN Riehmond WI, 'M si.
the news cf his death. 'N SAc tss,a
Col. kemper's Alexandra Am
ceive high praise for their brara.'eaiy lt'eiy ne
action. Their guns did tremerJ1:y tie
ton. exscu
The central train arrived from ".
junction at half-pas : O'Clock Lass ialasSas a''s
Several thousand persons had sssa,g a,elAg
and the fact that some of opr Ja. JlOe9,
brought in the train, changed the r~ Cns. wee
10y to some extent. This howavor i.s
prevent an enthusiastic welcome ;, u. a@
dent Davis, who was among the ~, res
An account of his arrival will ba sens@A
another column. 'u0 Il
Many incidents were related Of N. s-,
and all concnr in the accounts eIs.~Su'
given OF the complete rout of the r-S; rai.S'
army. sa
| We are enabled to state on the h...
thority, that the loss in killed, on onr -.
does not exceed 5Oo-probably not n nrs r-s
over 400. ~'a
1t is currently reported and even vo,,,
ed ior, by some of the passengers, th,, G..
Scott was near the scene of action in l..
carriage. When the retreat of his Arm,
took place, Scott left his vehicle and o..
ped IN one direction, while the Carrie.
drove OIL IN another. Our men, Of cons
pursued the carriage and captured it, and !,
1t found the sword and epaulettes of III. a.
General. A letter from Manassas tell. II.
same story.
At least a hundred wagons, loaded with
army stores, were captured by the ConfJs
rates.
n large number Of muskets and o,b,
relics OF the battle were brought down l,.
evening. Not the least interesting anon,
these were daguereotype likenesscs Of E
males, found IN the pockets or hayersacs
OF those who expected to whip TIE "Rs
els"
\ doubtful rumor was in circulation tbs
John Cochrane and Loveioy, members d
Congress, who came to see the fight. wss
taken prisoners.
!. The " contraband" +" articles captured, m
cluded fine brandies and wines, with whe.
the Federals probably intended to hold I,
Notification after their victory.
The rumored capture of Gen. Patterson
is unfounded.
For mass of intelligence as reporte!
from Washington, we refer the reader 10 III.
telegraphic columns. 1t will be seen tis
the enemy's lowest estimate of his loss i,
four to five thousand.
WHAT TURNED THE TIDE OF BATTLE
The Richmond Examiner gives the o.
lowing interesting incident. After desui.
bing the progress of, the fight it says
Troops were rapidly moving from ths
right and center to the relief of the left al!
by O'Clock, 700 of our men were thsa
IN the furious action against 30, ,0c0 Of th:
enemy AT that hour, Gen. Kirby Smiths
brigade arrived on the railroad from WIl-
chester TO Manassas junction, at pan
within two miles of Stone Bridge. Seen.
, the violence of the contest there this gene'
al stopped the cars, and dismounting As
men marched straight on to the enemy With
out orders and without going to the june
ton, thereby saving five mile march
Gen. Beauregard did not at first reco-n!E
, this brigade, and believing it flank moT'-
ment OF the enemy, till they came nsr
: enough for the flag to be distinguished Oi
their arrival in line, general charge was
\ made, and the enemy broke and fled pre-
cipitately.
TOTAL LOSS SUSTAINED.
Regarding the loss. the Enquirer says
An estimate of the killed and wound7h
=, by the chief military surgeon at BeanEs.
CARDS head quarters, on the part o. ca q,
!, army, places the amount at 500 to 4VV XIII
= ed and 1000 to |, 200 wounded.
On the part of the enemy, from 6,VVV''
!. 1000 killed and wounded.
4 The Wing says of the same subject
e The train brought down some 6VV pIh,
4 oners, and there are ABOUT LOO mols "
J, come. There are 65 officers among 'ls.
:. 1t is not yet possible to determIne W. ~.
e number of the killed and wounded oi '|
p enemy. The probability is, that the SUN o.
Il total will not fall short Of lO,0uo. o~
r own casualties will not exceed ], ,2Vo'
t President Davis passed the highest el:Y
It miums. upon our heroic soldiers, and Pai1'
0 Iarly the two eminent men i'll comman-,
g Beaureguard and Johnston. loo ~u.i
J. praise cannot be bestowed on olilce's Ia =.
: men, for all determined to conquer OF NV
It The Richmond Dispatch, OF 2iin u','
: has the following:
9 The PRESIDENTS REruRS.-fIesll:'@r,
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