Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-24
Operations Of the Grand Array.
Taking Possession of Fairfax Courthouse.
THE BATTLE OF BULL's Run.

WasHISGroN. July 1.-THE advance of tbs
whole corps aFnee, Constituting the column
under the command of Brigadier General Nc
Doweli has thus tar proved triumpnan,
march. All that was expected or hoped 70
he accomplished to-day was done. and almost
without the firing OF gun. The Rebels have
| fed from their entertainments, and Fart Al
! Cont House. the late headquarters OF Gen
NJ s. Bonham. of South Carolina, IL in oar
| pos-es~jan. The Alabama and the Carolins
brigade and whole body of Rebels IN thai
ghborbood-variOu~ly estimated at from
ten to fifteen IhousaBd--toOk 10 their Deeis
aud failed to offer any serious opposition to
the advancing Union army Inc success OF
the movement was complete
The ord. T had been given for the several
| divisions To make the attack upon the IN
trenched lines OF the Rebels at about the sam
/ time-I O'Clock P. N--sDd promptly at one
O'Clock P. NJ all the enemy 3 %osks I'D the
! neigltsoThond OF Fairfax Court House were 10
oar p0--e-s lou. The advance was made by
tonr different routes leading toward Fairfax
| Court House and directly to Centreville. The
| rizbt wing composed of The first division,
four brigadas, under the command of Gen.
Tyler OF Connecticut, proceeded by the
Georgetown turnpike. The center. eomposed
IF the second oisisjon. two brigades, under
| Col Hunter L. >. army, proceeded by the
was composed of the third division, three big
adez. under Col S. Z. HeiHtzleman, U. S. ar
| nv and the fifth division. two brigades. IN
| der Col. Dixon 8 Miles, Z. 3 army. The
nth division pFocee sd by the old BraddOek
road, aud the third by the Little River Turn
| pike. The fourth division, under Gen. Run
| van. of New jersey. constituted the reserve.
| There were in the whole column sixty-two
| regiments-about fifty five thousand men
! sad in the marching divisions aggrt gaze
| of f0Tty-five thousand
| CpOr all these roads the Rebels had placed
distractions within radius OF three miles
from Fairfax Court HO1sa, the headquarters
of Gen. Bouham, of South Carolina. who Is
| STYLED in the orders of The Rebel commander
in Chief, 1.the cOmDandant of the advance
| guard of the Potomac" There was work for
| the skirmishers upon all the roads, but in
1 every instance as soon as the head of the adj
| vancing column made it's appearance the Re-
| bel force retreatsd hastily, and in evident
confusion.
| All the casualties reported at headquarters
on our side ere one officer and three men
1 slightly wounded.
4 Gen Mcdowell went forward at the head
of the entire column, the second division,
under Col. Hunter, which was composed as
| follows:
| FIRST BRIGADE -COmmanded by Col. An
drew Porter, United States Army; Capt.
Griffin's battery United States artillery; three
| companies United States cavalry, under Ma
| jor Palmer; battalion of several companies
of the First, Third and Eighth United States
| infantry, under Major Sykes; battalion OF
United States marines, under Major Rev holds;
and the Eighth. Fourteenth and Twenty-sev-
enth regiments of New York volunteers.
Second Brigade by Col. A. L.
Burnside. of the Rhode Island volunteers.
the Second Rhode Island battery of flying
artillery one section of Captain BarTy's bat
terry of United States artillery, the Second
regiment New Hampshire volunteers, and the
Seventy-first regiment New York State mill
tia
This division marched with it's left brigade
in front. consequently putting Col Burnside
i'm advance. The movement was conducted
with care and decision. The whole of the
Second Rhode Island regiment were employ
ed as skirmishers in advance OF the division.
Their lines extended from half mile to two
miles Cd each side of the road. The First
Rhode Island regiment followed at the head
of the division. After it came the Second
Rhode Island battery and section OF Bar
rvs battery. This followed by the Sec
ond New Hampshire and Seventy first New
York regiments.
The first brigade brought up the rear in
the following order:-Grffin's battery, Maj.
Sykes United States Infantry, Maj Rey-
noIds- Udited States Marines. and the Four
tpenth, Tweuty-seyenth and Eighth New
York volunteers
In this order the center of the column left
it's bivonaee about six miles from Fairfax
Court House. at ten O'Clock this morning.
The first barricade, made of trees iell.d and
thrown across the road, delayed the head OF
The division only a few minutes This was
encountered about three, miles from the
Court House. Ii was cautiously examined
by the skrmishers, but no sight OF rebel
force was discovered. The pioneers soon
cleared the road with their axes The barTi-
cade was at the foot Of long bill, the top OF
which was covered with dense thicket, az
fordinp an excellent covert Tor sharp shoot
ers. The second barricade was one OF sim
liar character and was cleared in similar
manner. oceasiOning only few minutes de-
Law 10 The march. The third barricade was
more formidable. Ii was at the entrance of
a deem cut In the road. commencing about
half way up a steep bill, crowned on one
side with thick woods aud on the other by
an open field. To pass this road was made
thfon Oh the field, enabling the army to pass
around it.
AT this point there were stationed two
hundred rebel cavalry, who. without waiting
To ascertain the strength OF the advancing
force. fed upon the first appearance OF our
skirmishers. firing at them one rifle shot.
which did no harm.
Up to this point, about one mile from the
Court House, the people living upou the
roadside were at home quietly pursuing their
usual avocatiOns The first house beyond
this third barricade belonged 10 man
named Goodwin, who had hastily left the
premises when the rebel cavalry retrested.
Ii was here ascertained that the division
had reached neighbOrhOod thiekiy popnla-
ted with the most rabid rebels in the county,
NUk E.nuiFa
Broadwater. a county magistrate; and also
that about half mile ahead the rebels had
a fertilization erected, and battery planted,
which was defended by force of Two thOus-
and men. and that the rebel force in and
around Fairfax Court House. guarding the
different approaches, ammonnted to from
ten to fifteen thousand men, The fortitlca-
ton was encountered about half mile from
the Court House. IL consisted of "A simple
entrenchment, extending for about four hun
dred yards on each side of the road. 1t was
pierced for eight guns. The embrazures
were formed of sand bags, and so placed as
TO command the road. The Notification was
at the top of steep hill. at the foot of which
meandered small muddy creek. The trees
upon the hill side for distance of an eighth
of a mile had been cut down, so as to allow
no cover from the guns of the tort. This
ratification had been occupied for about
three weeks by the Second and Third South
Carolina regiments, under Gen. Nj. L. Bon
ham, the successor in Congress of the noto-
rious Brooks, and the commandant of the |
advance guard OF the Potomac. In approa- |
ching this point our skirmishers bad brush |
with those OF the rebels, in which a corporal |
of the Second Rhode Island regiment receiv |
ed flesh wound in the thigh. aud rebel Of |
icer was captured by Capt. Dyer.
The advance of Burnside's brigade reach |
ed the fertilization in time to make one pris- |
oner, South Carolina officer, who surren- |
dered to Maj. Mission, paymaster of the Sec |
ond Rhode Island Regiment. The inside of |
the fertilization presented abundant eviden- |
ces of the haste with which it had been aban-
doned by its late occupants. Sacks of -four. |
meat clothing, arms, euuipmeuts and caun