The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-08-08
Incidents Of the Fight at Ma
nnssas Rebel Bnrbaritics.

We havo already heard Of hundreds Of
instances Of the most unrclenting barbar-
itics shown toward the Federal troops
indeed ono OF the rebel prisoners captured
by the New York Scvcnty-lirst Regiment,
stated that they had positive orders to
show no quarter 10 any one. a large mum
Der of our wounded soldiers were run
through with bayoncts as they lay bleeding
on the field of battle--and particularly was
this done to tho Fire Iouavcs, on WHOM
they seemed to have particular spite. We
have heard ofmany other instances in which
anlbulanccs containing wounded men were
fired upon
The charge upon our wounded and flying
men by the cncmy's Black Horse cavalry,
Capt. Asapll, Of Alcxandria--of which Wise
has 30 much boastcd-is an act well caIcu-
lated to cover the Southern name with
shame and disgrace forever AS they adj
vanccd toward the Fire Xouavcs, they were
met with heavy fire by the gallant band,
when they shouted ont to the Xouavcs that
they had made mistake that they wore
shooting their own fricnds-at the same
time displaying the stars and stripes. A
number Of the Ionavcs, thinking u mistIkc
might have been made, starting to their
relief, when the flag was thrown down II
terrific sortic made upon them, But their
trcachery met with swift and terrible re-
trbution. The muskcts of the IouaYes
were again turned upon them, aud they
were fairly cut to pciccs, only six of them
being left out of SIX hundred.
The cnsign OF the First Rhode Island
Regiment was shot through the head and
killed during the early part Of the engage
ment, wden a brave young follow, belong
ing to the same regiment, sprang forward
seized the colors, and waved them in the
air. \ minute later hc too fell dead to the
ground, pierced 10y a bullet.
Daring the engagement, Gov. SpraGue
who was always in the thclcst of the fight,
had two horses shot from under him. Each
time, as he iell to the ground Inc would
coolly take up his carbno and bring rebel
to the Ground.
Col. Burnside seemed to bear charmed
life. The bullets were constantly whizzlng
past him, some of them even passing through
his hat, and yet he escaped without Il
scratch.
The Fire Xouavcs advanced to the charge
with dcatcnig cheers for the Union, and
were exposed to the CALLING ire Of the
Louisiana Xouavcs, and also to the attack
of the rebel Black Iiorsc--all OF which they
stood with hcroiam of which the history
each fire. rs they would perceive the rebels
fall, they would claim Ellsworth"
The color-scrgcant Of the Second Maine
Regiment, W. b. Dean, and who bore thc
llag presented to the regiment by the ladies
of California;, was killed with the flag in
his hands. A. Y. Moor, Company *, one
! Of the color guard, was severely wounded
! The iag was taken possession OF by the
rebels, but was finally rcSaincd after Il dcs-
pcrato struggle.
A poor little drummer boy was cut com
pletcly in two by canister shot which
struck him just under the arms. \ piercing
"Oh!' emitted in childish treble, the soldiers
who were near him say, was sound that
will ring in their ears for lie.
Anon. the disasters OF the day were two
very serious ones from the firing into eacl
other by mislulle, of our own regiments
The Eight New York Regiment WAS badly
cut up thus by either the Fourteenth OF
Twenly-ffh Regiments. The SiXty-nintl
| New York Regiment had one company des
troycd almost to a man by u fire from on
own forces.
Unfortunate as were these disasters TO us
they were far more than countcrhalanccl
by the heavy fire poured into the Secession
lists by their own batteries at various time
during INC uaN.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia In
quiror writes:
The officers who took Mr. Pryor prisonc
say that among the other prisoners taken wa
u very badly wounded rebel officer. WIZ
wore the eagle of a Colonel on his shoude
strap. He appeared to have got in advanc
Of hisrcgiment and got separated from THEN
and SO cut off, His left arm had b"en sha
tered above the elbow, and the useless men
bcr was dangling in his coat slcave. IL
| was also bleeding profu8cly from a woun
in the side, yet waving his sword in the al
and would not give up until surromdc,
and big fellow OF the Maine regiment rusl
cd up to him. threw down his own gun an
4 clasped the officer around the body. Ii
t sword then droped from his grasp, and h
sank upon the ground. The first words l.
, said were, "Nhat fools you Yankees are,
, attack lis with such a handful of men,
"Why," replied his captors, chow many hay
you got?' There are 10000 on field, i
t replied, "hcsidcs-' here his strength Iaile,
; he sighed heavily, the blood gushed fro
+ his side in torrent, he called out in II tair
II tone, Emma, Enma," repeating the nan
twice, stretched ont his limbs and expire
c He was a very hadsome man, about thirt
t five years of age.