Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-27

1 mighty uSllVeP8nce.
Resolved, That We deeply depiore the necessity
which has washed the soil Of our country with the
blood of so many of our noble sons, and that We
offer to their respective families and friends cur
warmest and most cordial sympsthes, assuring
them that the sacrifice made will be consecrated in
the hearts Of our people and will there enshrine
the names Of the gallant dead, as the champions of
free and Constitutional Government
| " Reso9Ued, That we approve the prompt and pat
riotic efforts Of the Mayor of the city Of Richmond
| to make provisions for the wounded, and that a
committee of one member from each State be ap-
pointed to co operate in the plan.
| Res he'd, That Congress do now adjourn"
The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and
Congress adjourned.
INCIDENTS or THE BATTLE.
1t is stated that while Gen. Beauregard was Lead
ing Hamptons Legion into the thiekest Of the fight
his horses head was shot off by she'll which also
killed the horses Of two of his aids, Messrs. Hey
( ward and Ferguson, of South Carolina .
The member of the Washington Artillery who
was killed. and whose body was brought to this
city by his father on Monday night was Sergeant
Joshua Reynolds. lie behaved with great GOODNESS
aud galantry in the fight until he received his fatal
| wound. We heard of but two others of this spleu
did battalion who were iojured-Priyates Payne and
| CTutcher.
Major Wheat, of Louisiana, is reported badly
wounded, and his battalion is said to have suffered
severely.
The friends of Lieut. Edgar Macon, of the Thomas
Artillery, of this city have received intelligence of
! his death.
| The Col Wilcox mentioned elsewhere az among
the prisoners surrendered to the 2sh Virginia Reg
iment 1t viii crafty every true Virginan to learn
| of the capture of Capt Edward c Darlington, who
is connected with some Of the best families in the
South, none of whom would object to his consign-
ment to the hands of executiOner Another p is
oner u rank is Col. COrcOran, of the Goth New
| York Regiment
| Col Francis S. Barlow of Georgia, had taken the
coloTs Of his regiment in his hands and leading
brilliant charge, when he fell. The beresved wife
] of the gallant officer in Richmond when she
heard the news of his death.
| Col Kemper's Alexandria Artillery receive high
praise for their bravery in the action Their guns
did tremendous execution.
| ADDITIONAL.
The Central train arrived from Manassas Junction
at half-past o'clock last evening. Several thou
sand persons had assembled and the fact that some
of our dead were brought in the tram changed the
current of joy to some extent. This, however did
| not prevent cordial and enthusiastic welcome to
| President Davis, who among the passengers
An account of his arrival will be found in another
column.
Many incidents were related of the fight and all
concur in the accounts elsewhere given Of the COM
plete rout of the Federal Army
We enabled to state on the best authority that
the loss in killed side, does not exceed i've
hundred-prObably not much over four hundred
1t is currently reported and even YOuehed for by
some of the passengers, that Gen. Scott was near
the scene of action in his carrisge When the re-
treat of his army took place. Scott left the vehicle
and escaped in direction, while the carriage
drove off in another, Our men, of course, pursued
the carriage and captured it, and in it found the
sword and epaulettes of the old General. A letter
from Manassas tells the same story.
At least hundred wagons loaded with army
stores, were captured by the Confederates.
large number of muskets and other relics of the
battle were brought down last evening. Not the
least interesting among these were daguerreOtype
GkenesSes of females found in the pockets or hayer-
sacks of these who expected to whip the rebels"
doubtful rumor was in circulation that John
Cochrane and LovejOy, members of Congress- who
came to see the fight were taken prisoners.
The "contraband' articles captured included fine
brandies and wines, with which the Federas prob
ably intended to hold Olfication after their VIC
tory.
The rumored capture of General Patterson is un-
founded
For mass of intelligence, as repOrted from Wash
ington, we refer the reader to the teegraphic col
umns. 1t will be seen that the cnemy's lOlrest esti-
mate Of his loss is four TO five thousand
SOME DETAILS or THE FIGHT.
We are indebted to Mr.. VIM. Il. Pritchard. the
General TelegrAphic News Agent of the Southern
Press, for the following statement:
Messrs Mcguire and Adair gave US the following
statement of the killed and wounded of their com
pany (the Atlanta, Ga, Grays) in the fight Sun
day last at Bulls Run, near Manassas. The killed
were two by the name Of Hammond, Isaac
Frank Smith Martin Anderson Orr James George
James Kershaw, W. W. Brooks, Joel Yarbrough
Robert Hamilton, and George Grambling.
WOUNDED.
J. 3. Martin, hip, slightly.
Lieut.. Hulsey. severely.
BENJAMIN Watkins arm.
James Adair, flesh wound in the left arm.
Johu GrambliDg, in hand, very slightly
Toney Henderson, arm slightly.
Mr. Christian WAS severely bruisad nv WAGON
passing over him.
VIM. Harris, in the leg, slightly.
Dave Croft wounded slightly in the body, head
and foot.
Mr. Hotzclaw, in the arm.
Jerry Cannant, slightly hurt
Lieut.. Smith, dangerously in the arm and hip.
Thomas Norwood, arm broken.
Lieut.. Love. slight wound in the neck.
Sergeant Smith was twice knocked down by the
force of bombs, but escaped almost unhurt.
Thomas Stokes was severely wounded
Mr.. Elliot, slightly injured.
Jesse Thrasher, of the Atlanta Crews. killed
three Yankees IN successive shots-the last was
prominent officer, and Thrasher rushed up took his
pistols and escaped unhurt.
Capt King, of the Georgia Rozwell Guards, makes !
the following statement of the killed and wounded
in his company:
Thomas Kirk, James Paden, B. F. Smith and sew
en- are missing, and their fate unknown.
Capt King, ankle, slightly.
Lieut. Dunwoody, in the hip.
Lieut. Bishop, left arm.
Lieut. Wing or Ring, left shoulder.
Sergeant Gessett in the thigh
P. Lobb, in the head and thigh-a bomb bursted |
over him.
Jim Hunter, wounded in leg
Joseph Simmons, in the hand.
John Simmons, in the leg.
II. Wallace, in the head
S. Mitchell, in the shoulder
John Hix was run over by the Cavalry and badly |
bruised.
VIM. Bailey wounded in the Jaw.
The killed and wounded in the Rozwell (Ga) |
Guards was mostly caused in the attack on Sher-
mans Battery, and at the time when the gallant
Gen. Francis S. Barlow fell.
From other sources and principally from the
wounded now in our city, Mr.. Pritchard learns
that
Capt. Towers of the Miller ga Rifles, is safe;
Lieut.. Hall, of the Rifles, is said by some to have
been severely wounded, and others to be dead;
Lieut. Scott and Private LathrOp, of the same com
Rany were killed.
Capt. McGruder, of the Rome (Ga) Light Guards,
was wounded in the leg George StOvall and Charles
Norton were killed.
Captain Cooper, of the Floyd (Ga) Infantry was
severely wounded in the knee
These three aforementioned Georgia companies
are reported to have suffered severely, but de-
tails have been obtained.
Major DunwOOdy was shot three times but none
Of them were serious, and his horse was shot five
times.
Col. l.. J. Gartrel of Georgia, was slightly