The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

was Uutu W WltnlD luACN hAAASS
or so of Manassas, we noticed that the dead
of the enemy, men and horses, were contln-
ually scattered, and yet unhuried, over the
whole route, and that squads of rebels were
busy hunting up their wounded placing them
in common transportation wagons without
springs, and sending them forward to the
Junction.
UNPLEASANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REBELS.
At intervals we would be challenged by
parties of their irregular cavalry, and two
or three times were stopped, and it was de-
man}ed of us 'who we were," and "where
we were going" in every case meeting with
the most gross, wanton and ferocious insults
and curses from the 'chvalry." Tor did we
receive this savage treatment from coarse,
uneducated, uncultivated men. The
worst case occurred while we were be-
ing driven some few rods in advance
Of our escort, which had stopped behind
for a few moments, for some purpose or
other. 4 horseman with rife slung across
his shoulder, rode up in front and compelled
US to stop, and asked who we were AID where
we were going and, though by his lam
guage. evidently a man of education, and
one who could probably, on q pinch, put
on the outside manners of civilization,
he commenced barbarian TRADE Of abuse,
calling US id lazy Yankee s--ns of
b-h-s, "why don't you go and bury your
dead and gather up your wounded; you
ought to be shot ;'-making at the same
time a motion as if he would unsliDg his rife
from his shoulder. Being prisoners, unarm.
Il -, mid Of the caCoral nf
his "chvalric" fellows over whom he Seems
ed to have same command, having come up
10 the meantime, of course there was nOth>
ing for us to do but explain, as we did,
quietly and camnly, though our blood was
boiling, that we were prisoners of war,
without volitiOn of our own, that we had So
icited permission TO 90 upon the field and
attend to our wounded and dead, but the
Confederate commanders had refused us.
WHY THE REBEL LEADERS REFUSED.
would here observeparticularIy that this
was the tact-we had formally asked the re-
bel officers who came to US at Ludley Church,
some of them OF high position, to allow US to
search the battle field over for our wounded
and dead but was peremptoriy and alto
gether refused. would likewise state in
this connection, that the rebel loss in killed
aLl wounded was very heavily their
own admissions to us Surgeons, much heav.
Ter than our own, as we'll on account of the
superiority of our arms, all mimic rifles
and muskets and the more skilful practice
of our artillery and small arms they COM
plimented the shooting Of the Minnesotians)
as from the fact that they thought they
were going to be defeated in the early part
of the battle and undertook to remove their
wounded ten miles to Manassas, which,
over such road and in common lumber
wagons, occasiOned a great fatality espe-
cialy as mimic bullets make no tritle OF a
wound The refusal to let us go over the
field was, perhaps, dictated somewhat by a
reluctance to allow US to see the extent OF
their loss and, partly, that we should not
view their position, which they did not
know bat they would require Immediately
again for another battle for it is a fact
that they did not know Of the panic which
seized our whole army, nor the extent Of
its decentralization, and that for several days
they were daily and nightly in expectation
| of our advance again, with renfOrcements
TWO OF OUR WOUNDED PICKED UP.
But to resume. Lieut. Cummings having
come up, further explained our purpose il
travelling to Manassas to the cowardly Vir
ginian who could SO grossly insult men il
our situation; and we then proceeded Oh our
Journey without further molestation. 1t was
about here we were told that two of our
wounded men had been picked up, and were
in one OF the lumber wagons from which
we heard them ordered to be transferred tC
| the covered ambulance behind US, and taker
| along with us to the Junction; but we die
not see them, not being allowed to get ou
of our vehicle.
ARRIVAL AT BEAUREGARD's HEADQUARTERS
We reached Manassas about ten o'clock
and, after waiting there. iE the cart abou
two hours, in the rain, were ordered to gel
out, and 60 up on the long porch OF tn
little low old fashioned country house, where
Beauregard had bis headquarters.
sUPpER.-A "MIsTAKE p SLEEPING QUARTERS
On the porch table was set, and being
invited to partake of viands, we sat dowl
and drank OF its coffee and eat of its crack
ers (all there was) with, on my part, an ap
petite slightly enhanced by my nearly forty
hours of enforced abstinence from all food
and by our wet to the skin and shiverinl
condition generally. Supper over, AM
midnight having come, an Aid of Beaure
gard appeared and said be was very sorr.
we were brought down-it was done unde
a mistake-and as it was late the Genera
could not see US before morning. Anathe
matizing such mistake" to the bottom g
our hearts, we were next shown into snna
neighboripg barn, where, in the midst &
wounded and dying Confederates, and q
the members of the guard not on duty, W
laid down on the barn floor, on which wa
slight sprinkiiDg of hay, and withou
covering of any kind, and our clothes a