Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-31
OTHER CONFEDERATE ACCOUNTS OF
THE RATTLE

fessed 'nst the victory was the result of the most
desperate, daring and dashing courage of our
troops. The All Alabama, 5th Virginia and 7th
/ and sth Georgia regiments are said to have suf-
| ferred most In the engagement Sherman's bat
| terry OF sixteen pieces and portion Of the Rhode
1 Island battery are in our possession and beaut-
l ful battery II s Cummings Virginia regiment
| charged first upon IT, and were repuisd when
| another regiment came up, shooting down every
| man ana capturing the pieces. The Washington
| Louisiana Artillery took two of the pieces and
| Immediately turned them with deadly re upon
| the enemy: 1t would be unjust to discriminate
| between the various regiments for ali did their
| WORK well. Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
| Alapaula, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Arkan-
sas, kentucky, and perhaps Florida, have united
| their destnies this day In eternal bonds Of
| ffiendship sealed in blood MAY 1t ever continue
| and strengthen as time shall pass
| IL must rot be omitted that Capt Delaware
| hempers Alexandria Battery Joined the conflict
| In the evening and did noble work as on Thurs
day moving lanes In the enemy's ranks, without
| Inc loss CT any Of their own number.
Ex-Gov. Smith was active in the engagement,
with the portion Of the regiment assigned to him,
| and ELECTED the warmest expression Of admiration
| from Gen. Beauregdrd.
Gen. beauregard must be man Of a great and
| active mind. He was upon the field the whole
| day. and planned the movement with precision
| His horse was shot from under him by cannon
| ball, which shows he was not far from tie scene
OF battle He was all the while perfectly calm
| and collected, and seemed TO regard the occur.
| renee as mere incident of the war.
An otncer OF the army says that he witnessed the
| onset Of our soldiers the Arkansas regiment he
| believes, on the New York Zouaves and that it
| was terrible spectacle They threw down their
| guns and made the charge with their brandished
| bowie knives. The Zouaves at 4 rst seemed pet
| rihed with amazement Then, as their sssailants
| Knocked aside their bayonets and fell upon them
| with their furious blades. they fairly screamed
| with terror, and fed with tRe utmost consterna-
| ton.
Colonel Hampton, upon having his horse shot
from under him, seized a rife and said. " latch
| me, boys; do as do" He then shot down sue
cessivey several Federal officers who we're leading
their forces against him Gen. Beauregard then
/ came no and said, " Take that battery . lust at
| that moment the tag Of the Legion wss Shutdown
| Gen Beauregard said " hand IL to me: let me
bear the Palmetto flag lie did bear i; in the
/ was slain in the charge
| Col Barlow died a noble and brave death. He
| trst received shot which shattered one of bis
feet but even in this disabled condition he main
tanned bis place at the head Of his men. He had
reached fence which crossed the direction of bis
| charge, and was supporting himself, waving his
| sword and cheering his gallant band on to the
hght, when some miscreants ball pierced his
brave heart
| The Richmond Examiner has the following
/ version of the battle:
| Gen Beauregard disposed his army along the
| banks of Bull Run, from Union Mills Ford to the
Stone Bridge Ford, the stream being between the
/ rive armies, and our brigades so arranged as to
| guard the various fords between the two points
| above named.
The enemy advanced within range at 6 O'Clock
| a. m, opened a heavy fire on Gen Bonham's
| command at Mtchell's Ford and kent IL IN
| some time to deceive our troops as to the real
| point of attack. twas soon discovered TO be a
| felnt, and the left wing of our lire found to be
| very heavily pressed The enemy concentrated
| on that point, by rapid marches, an OveTwhelm-
| ing mass OF troops of all arms, and at 10 O'Clock
| the battle ragged 70 its height. Gems. Beauregard
| and Johnson arrived on the scene nearly at the
| same time. and both exhibited great personal
| prowess and courage In the engagement
Gen Beanregard rode up and down the line
| I'LL his horse was killed; Gen. Johnson seized
| standard and rallied a wavering regiment Troops
| were rapidly moved from the right and centre TO
the relief Of the left, and by 3 O'Clock Is 600 Of
| our men were there In the furious action against
| IS 600 Of the enemy. At that hour Gen Kirby
| smith s brigade arrived on the railroad from
| winchester to Manassas junction, at a point
| within two miles of Stone Bridge Seeing the
violence OF the contest there, this General stopped
the cars, and, dism Ounting his men, marched
| straight on the enemy, without orders and with
| out going to the Junction, thereby saving a FIVE
/ mile march. Gen. Beauregard did not at first
| recognise this brigade, and believed il a flank
| movement Of the enemy, till they came near
enough for the flag to be distinguished. On their
1 drriva! In line general charge was made and
| the enemy broke and fed precipitately
| When the armies reached Centreville, where
| Mcdowell had Is 900 fresh men and heavy guns
| in position, he made a desperate raIly But
| another charge of the COnfederates broke the new
| lines, and his disaster became complete
Inc body OF our army pursued 70 Fairfax. and
1 p dnteQ our nag on the court house The cavalry
cut up the enemy six miles OF Arlington
About half toe members OF The Federal CONGRESS
| were distant spectators Of the battle At Centre
| vile was found table bounteOusly spread sur
| rounded ~ empty seats and twenty baskets Of
| champagne, where Senator Wilson was In the
4 act OF entertaining a large dinner party on our
| arrival. He himself narrowly ESCAPED He GOT
out OF tn village IN the disguise of driver of a
| market cart. Among other curiosities seized
/ there, were number OF bills 81 fare Of dinners
Mcdowell intended to give al different points all
| IN French elaborate Is TO cuisine Some of them
| are in Richmond
| The Examiner mentions this incident of the
| fight. Il seems that the Hampton Legion was
| pited aIanst the Sherman battery
The Guards advanced to within 100 or 100 pscss
OF the enemy. Unable TO maintain their position
they retired, falling back upon the column OF the
Legion. II was then that Col. Hampton, after a
few thrilling words at the head Of the Legion,
ordered its fire to be opened upon the deadly bat.
| terry that was moving down his ranks Nobly
and gallanty did his men respond Firing by
hle and maintaining their position, they stood
stesdily until three o'clock In the evening under
the deadly fire Of one Of the most destructive bat
| teries Of the Federal army.
At this time Of day the Legion fell back about
200 yards; when Gen Evans, of South Carolina,
| rode up the line, and making himself known To
the men, added his noble and patriotic encourape-
! ment to those Of their gallant commander "A
shout rises as Beauregard himself rides to the line
and in stirring words appeals to the Legion 70 hold
It's devoted position but few moments lopyer
! and the victory would be wen The men wers
| suffering horribly from the most raging thirst
| when number Of the officers and privates yoluu,
tered on the desperate mission of bringing water
| from ravine near by, through the lire of the
| enemy But three returned from the gallant en-
rand: Lieu's Bates and TomPkins, of the Watson
| Guards, and private n. N. Cartilage, and they
just in time to join Col. Hampton's last and des-
perate Charge upon the battery.
| THE CHARGE OF THE HAMPTON LEGION.
=, correspondent of the Examiner thus describes
the inal charge of the Hampton Legion The L.
gion had advan ced about thirty PAGES, when the
| charge was Joined by the 49th Virginia regiment,
under the command Of Col. Smith, who led the
charge on foot-his horse having been just shot
from under him Col. Hampton offered his own
horse. AT that time, when within anout $50 Yards
OF the battery, Col. Hampton received his wound.
| He was struck by ball in the temple AS he was
raised the cool and self possessed gallantry of the
brave man was exhibited. In calm ard affecting
| words he exhorted Col Smith to stand by the Lee
| gion and to help to support its flag Tie words
added new spirit to the combined charge. The
Legion advanced to 1t with its right wing under
| command Of Colonel Conner, and the left unds,
that OF Capt Garey-the command Of the intrepid