Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-08-11

40 Wagons for euDaittoners Aes t..s -. - ~
trsstiSe 70 their being procured N time 70 fol.
~ ss's,sS 1S If1I65 Shue husy1ily kAlheEsa|
together. with horses, Wagons, drivers and wa
eon managers, all new and unused TO each oth.
ar. moved with difficulty and disorder, and was
the cause Of days delay In getting the provl-
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Sunday the attack We ShopldE have maze on
ssis Z soaiS uot i.h.stes slrssn. gst forward
with the troops earlier than we did. 1 wished
40, 20 10 CehHevfiis the HFcunn dhyS winch
| would have taken us there on'the tith' ana en,
Eabled US, sofar "a they, were. copcstn%sa, g 70 g.
Linto action on the 18Th, instead OF tne AiH suel
when weut forward from kairiaz 6nlrf Eo1sey
begopd Gernantevn, sceurgs see@ losrssa. g
| further. They had only come from Vienna,
| abput six miles, aud II WAS not more than eix
ana. 4 half miles farther to Centrevitie- aifG
march OF tWelye and shalf miles; but the men
we're foot weary, not 40 much, was tpiq, byt the
ldistance marched, as BY the time they hau been
Ion foot, caused BY the instructions IN the road
and the slow pace we had TO move 70 avoid am
tbnsoades.} Tha; men were, moreoveEssR
Toned 10 marching. their, odles NOT In condl,
tion for that kind Of work, and nct used v car
| rying even the load OF light marching order, u
i we crossed Bull Run with about lS,OV0 men
i OF all atms, the fifth division Miles and kich-
4 ardson's brigade on the left, ht Backburn's 9
\ ford to Centreviiie, and Hcheuck's brigade, Of
Tylera division, on the left or the road, near
the stone bridge, not participating IN the man
j action. The numbers opposed to US have been
Il yariously estimated x flmsy safely say and
avoid even the appesrance Of exhggeratiot, that
4 the enemy brought up all he could which were
I mot kent enysKea elsewhere. He had notice
! Of our coming oh the 47th, and had nom
u tfhaf las,a until he 2lst tp bring npl What
Z ever he had II ,is known that IN estimat.
/ inc tlie force I'd 10 aEainat. Manassas, Zen:
II qaaed not to have to do With the enemy's
y fforces under johnston, then kept in. check
Hin 'the valley BY MAJOR Generat Patterson,
: [or those kept engaged by Major Genetai
!. lBuller, and know every fhort was made py
81 the General IN Chief that this should be- done,
J, and that even # Johnston joined Beauregsrd,
. u would not be becsqss be corif 20 iclllqwed
: by Cen Patterson, but from causes not neces-
asr1 foaP me 70 refer to-; you ,knek them all ~
i IRIS VAS not done, and tlie enemy was free to
assemble from every direction Ia numbers only
,tlimitedby the amount of this railroad rolling
stock and bis supply Of wovisions. y To the
forces. IA efefote, We drove Id from Fairfax
ii Court House, Fairfax Station, @ Germantown and
j Centretiiie, and those under Beauregard al
i Manassas, must be added those under 'Johnston
1 from Wincbestef, ana those brought mp by Da-
i Vie from Richmond to other paces at the South,
To which is To be added the lew en sidsss order
n ed BY tue Richmond apthpfities, which was Or.
4 dered to assemble at MShhssas, What all this
II amounted to, / cannot cay certainly much more
j than we attacked them With, ~ -, =
j 4 I could not, as have said, more early pnal
u on tester, Dor could i delay. A large and The
II best part Of ny forces were three months yol'
: pnteefs, whose term Of service was abontto ex
! pire, hut who were sent forward As having lonl
!. enouan to serve for the purpose OF the expedi
I ton. On the eve Of the battle the Fourth Penn
4 sylyAnia Regiment Of volunteers aud tie bStte
: ~ Of yoiunteet Artillery Of the New York ed
fmilita, whose term Of service expired, insisted
4 ION their discharEe. Iwrote 10 the regiment, ex
!, messing a feduest for them TO remain o shof
!, Hme,' and the hbhofsbfS sectetsry Of Waf, VII
4 Was n the time on TIE kfound, tried to ipdnc
g fhe battery 10 remain at least Eve days. 'Bd
M yaifi. THEY insisted On their discharge TIA
-tnieht.1 Ii was Eranted, andlthS next mbfping
q when the army h6 6ssd forward intp u D battle
4 tthose troops moved % thereIr 70 the Sound
], L the ehemy's cannon. - q "a "
|, ID the next FEW Day, day by day, shonl
nj have lost ten th6ussnd vi the best. sfined
: tdrilled, oficefed and disciplined troops Ia th
army In other words, every DAY which sdd
81 ,ea % tue eueDgtn OF tne enemy maue " " Yshher
In concIusicn, desire 10 say In reference b
a the events Of Tie net uitimo, that che genera
order for the battle 10 which ] referred was
/. with slight notifications, literally cQnfprtpe
O 70; mat the corps were brought over Buil RuI
/, Iin the manner proposed, and put into action 4
before arranged, and that up 10 late in the atef
nom eVhry movement ordered was carrying u
= successfully to the object W. had proposed be
1-iore etaftihg-that Of getting to the railroad
Il leading from Manassas to theyaliey Of vifginia
t Land going on 1t far enough to break up ant
h destroy tie communication IND Interviews be
q tWe cen ,Beauregard and those under Johnston; Is
yl And could We have fought a.day or few hour
I sooner, there is evsrything TO- show how w
the odds with which We contended -, Dfa''"'
Fl have the honor to be, very respecifnlly your
r,sp = - ~ IRWIN MCDOWELL. ~
,1- Y kAs'n Brigadier General Commanding. Z