, 1861-07-25

board.
THE GREAT BATTLE.
Description. by H. j. Kuan.ond, Euitc,' Of the
Atsr York 1naes-FNI Deta'ls eT the EMgag:
mint.
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WASHINGTON, Monday Morning, July y.
The battle yesterday was one OF the lnosI
severe aud eaDguicafy c7cr fought IN this
Continent, and it ended iu the faiiure of tht.
Union t1oops to hold Ill The positions Ehicn
they EongEt to carry, and which they actually
old carry, and III tktlr retreat.
On Saturday the troops Werc all brought
closely up 10 CentreviEe,- all necd'ul
preparations were made for tie attnck which
":s intended for the neSt day. Yesterday
THO 1oads-Col, Richardson with bis co1l.
mand taking the southern, which lads to
Bulls Run, and Gen. Tyler the northefu-rna-
nlrg parallel to it at distance Ct about uiie
slt1 y half The movement commenced at
aheut o'cl5ck. got up at little tetore 1.
and found the Ing hue Of troops extended Eur
ont on either road. I took the road By which
Lei. Hunter with his command, ind Gen. Mr.
Dowc)l and stsT bad Eorc, and pushed Oh d.
rcCt]r ter the lroIt.
- Aticr goipg uut about two miles, Colonel
nunttr tt1stii to the Ti.lt-nlar"hlng cb-
aquely towards the Run, ~hlch he was to
cIess salne 1oIr lsi:es higher up and then
the enemy cn the cthc- side. Gel. Miles WAS
III: At C+a'reyille and on the road, With re-
s:1ves which he WIS to hr1ng up whenever
1tey uig hit he needed Gen T. sler wcut d.
1ectly forward. TO engage the enemy In 'front.',
snei EelG reiA1o1ctmsnts to Col Hunter when
ever il should be seen that he was engaged
Tie read is hiilF, like oil the surlacc st This
Eec;loa.. Alter going ous abont three MI. S,
3;n ccIne to 9 point down which the road,
Hat:ing through forest, GescsnGis ;-tEen It
p'tces ds hy succession ct rising and filling
khclit fora quart:r Of nliie, when it cross
slepe to the heights beyond. At the top Of
hiss slope, the r.!b2ls had planted heavy
sstte.ies. ard tic woods below w.-e
flied with their troops md with con-
csa'cd ca1nen. We proceeded down the
ze:d to thu fist Of tho small krolls NELL
.:e1ci, wren tie 1Aole culuma halted. The
ralse ttan any otber in :he a11ny, IVES p..aSy:!
directly III The read. Cart. Ajres's ua.t5ry
mss s;aG"ned In tho woU1s Iittle to .ht
* 1t. Tsc First Ohio and Second New York
RtGinents Wsrz thrown into the W:,o:is il
aesa1.co o2 TIE lett. The Sixiv-u:nin, Ne3
1s;5k, the EiIEt, se2o1a and Third Conne>stt-
tut tt sIM snts Wcte ragged behind teen, anu
tLe Second Wi.co1s;a was throwa ia:o tie
Foods ca the Fight. at nsout half past eix
o'c:cck The 30-pouGler threw two Shells di
rect1y Into TIE battery 1t tie summit Of the
'slcpc, on tie opposite EeiEhs, enc Of *hica,
g learned afterwards, struck AID exploded
stoned The utmo.i havoc and conlnsiun. After
neois half eli hour Capt- Ayrcs threw ten or
GNekI EEoI s.16 shell from his Battery into the
came place. But both failed to elicit aay re-
ply. Men eoull be seen moving abo1t the
opposite slope, but the batteries We.c Silent
At71 1.r7t4x4x Affx
four ls.vy guns from Col. Richardson's col
ulnR ut Bul's Fun, and tLese were continued
1t Intervals tar two or threa hours, bnt they
Ttrc not arswer<d, eTcn by single guc. It
wes very clear that the enemy jnteade:l to
take his owa tins fo- paying his respects to
ue, and that he means, moreover, to do il il
his Own Eay. Me:1iimc wc coui.l hear IN the
distauce tae sound ct Col. Hunter axemsn,
clearing ais wa5, aad awaited vita some i'm
patience the 6uu1d Of bis cannon en- tue op-
pceite heights. Time To-e along with coca
slonol sEots from oar guns, IS well as those OF
Gel. Richardson's co1umc, hut without, in r
singie 1Hstaaee, 't,ia f,e receiving: my 1s2lT
and Second New York. which were lying i'll
z: wood OF the LET, wIro ordered 10 atlyance.
Ihcy did so,-raseins out OF tue read a1d
climbing ta1les into 4 wood oprosi:*, which
thty ha't barely approached, However, when
Ie; mere Eaet by 4 tremendous discharEe Of
p sNAA EAA AAtAAty ptsiLiCA EAN ALAk III LIZ
woods, mainly for the PURPOSE Of avesring
TIC road perperdicuiaf;y aud the open t;s!d
ol its 1jgEt br Nshic!. along troops cau:d PISS
:cr|az1 to the opposite 1auK. Tazv were
Staggered for moment, and received orders
10 retire. Capt. Ayres' Battery formerly
Shernans} WIS advanced little, 60 Is to cam
1iand Ibis Battery, aud esy t'Tc.;y minutes Of
At halcra.t II He heard Hauier'e guns en-
lie cpposltz height, over mile to lie right.
He wss arsTtrsa by batteries ths.s, acsi tct:1
1oiow:a tic sharp. rsttsing yolle;a OF ,na.-
kerry. as their :2taE'ry b=ca1n2 engaged
dlS AriSG rs , nav l;c:3Izn:: Hua:tE L J. =
}ine Ct bz1.!s in IN ore1, iielJ, at the E5L. Of
me co:d. T:.c enemy drew up to op;,ose
i'm, hut Ee speedily drove thr,n to retreat
srd followed tGem up with the yreascBt v;..r
ana 1apjdity. Mesntime, lor some t:lrce
4: u:s previous, VIC hE1 seea loIs !inrs Of
dasse Gust :i::n;; from The rs@a...s 1eaSlng from
Nsnessas, anti, with tte Gl,=s, nc couai vary
eltAs}y p. reciyc that they we.e r.:s:d by the
ceSs;aat and -tcao3 stream OF reiu:7rce.rcnt=,
With t0I.l:uurI 20 pour il nearly shc Hhule
d?v. The Sixty. ninth, SCye7:y-ninth, SECOND
era E:ahth, New Yo:E-:he First, Second :rd
I}iIrd Com; ;ecticrt, and the SECOND Wisconsin,
verc h.oustt forward in ciya:cs of the wood
an3 marched across t1c field 10 t.. right, to
&C to Gel. Hunters support They crossed the
Intervening Stream aGd drew up IN sIn.u
open field, separated frcm Col. Hunters col
nu!n Is delsc Wool, which HaS fl1cl with
batteries sud Infantry. Our guns cootizue<.
to play upon the woods HEich thus coEc.al:d
the entDy, and aided materially In clearing
them foz the advance. G1iuy da*a to thu es
trenss fr3nt ct iE= colE1c, I could .72teh tho
pSogrsss Of Col Hunter, marked By the roa-
stant roar Of fartilltrPand the roll of musketry
as be pushed the rcauls back flum point to
Point. st 1 o'2!ecs he hai driven ll=m cut
Of The weeds and acre=s thc roai Fhich w23
The pFAloEgatlon Of that cr wh:cn re stood.
Hers, By tie side OF their batteries, the rebels
maIe i stand. They i,huted their l'g direct
ly III the road. and IIic: charged across i up
OF orr mc1, but without moving them an
inch They were met by destructive tire,
and were compelled 10 iall still iarthar back.
Gradually the poin: OF fire passed 1arthe.
away, until the deEse clouds Of smoke which
marked the progress Of the combat yere at
lsast half mile to the left Of what had been
the central position Of the rcbels-
It vas now 2A O'CLOCK ! VIE q tas ai-
vanced point Of the front Of our column, some
hundred rods beyond the woods, in which the
passed up the road tie balls and shell lrom tbs
enemy began to fall with more cthao usual rap
idity. did not see the point from Whiel.
tley came; but meeting Capt. AJrcs, he 6aiI
he vas about to bring ap Ills battery, suppost~
ed By the Ohio Brigade, under Gen. Schenek,
to ropel rumorGd attempt Of cavalry to out
flank this column. As / VICE. forward lie
passed doEa. Gen. S4aeEck'5 Brigade wa3 at
oxco drawn up across tho road, ard Clpt-
Ayres's gurE were p1antei in = Enoll ct the
lcft, Shen powerful body Of rabe1s, with 9
iea7y battery, cane down from tbs direction
cf Bulls Run, AMI engaged this ilTce with
Tremendous cG.ct- ven: to Cc2treyilte, sa1t
off my dispatch, a71 started with al speed to
return intending to 20 With our troops upon
what had EcIn tho ;.otIy contested iisid, nav
er doubling 1or l.anaeut that it would re-
main in their hands, I had gone but qnar-
ter Of mile when We met great nunb.r Of
fugl.iTes, and or carriage soon became e1-
tangled In mass Of haGga5e-Hassons, tho OIL
Ger In charge Of which told me It Tas useless
to 20 lr that direction, IS our troops wceo RS
treating. Not creliting the story, which was
utterly inconsistent With what had seen DUE
little while before, I continued to P1sn on.
I soon met Quarferm2ster Stetsou, ct fae tlre
Zouayee. who told me, bursting lnfo s?at3,
that his regiment had been utterly cuS 70
picccs. that the Colonel and Lteutenant-Co..
oncl ueru both killed, aud that our troops hid
actually been Eepu1scd- Sill tried to PRO-
ceed, but the advancing columns rendered 1t
impos.iblc, and turned about, Leaving my
csirisge, Invent to 2 high point Of ground aud
saw, by the dcnee cloud Of dust Fhich ross
over the three roads by which the thr e col
rmrs Of the army had advanced, that they
were all c1 the retreat. Sharp discharges OF
cannon in their rear indicated that they ware
being pursued. 1vaited halt an hour or 50, to
observe the troops and +hssterics - they A.
rirfd. and then STATED or'WAshfn ton As