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


to thst Of Marshall Grouehy, near Waterloo. Both
i were left TO check an army which equally disap-
Il peared from their front at a given moment
! CroGchy remained il hesitancy whether to follow
il or stay where it was, while all the horizon was
! red with lurid light, and the ground qusked I'M
| der the distant cannon-the cannon of Waterloo !
| So did not our Virginia General. When Patterson
| disappeared his resolution was taken,
Fer strength with strength doth sympath.za
| He went straight to the field where mortal strug-
gle about to be. and there won a name for his
tory.
The battle of Sunday was the huge Duel of the
North and the South. On that field the former ma
ton had at last the occasion to make good that men
ace, so often repeated, that eighteen millions would
| always whip eight millions. Thirty-fTe thousand
! of their best troops were then routed by fifteen
thousand tired Southern soldiers and the question
Of relative manhood is forever set at rest But the
battle of Sunday does not decide the war. IL pres
ages dire struggle soon to come. The telegraph by
New Orleans will tell Scott that Jefferson Davis
| commanded the Southern battle. Against him he
is inhsnled with q well known personal hatred. He
will be stung by the murmers CT the North and the
gloom of Washington. Of the army Just engaged
he has still two thirds, $4,000 unhurt. The tee-
graph will soon bring up his reserves from Cncin-
natl and other places He can control an army of
100000 men and with it, in few days, he will
make great effort to retrieve his disgrace. His
genius is pnguesticnable, his resources Formidable
and every nerve should now be strained to send on
all orr available reinforcemsnts to the scene of sc
ton.
en- tie Richmond TxAlinsr jug 81
THE BATTLE AT STONE BRIDGE.
We are able to give the reader to-day an authen.
tic statement Of thus battle.
General Beauregard disposed his army along the
banks of Bull Run, from Union Mills Ford to the
Stone Bridge ord, the stream being between the
two armies, and our brigades arranged as to
guard the fords between the two points
allowed named.
The enemy advanced within range at o'clock
NJ, opened heavy fire on Gen. Bonhams command
at AItchells Ford, and kept it up sometime to de-
Celve our troops to the real point of attack. 1t
discovered to be feint, and the left wing
of our line found to be very heavily pressed. The
enemy concentrated On that point, by rapid marches
an overwhelming mass of troops of all arms, and
at 10 o'clock the battle ragged to its height Generals
Beauregard and Johnston arrived on the ground
nearly at the time and both exhibited great per-
sonal proves and courage in the engagement. Gen
Beauregard rode up and down the line till his horse
was killed; Geneaal johnson seized standard and
rallied wsvering Regiment Troops were rapidly
moved from the right and centre to the relief of the
left and by o'clock. Is 900 of our men were there
in the furious action against $4,000 of the enemy
At that hour General Kirby Smiths Brigade arriv-
ed on the railroad from Winchester to Manassas
Junction, at point within two miles Of Stone
Bridge. Seeing the violence of the contest there
this General stopped the cars; and, dSmounting his
men, marched straight on the enemy, without
ders, ana without going TO the Junction. thereby
saving five mile CHI. Gen. Bsauregard did not
at first recognize this Brigade and believed it flank
movement of the enemy till they come near enough
for the ig to be distinguished On their arrival 10
line, general charge was made, and the enemy |
broke and and fed precipitately. Z
When the armies reached Centrevile, where Nc. |
Dowell had $1,000 fresh men and heavy guns in |
position, he made desperate rally. But another
charge of the Confederates broke the new lines |
and his disaster became complete.
The body of our army pursued to Fairfax, and
planted flag on the Court House. The cav
airy cut up the enemy six miles farther to Falls
Church, only four miles off Arlington.
About half the members of the Federal Congress [
were distant spectators Of the battle. at Centre
vile was found table bounteously spread, sur
rounded by empty seats and twenty baskets of
champagne, where Senator Wilson was in the act of
entertaining large dianer party on our arrival.
lie himself narrowly escaped He got out of the
village in the disguise of driver of market cart
Among other curiOsties seized there. were a num-
Der eff bills of fare of dinners Mcdowell intended to
give at different points, all in French and elaborate
as to the slrisiHs Some of them in Richmond.
Now for the serious fruits of victory.
We have taken 81 pieces of cannon, 20 600 stand
of arms, more than 500 wagons laden with stores
and munitions, and quantity of provisions stated
at 50 great figure as to be absolutely incredible.
We have killed and wounded some 900 or g. 900
of the enemy, and taken nearly 1000 prisoners,
while others constantly brought in from the
woods. Among them is Ely, member of the Fed
eral Congress from New York. Coils. Corcoran and
Wilcox, with many othor prominent persons.
Our own loss is 500 killed and 500 wounded
No prisoners. Our regiments most suffering are
The 4th Alabama, the eth and Sth Georgia, Fishers
North Carolina regiment and Hamptons Legion.