The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-14
TRE BATTLE or MANASSAS.
Gre Fkie Account ia Capt1ys, . Sec salem
apessh b, nd u. kts,p,.
COLUMBIAN Il ORR.

OoLuMBTAH HerRE.
RrcHNsHD. Aag 10. 1851 !
To tss Bdi,ors Of As d spatoA 30 wing to
ssNes5 iuses tron whica have not yet re-
covered nv promise siatemsnt has b sen de.
iaytd TO this time. l. 10 With difldsL l CO
tu 6 IL upon the rc oli, sven now, and should
9 ~ tuiy not do So, but that know that
-ve' thing In aDv way csnneated wttA the
great victory OF N IN tssas Is stall .ad with
un saied Interest, ard thst IL Is a,so neces
sarE TO nv own vindica ;aon. III IN certain mis-
ststem which have be~n colisd 10 10 u
newsHa pers Il osa Nc-therr sou ces. shall
make 1t as brief ~os,i ,ls. cor 6ains IL H1ssa-
| " 80 iacts and denouaeinK, In advance, IS
false aud oDf auded, any thI. & In coi diet with
IT "hioh may have appear. In the ] IA cnal.
OF the United Sta tea.
p day before the fight, (sa'u dryl the
reg m n, In which was attached Ihz Nine
teen IN Mississippi, Cel 81 b Mott, was
On tbs way from Wi ches'sr 70 MaaaeSas,
waiting at ALVEY s'auOh called Piedmont,
Tor train - convey IL I, the visitiiy Il the
scene ct action ] ras on asrssback AID was
that day &c Ing as Assistant Brissds q aartsx
mass - Hfsj james AEderesa, ~ Ms
sissi' pi, and hlso as vol nteer Ai1 u UoI y.
Il Mot1, who wms then acting a comma aaar
OF the Brig de Ia place of Brig Gen E Kiib,
Nmith wLo was act.nR In place OF Gen srEi
nnstoT. Saturday morning had ridden on,
AK or s.s-n miles from P,edmont, by the dirt
road, In the oireGciCE OF Manassas, ~ hsn N !
AudeiR Roa requested ne to 60 bck ard a.
teud &c SONS bn i.ess Ia h's department
which he suPpo I'd had hen neglected. la
| order to rids Us light O. possible. save my
r he and b Egage 10 a servant and told him 20
await my ra,0rn--not expecting 10 hs Gose
more than s@o hours. o, nay rstarn 20 F,si.
| IL atA was det"in. d by Ooi. Mot. tour OF q
noHTs, au9, uSsQ"eGtiy, EhSa / Start.J
nick ,ow"rd &c .,na-s;ss was unable 70 over
'sEs either the Quarter master train or the
So want with my arms, who, OF course, de.
81 airing ci my Ie.nrn Va time ior htm to catch
~ v the tcain before dark, had gone ou.--
rooe Z, howe vers % Il Eiyn trxet, vil.ass
distant, believe, Ten Eniiss irom Manassas
Luncts-H n. and somswha: nearer tae battle.
Ii
Az H,YnaShst / stopped for the night,
bell tompie1eiy iy Knocked up by the fAtis xes
ot the day and OF the previaas march tEo IN
Wincf es'er TO Piedmont Sleeping late Rext
morning-the glorious Sunday, tac q st-~iats
AZ least io- soldier, We were Ut bIeG kfas:
:.boU O'clock. when 1t was announced tnat
the battle had o"gun. as the & ,icx zee osrring
disc naTRee Of cannon were distinctly heard
( was at once proposed the. party of Us. ell
of whom we're strangers 10 me, should pro.
| c-ed 10 he battle-ground. was uasrmec,
ticu'ariy such rs knew this promised 70 es,
asc det, and away we went, under sae
guiaance Of some Of the eish ling ci.izsns,
Wno ss..1 they LasW ali The by-Ways Of the
cuGEtTy. They led Us by tCrL&ous route
aus; = was Bos TIL hGif psss ten that We
reached tIle ID; and when we got there
WAS completely turned round" spd. ss l
isano cur G5Ea. wa ards, " ~ on the lef wing OF
our Hne OF battle, ilstsSd OF this right, as ]
aleu supposed
Tia par:tf .hs hattle ground npsn wh .eh we
eG Ell had not y Sd very ho.ly Goa IS Cd pre-
Vi ii 70 cur arrival bat, instantly sitter con-
sug up, H. b came AM coLt,EUsd for nou s tRe
&c - oG part 9! the field. The persons who
came WI b me eiv no more after rsAehiog
the 20 NJ or The conflict Unable to tnd any
OF DER Mississippi people taat l knew, l was
thrown vi , regiment which l was after
wards told was from North Carolina-prosa
bly, he h-Whi.h jass taen WAS making an
= n N mini
b.as4H + uge Oh large battery of tne Ga my,
then aging on that part Of cur lines. Tne
rig msni, nU Wever. feu b -cx Il little way te the
left HAu formed ir g00I Q asr BEHIND 4 faru1-
house and t5e sij .csnt os {, buildings About
tNla :i.aa piece u oSr artii siy sams upoa
tEs >GtIa at LGht po.S I, AID ri lex some delay
op a-d ate upon tie enemy IA oea0tt.u style.
| sat NV horse near thIs gun tor sons time,
L1s enemy . 81 L9t aud sGeli !, hlzy ag by AM
tal I1E thick ani fast aT1ond. 1Qc kGot fVoal
II III Il cannon m&sre q pecu.4Lr ms i2,
which, 70 b appreciated, Dns. b hsaTs-..
csDn0, D. q, sea io,o 1 ne bursting sf bomts
ia iha aiFp sno. IA s,ght 10 are-!hs long
dIagE-0uE Wnirr OF 8 Minnie b .li--ot a hali.
storm o4 thsm--t the small caal on aike re pGsL
ot IL tny 7nQu+a I'd mEskets--an made ap Il
Co. cert we'll worth gong thS uaaLd miles ID
-;teDd 81 q ytT, strange &c say, WAS not
AZ tle least apprehens,v. 1t danger t.
mys-if All sense ot Tear was swals0 we'd sp
ia The one grand tdaa that Ws haa that 4 y
before u 80 enemy VINO, whsteves al. n9 q
Gers, must be that DAY whipped
TROOPS ~ lae FaiRt whels STst sxaslI tee
y deT al heard the roaz Of q real battle.
Ii, deserted on the hi ] Ia tTont ot as-1he
huI W ners, further 20 The iest, stood ths hou q
80 serlib , fi.ialed afterwards by the CANON
n it OF tEe enemy, In whipa ineY killed tho
d W. man, notWi Ae t2NCi' b. hes, ,,itii I.S
toe" IL ,o itcg over it; noth regiment. vhiSh
/ hoped might b. one 1roin MitAssippi ] I'M
uel lately formed tae de ter nina toa 70 Ia IL
/ stGrte1 down tbs hill uaceE q cTo-s f1re 1rcrp
hs,teryte Ia left, and another In from which
] no~ rurposs to have been 5 eilaan's. sush
was the incessaDt roar OF Its guns and the ex.
pIosiuu OF t's shells and hissnS ~ its h" lie all
Rroand aid above me. / Dad, how yer, I'd.
vancsd only bali way up the 0ppests hill
seeking, rapidly falling back, bu! In good or.
der Many of the men were wounded, aId
mary came down the hill win their ftees
all srrramt' wl.h blood and g,imsi with
pOwd'r. This regiment, am informed. was
the Four Aiaban', which SC frred 20 So
veTeiy a,4d ae;Ad SO Dobly Throughout; the or.
lire day. IL proceeded 10 tcEIE, Ii am NO:
mistake, alolg with sac North Careliaa re.
gimsns, b-hipo The crest CT tbs hill and seyond
the RAJ sc OF the sLsmy's guns.
ALI this time the rattle Of rifles and mus
setIy, rs well as the granGar music OF art;.
lery, was uIceasinS. IL was observed oy
many Old soldiers, after the battle, that II y
had asver before known the discharges of
I'm ana musketry 70 be 30 sharp and coDtip
uUus Throughout 40 long an ae tioE-an eEion
that las ed fron III the morning 10 Ia The
eve! .ns. And tbs, 100, notWithsts, ding The
now " ell es sbiished flet hat there were six
ct lnct bsyonet eaarges "a Ads BY the Cented-
crates dnri g he day.
II was nov about O'Clock, and as the
troo.s / happened 70 be with seemed % be
waiting SOr reinioTSsUsnts, and rs was IN
armed and there was Be rres cot Of getting
aIrl6 " here / then was, ! conslud 30 90
again In search o1~6 Mtsslsstppi regiment,
knowing the gallant Second. nnder The com.
Snaad OF my ow renowned friend FauiEnsr,
10 be 81 ne " here IA the nelc. For this pur
| st8ytk1 II ~ i then fh0uRAf 1ha
side Of the Il I'D next Manassas. Cnfoytu-
na1ely, ] was mistaken in the course, and
kaowiIg nothing Of Cur Ans or order of bat
tie, de In the direction OF Centravllls.-
90 ris,ng The next hilts shell stTu- re
Within q lew feet OF ne. and ex llodiug, threw
the dust over me and ne htfso In a way that
was nos very Gem yaubls tn ones notions Of
safe y, but as still exciting, esp ssaily 20 the
horse, who bounded lnto the air ~ II be Vi
been struck with fragment Of Yankee iron.
This she'll must have been thrown at me ey
SheyInaE's Battery, then Pre- ABLY mile and
Il half distant
Rtc,pg for ward few yards further, per.
celvec In Hite GIN or iasine parry OF
soldiers. numbering. ! suppose, about forty,
OF hose worn In the Uopfs craze serv cs, and
sii armed with the improved Springfield mus.
KIT o. course, did not dream for sn in-
rt.rt Iha. tnsv were other than Southefnere
and 5, cessiouis:s. Riding directly up 10, aad
scccsrin9 rh.m, brief coiiosuy ensasd, Of
which The following II the substance:
Well. boys" said /. ~ believe those bat
ceri-s Crar yondef are, for tns present. htus
TO muca ior oUr people on the hill"
Oh, no." replied one Of them, - We are
Carrying the day everywhsre." land SO thsy
were up 10 IL p d
Well" SAID l. ' who are yen. and whsrs
are yca from /"
Where the devil Are yoH from ~ was she
quick response. Ia true Yankee fashion
Se+ ing was In tor 1t, replied, promptly
and proudly, 81 8 Ia from Mississippi "
Instant y. AL ofaosr sprang up and shouted,