The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-08-15
The Battle as seen by an eye Witness.
From Wilkes Spirit of The Times.
WASHINGTON, Friday, July 26, 1861.
CHARGE OF THE ZoUAVES

WASHINGTON, Friday, July 26, 1861
CHARGE OF THE ZoUAvEs.
We now come to the attack OF the Viii
COX, or Fire Brigade, consisting of the Is
Michigan. 3sth New York, and the far
famed Zouaves. This brigade, as | have
before stated. made the widest flank cir
cult Of the whole, and consequently did
not take up it, liOc- of battle until hall
an hour later than the brigade Of Porter
making its actual arrival on the field a
bout = o'clock; all the worse :or it, as il
gave ii the more weary march, and (uu
der the excitement of the roll Of battlr,
urged the last two miles at a most ex.
bausting double quick or rOu.
Tbs brigade took up its position along
a feuce running ea>t and West, with the
18th Michigan occupying the extreme
left; The Scott Life Guard, or 3sth New
York, under Col. Ward, occupying the
center, supporting Grifip's Battery, and
the Zouases holding the extreme right.
No sooner had the brigde taken this posi-
ton, than rapid rakiug FIRE opned from
large battery ou the left, While heavy
shot from the ,am, quarter krecked over
ope Of Grifiu's guns end killed five or SIX
men. Upon this success, q body Of sixty
or seventy horse, With the view o! taking
sdSantage of the temporary confusion
thus otcssioucd in our ranks, issued from
the rear of small cluWp of woods in
front of the Zouaves. aud, circlius to the
front, made an attempt to break the
Eapbs OF the brigade.
The noPement, bowever, was seen By
our men in sufficient tiGe to meet it, and
the entire of the three rcgiment' leveled
8 united voley OF IT'S ranks. Vita the
fash and the discharge, esery rider OF
the troos, but Eve or six, reelo3 from the
saddle to the earth, aud the borses, such
as were not desperately wouRded. madly
ran away. One Of them, fne feilog.
black as a coal. who was not in toe least
hurt, care tearing toward the 35th, when
it was caught, and Immediately mounted
by Capt MeQuade.
At this moment, Gen. Heintzleu an,
who already had been wounded, rode up,
aud looking with pride up and down the
Ease of the battallioD, ordered the 3ssb
and the Z0GaVos TO clear the woods be-
fare them at the point of the bayonet,
while the ltt Michigan took protecting
position on The bill. The scene Of this
charge could be clearly observed from
the rise whicb overlooked the battery
that had been silensed By the Rhode Is
land Brigade, aOd all who looked ou beld
their breadth to see the ltb and the Life
Guard 20 in. On receiving the order,
they gave tremendous shout, aDd moved
forward at double quick, but just as
they had got fairly ou their way. an in
ferDal hail vas turned loose upon tbeu
from the battery that bad disabled Grif-
fp's gun, and the entire line waEered and
threateuei to fall back. The most tre-
meudous efforts Eere, at this juncture,
made By Coils. Ward and Farnbam to
steady the meD, and poor McQuade, who
rode. cheering up and down on his new
found horse, was particularly prominent
10 thus iuspiritiug the 3stb. Alas. while
thus gallautly employed. bis evil fortune
triuup uphed, and be reeled to the earth in
the midst of bis task. struck Dortally In
the breast With piece of shell The
sight Of the loss of this faVorite officer,
aad the auxiliary Efforts Of Farnsworth
Brady, and Potter, of the Life Guard,
eDd of Capts. Jack Wilday, LeVerich,
Murphy, and others Of the Zouases,
steadied the iue again, and. With another
wboop, the red shirts and the Life Guard
rushed into the wood. They were not
loug 10 finding what they sought, for, in
grim array, there stood the Alabamians
and Mis.issippiaus 10 fall force, their line
resting on a barn aud their right supper
ted by brace of cannon. As the l lth
aud 3sth approached, the rebels opened
a most severe and we'll directed, voliey,
which our people, pausDs to FIRE, In-
stautly returned. Two or three line ex-
changes were then heard within the CO.
vert; the smoke rose deusely through the
iuterstices of the wood, and, 10 few
miuutes, the Zouayes aDd 5sth could be
eeeu pouiiu& ioIluJ III cVoSiOe'o oO
der, unable to withstand the ferceness
and comYactuess of the Confederate Ere.
They continued their retrest until they
regained the line of fence which bad
been their original position, several red
shirts dropping apd dOtting the ground
on the road back. The full lose of the
Zouaves, however, turned out to be small.
1t being now after 2 o'clock, they re.
NAMED in their position, and did not
charge again.
RE.APPEARANCE OF THE SHERMAN BRI-
GADE.
It was at this point Of time, and while
the Zouaves, like the Rhode islanders
and 7lst, lay out of the immediate tide
of hottla that the Goth and 10Th came