The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-29
Horse, (Capt EuasSx DAvIs,l which was en-
gagged In the battle at Manassas Plains:

Horse. (Capt EussSx DAvIs,l which was en-.
gagged In the battle at Manassas Plains:
MANASSAS JUNCTION, JuIy -.
Amid your rejoicings over the glorious vic
tory OF the 2lst, have thought IL probable
sou would not OF set to hearing of the ex
p'oits OF tho Aibemarie Light Hores. more n
oeMil IMAM can be found in the usual account
~ the battle. Our company returued fron
occoqnan on Friday before the great fght
tnd we're immsdiatsiy sent TO meet General
aoimes Brigade, which was advancing from
freoeIicksonrg We met the General and re
-urnFd with him on Saturday and continue,
under his command. ON Sunday. shortly af
ter our dinner, the order came for the Brig
zoe 10 advance To the scene OF action. W.
were soon mouptsd and ready to start, under
command OF Ms Jor J Ohm Scott. After mos
furious gsilop OF about two miles, we entered
grassy neld, and were about ascending
nigh hill, when we wero met by Col Lay and
dlrec ted 70 file around IL, as the epemy's bat
teiy was playing upon it. We did so prompt
", and thus The balls passed, some entirely
over our heads and others into the earth near
the top OF the hill. making the dir fly, bn
eurcjg nobody. Ga we went until ordered
10 halt and form into line, under cover of tn.
NH upon which Lewis house stands
Here we were subjected to most DE-
morali1ing ipiiaence. Many of the com
panies Which mad been engaged were Tt
leVed by new companies and returning
In a confused condition. leading sind carryin.
their bleeding comrades, and giving Hfui &C
mad been cut To pieces. One fellow made
his busice;s TO walk down the line and re
fresh us by telling how the Monticello an
HoIcombs Guards had been almos! demolish
ed. Mai,or scott seemed to the effect o
this upc has mel, and sharply ordered tn
next feJ low TO bs cut down who opened hla
mouth upon such q topic, and after that W.
heard nothing more, but still the l.ne OF bleed
ing wounded dragged its sleW length along
and 81 i'll there came over us Il sickening i'm
pres on That the day had gone against us
Ever, fbody's face looked elongated but prs
sent.f shout was heard behind us, and Oh
iookt ~ back We saw Capt l.. Walkers bat
terry which we had passed on the way al
Vanc,ng. He rode up III a { eerful mood ann
askst how things We're going: hip ana tug,
resp Jnded our officer " hip and tug is II, -
said Lindsay, then let me get up on That hiii
wItSi nay little derringers." Aud up he wen +.
wloi his "littie derringers. do he called his
riEe cannon, and commenced succession %
rapid nrings, all OF which were sud to havs
pio igG-d u road through horses, artillery ano
/ a. 4kees.
a. eqaad OF officers, who had collected OF
horseback, scattered over the fences and int
the woods like = coyey Of partridses- In d
fe W moments we heard the joyful sound ,har
tle enemy We're Off in tuIi retreat. Majol
scott ro0e up 10 General Holmes, and repor leu
for orders: Go on, SIR was the comic re-
Spouse. And on we Qld 90, without KNOWING,
he must acknowledge, exactly where We We're
going 10 Or what We were gong after. Bus
we were all loo high strung 10 care mucn
that II YVES il aort OF fox chase Oh d very tx
paudeh scale Al the Stone Bridge across
Bulls Run, (Wnere the fight commenced IN
the mornins,) we overlook Kersnaw's hesI-
ulent of South CaroiIna Volunteers, ana
AZ Jached ourselves 10 his command
In few moments ORDERS came to send a
platoon forward to sct skirmishers IN u
oooy OF woods through which The road
passed. Lieut.. Geiger was uiSpa tened foI
this service, MAJOR Scott accompanying MIN.
Passing i'll front OF the regiment. Heiger lett
tie MAJOR SIX men to keep the main body Oh
the road, wnliG he scattered the rest on either
side, and the boys had fine sport gathering up
Inc PRISONERS, win which the WOODS were
filed. Riding On, Major Scot, with his six
men, found house npon the turnpike filled
with Yankees. Without knowing how many
there Werr, nB made a charge upon II, ana the
cowardly devils surrendered at once. upon
beng em ptied, the house WAS found to have
contained thirty five Yankees and three Heor
gans, whom they had IN custody. At this
point, the Major remained until Joined by
Lieut.. Geiger, with his platoon, aAI flnally
by Capt. DAVIS, with the rest or the Com
pany j who h;IG also been snbseq ueDtly sent
in advance of Kershaw to reconnoitre, and
had c. ptUred several prisoners.
We nad scarcely got tOget Their before it WIS
announced that the enemy were raliying ana
planting 3 battery III the road just in front Of
us. At this news We scampered into the
wood. to wait for the regiment and Kemper S
ARTILLERY, which WIS coming, and here We
sent four Of our men, with our doctor, TO Mt
tend TO Capt. Radford. who had fallen a short
distance off, and died soon after the boys
reached him. He mad kind, sympathizing
hearts around him ii his last moments, and
soft, you htul hands TO close his eyes.
The enemy at this point raise1 quite a
shout, but the South Caroiina boys ha; come
and only gave way 10 the right to allow Ken
Per TO open on them in The road, and again we
were formed in rear OF the regiment. The sun
was just sinking behind the horizon when the
battery opened, and Of ali the singing shots
you ever heard these were the most musical.
Our horses &C .ualiy danced at eyey crack,
and az every crack The road was cleared il
front. This was too much, and away theywent
again. large body of Cavalry had entered
the field and were sta nding some distance in
our rear when an officer rode up and asked
for two squaCronS to follow and capture the
baggage train and artillery. For some reason
there was no response, except from NJ jor
Scott, who replied, that he had one com pany
I'll his sci vice. The officer accepted III. offer
and directed US to the left OF the turnpike,
warning ths Major to be cautious. The very
thirx the MaJor did not seem disposed to be.
fOr away we Went again across the field to-
wards the LETT, aud heard from several as we
passed, the pleasant expression, 'tthera goes
3 doomed body OF men" But we were too
much elated tc mind that, and in our excite
ment had forgotten ell about the wounded
men the Mill where we fret formed.
After proceeding short distance We cap
tuTed prisoner, rom whom MAJOR Scott
extor ted the confession that The most i'm por-
do VA the turnpike. So over the fence we
went III to the turnpike sgain, and at break
neck speed forward, until we spied the train
descending hill at Cub Run. We charged
with such d terrible CHATTER that we suppose
the attendants thought we mum bered thou
sands instead OF about fifty, and lat the first
1ire) Off they schmpered, leaving artillery,
wounded men, baggage and every thing. The
MI jor, accom- panied by Lieut., Geiser and
fifteen men, dashed across the stream in pur-
suit of the fugitives, and had captured sew
erai Of them, when they discovered a body of
200 ZouaTes and at once demanded their sur
rerder This was pushing things rather too
far, and SO the gallant Yankee who COM
manded actually had the haldthood, instead
Of surrendering his two hundred men, as our
boys thought he would do, to fifteen, to ask
by what right his surrender was denanded,
and to prevent ali reply by following up his
qoerry 6y rapid pop pop, pop, all along the
line. right about" and rapid abandon
ment of prisoners, and p has ty retreat to the
rest OF the company, was effected without
injury 10 anybody. l believe one OF our
nurses did get few buck shot ia the leg
During the absence OF this party, Captain
Davis began to discover the nature and val
ne OF the prize, and proceeded to disengags
and seLd back the cannon. Seeing how very
important it was to secure il all, aud reflect
ing that We numbered not over fifty, and were
far in advance of our own men, and a very
short distance from the .nemy, Capt. Davis
sent Lieut. Randolph back for reinforcsments,
and ne returned with a body of cavalry and
some infantry, with whose assistance we
were able, by about l O'Clock, to get every
| thing disentangled and on it's road to Manas-
! sas. There were sixteen cannon, among them
one Armstrong gun, said to be worth ten
thousand dollars, caissons, ammunition, wag-
ons, aInbu,ances, about one hundred horses,
| &c, &c, &c. A nice little two-horse car
| riage was found elegantly fixed up, with OIL
| cloth coats, bottles of cologne, fine guitar,
and all the other filings of some calico ex-
quIsite, who was no doubt anticipating an
elegant campaign in Virginia. and much cha.
| grined st the way in which he got himself be-
| draggled running through Cub Run and the