Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-25

ReSorsd, That Congress 90 now a5forrn
The city IS full Of rumors about the number kill
ed and wounded on both sides, and movements.
making but all are utterly unreliable
The body Of Frances S. Barlow, and perhaps 9th.
ers are expected en- the train tonight.
3 large public meeting v as held this afternoon in
this city, and Committee appointed to 90 20 Ma.
nassas and receive all the wounded able to be rrans-
ported to Richmond another Committee was APP
pointed TO ascertain the number of families in Rich
mond who will receive the wounded in their house
and attend them. Another Committee was appoint
ed to solicit subscriptions and obtain comforts to
relieve the suffering and supply the wants of the
sick AID wounded.
1t has been raining all day.
Among the wounded are Col TOmpkins Of the
New York Second, Col Corcoran Of the Sixty ninth.
Col Clark Of the Massachusetts, Eleventh, Capt.
Haekett Of the Artillery, Colonel Lawrence Of the
Massachusetts, Fifth. Captaia Ellis of the Seventy
first New IoIk, and Major Losisr Of the New York
ZJuayes. The lowest estimate of the killed and
wounded Is from fcuF to five thousand.
There is vague rumor that Gen. Patterson ar
rived IN the vicinity of Manassas this morning and
commenced an attack on the Confederates The
exhausted condition Of his prevented his COM
ing TO McDOwell's aid during the battle
The Rhode Island battery was captured at Bulls
Run bridge. where a retreat was cut off and their
horses all killed. The fist New Nork regiment lost
half their men. The additional officers killed are
Capt Gordon, of Massachusetts,, Col Slocum of
the ed, and Lieut. Col. Fowler of the 18th regi>
ments
Il reported that 600 Federals have been sent
TO Fairfax as prisoners
COMMENTS az THE RICHMoSD PAPERS.
From the Richmond Dispatch July g.!
We have the indispensable satisfaction Of announc
ing this morning another victory of our arms;
decisive victory after the most hOty contested and
most important battle fought on the American
continent The numbers engaged on each side WAS
far beyond precedent in American history; and,
fought as the battle under the gaze Of two
capitals of twopowerfu Confederacies it possessed
an interest and significance such as has attached to
few battles ever before fought.
1t is not ascsrtsined how many of the enemy were
actually engaged; though the number could not
have been much less than seventy five thousand.
The number actually engaged on our own side was
nearly fifty thousand The szirmishiDg is said to
have begun as early as four o'clock yesterday
morning; the heavy fighting between eight and nine
o'clock 1t continued all day with undated vigor.
Night closed upon the with the enemy in full
retreat holly pursued by our gallant men
Our left was commanded by the brave Gen ]. Z.
Johnston. who had arrived on the field on the day
before from Winchester with twenty thousand men
Patterson had on Monday marched down from Mar
tinsburg to within few miles Of the entertainments
at Winchester and had on Wednesday sud enly fal
len back across the Potomac. Johnston at once de,
termined to reinforce Beauregard, having no doubt
that Patterson had been ordered to Join Mcdowell.
The result proved the correctness OF this surmise
emy's fighting force ON yesterday.
The centre of our line was commanded by Presi-
dent Davis in person the left By the glorious Beau
regard. President Davis with the energy and gal
lantry that belongs TO his character, had no sooner
delivered his Message to Congress in this city on
Saturday, than he commenced his arrangements fer
sharing the fate of our array in the field. lie ac-
cordngly left this city early yesterday morning and
arrived IN time to take dcIsive part in the battle.
The heaviest onset of the enemy was made upon
1oft and yraa ia vi
sion that suffered the heaviest loss. continued
TO be pressed during the whole OF the day, until
about four o'clock in the afternoon, when President
Davis advanced his centre. disengaged portion of
the enemy's forces and decided the fortune Of the
day.
The day is ours; but the victory though glorious,
has cost US dearly. Some of the casualties
stated in the telegraphic column. While we rejoice
o er the public success we have to mourn the loss
of some of the most gallant spirits and most vaua-
BILE men of whom the South could boast. The events
of to-day will be looked for with the deepest m
teFest.
From the Rics mond Wig, July a..
The greatest battle since that of Waterloo was
fought yesterday in the neighborhood of Manassas,
between SO or Gu. 900 Southe9ners on one side and
8 or coo Yankee and Hessians on the other.
The fight was begun early in the day by Gen.
Beauregard.- A dispatch received from President
Davis who left here yesterday morning for the bat
tie field. received at O'Clock, states:
a
NIGHT CLOSES on TIE ENENY IN IULL RETREAT, AND We
II FULL PURsUIT
This dispatch was read aloud from the Spotwood
House an immense crowd in the street last night,
and excited the widest and most tumultuOus JOY.
Through tickelsfT Washington Philadelphia AID NeID
York were in high demand.
The only particulars we have Of this great and
glorious triumph are, that Gen. BeauTegsrd COM
manded right, President DAVIS our centre, Gen.
Johnston our left eThe enemy were supposed to be
= In.
son. Our men opened TIE attack early in the morn
ing.
The fight became general about noon, and increas.
ed in violence till night The loss is not known,
except that it was great on both sides. The cee-
brated Sherman battery was taken by the Lynch
burg Regiment-the grand feat of the day-the Re-
gimenC sustaining heavy loss.
Among the distinguished officers reported to have
been killed on our side are Gen. Bee OF South Caro-
Ina. General Kirby Smith, of Florida, and Col.
johnson of the Hampton Legion.
OF the killed Of the enemy we know nothing; but
1t was immense.
Prom the Richmond Examiner, july g.
All day yesterday, under the hot sun of July,
from day break till nightiall, the army Of the North
and the army of the South wrested over the plains
of Manassas The great fight has been fought. and
it has pleased Jehovah. the Lord of Battles, to
crown with victory the standards of the Southern
Con ederacy.
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know that victory, such as never yet was won on
American soil has been gained by Southern man
hood We know that it was resOlutely contested by
the enemy and that terrible loss of life has taken
place We know the names of some general officers
who have fallen. But few families this city had
not some dear member in that army which fought
Yesterday for Liberty and for Country; and of our
brothers. sons husbands, friends who were not
titled with such tffce. we know nothing now.
The battle comm9n g / at O'c &C on yesterday
morning il was ended By the flight Of the enemy
at seven in the evening. Our troops remained mas
tiers of the field But of the numbers slain and
wounded we could learn little that i, satisfactory,
and of the military details of the day still less. Such
information as we deem most reliable, we now pro-
pose to inpart
The armies under Patterson and Johnston both
arrived on the field in time to take part in this gen
eral action; Pa:tersOns column had marched from
Martnsburg to the nsighborhoOd of Winchester. and
pretended to offer battle; but decamped in the night
recrossed the Potomac and made its way TO the
scene. Johnston learned his retreat next morning,
and marched twenty regiments directly to Manas-
The enemy were also reinfOrched by 10000
new troops the evening before the battle, and
brought out fifty additional pieces Of artillery from
Washington, among which we're two Dahlgreen guns
of a large size.
During the day it is generally understood that
we had 80 600 troops actually engaged, without in
GLIDING large reserves. The enemy are believed to
have had not less than 60 001 men in the action
without including their reserves. But these num-
bers are given only by rumOr, it being impossible
in the recent changes in the location Of the various
corps to obtain official accuracy on these points.
Gen Mcdowell Is said to have been the Commander
in chief of the Northern forces On our side, Gen.