The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-08-12
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JOHN DICKINSON.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
- Near tee Mayor'. Office. z
Our Motto--Home Manufacture.
TUESDAY,.
The Field Of The Second Battle.

The Field Of The Second Battle
Under this heading the Richmon,
Enquirer, Of the goth, has the follow
ing:
We have conversed with a very in
telligent gentleman, who, on Monday
last, rode over a considerable portion
Of tho battle field of the previou.
day. The location of the scene OF
the fiercest strife is somewhat differ
ent from the general idea.
On the turnpike road, which, com
ing through Centrsville. crosses Bull
Run 1t the Stone Bridge, and at a
point about mile and . half west OF
said bridge. ION the opposite from
Censreville. two-story stone build
ing stands on the northern margin d
thsroad. The turnpike is also cross
ed here by a road which runs north
west to Bulls Run. about two miles
distant, and southwest to Manassas
Junction.
The enemy. in their Aanking
movement. marched up Bull Runsev-
eral miles above the Stone Bridge,
before crossing, and then advancing,
met our troops in the vicinity of the
stone building above noted. 1t was
in this locality the battle ragged for
ten hours. On the one part the Nor
thcrn lcgions and their numerous bat
tcries, Sherman among them, tiiun-
dered against our columns, and on the
other the heroic Johnston and his
gallant bands performed prodigies OF
valor.
On the hills aud behind the hills
in rear Of the stone house, and i'll the
wales and on the hills in front, OH
both sides of the turnpike. and on
both sides of the cross road, the bat
tie ragged and roared, rcceded and ad-
vanced, with furious pertinacity.-
Twoo'clock came aud happily brought
reinfol ceinents to our greatly out
numbered but undaunted soldiers
Against great disparity Of numbers
they had held the battle in even
scale. Now. though still outnumber-
ed, they drove their enemy over the
hills and across the Run, and took
their batteries, and chased them down
the road to Centreville, and to Fair
fax, and beyond Fairfax. Night
closed down upon the fugitives and
pursucrs and stopped the slaughter.
The stone house above noted was,
it will be seen, not far from the CEN
tire of the scene of the shifting bat
tie, though the ground lay mainly on
the east side, towards the Stone
Bridge. The visit of our friend on
Monday morning, revealed much that
was horifyius. The stone building
had been appropriated as a hospital
for the enemy's wounded. The ene-
my's generals had been invited by
Gen. Beauregard to send surgeons and
attendants, to administer to their re-
lief. In this suilding We're thirty
two wounded, many Of them dread
fully mangled by cannon shot. There
was but single surgeon and he was
young and apparently inefficient
Men lay on the floor with their clot-
ted wounds still undrsssed. Some
had died and not been removed. On
the roadside, few hundred yards
from the hospital, two severely woun-
ded Northern men who lay there,
begged our informant to report their
cases to their surgeon, and ask to be
taken TO the hospital. He did so.-
The surgeon said his officers had
sent him no help. He was there
alone. The wounded then in the
hospital. had all been brought in, he
said, by the Confede, ate men.
Over the hill, behind this hospital,
lay q few Of our dead. who had not
yet been gathered up. The slain Of
the enemy lay in heaps on all sides.
By the highway and in the fields,
heaped here and scattered there, he
saw them at every turn.
Our own hospital was on the road
from the Stone House to Manassas.
The supply Of surgeons there was
excellent, and they were busily en-
gagged in their humane services. A
number of wounded enemies, who
had been gathered here, were not neg
lectcd. Indeed, the only murmur our
Informant. heard was from some Of
our own sufferers, who conceived that
care OF the enemy interfered too
mnch with attention 10 themselves.
1t is somswha; difficult TO give an
apprupria,, name to this battle field.
III, battle 1T The Thursday previous