The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-02


nasase.s Degavtnsak w1sA - eevAnee -
that cytttCai tupctuse, - seoopts4 tAes0eDoa.
s.1ahres involved. aad was smineasly 81.
Ier aas.a.. i.ssrna..ea ...sAlas eaesrs
0stAais Of the resrOsrads n0vsmsat have %
fsfef particularly % the IMPORT o. Hxigadisr
0enerai BonhAm herewith.
II II proper here TO state thas while rom tie
outset Il had been determined, on the epproeen
OF the enemy IN force, TO fall back and HIT him
supied By Gen. Ewsll's Brigade. q necessary.
could have been main tanned against iArysty
With the position Of the SIN Alabama Vol.
unteers, Colonel Rodes, which that excellent
cficer had made capable Of resoiuts, pro-
tractsi defence against heavy odds: ACCORD.
the enemy appeared before that position, they
were checked and held At bay, with some con.
feseed loss, Ia q skirmish in advance Of the
works, in which Major Morgan and Captain
Shelley, 9TH Regiment Alabama Volunteers.
acted with intelligent Gallantry; and the post
was only abandoned under general but specific
imperative orders, In conformity with long
conceived, established plan Of action and
battle.
Capt. E p. Alexander. Confederate States
Engineers, fortunately Joined my headquAr-
teTs In time 70 introduce the system OF new
fsid signals, which, under his skilfnu manage
ment, rendered me the most important service
preceding and during the engag cement.
The medical officers serving with the regi.
ments engaged were n their proper pests, and
discharged their duties with Satisfactory skill
ana z,al; and on one occasion At least, under
an annoying IRE, when Surgeon Cullen, Isl
Regiment Virginia Volunteers, was obliged
to romovo our wounded from the hospital,
which had become the special target Of the
enemy's rife guns, Notwithstanding 1t was
surmounts by the usual yellow hospital flag,
but which, however, hope, for the sake OF
past associations, was ienorantly mistaken
for Confederate flag. The name Of each in
dividual medical OH ,er cannot mention.
On the day OF the engagement was attend.
ed by my personal stan, Lit. s. w. Ferguson,
A. d. o., and NV volunteer Aides-de. Camp,
Coils. Preston. Manning. Chestnut. Miles,
Chisholm, and Hey ward, of South Carolina,
to all of wh ON am greatly indebted for man.
told ESSENTIAL services in the transmission Of
orders on the field, and in the preliminary ar
Iangemsn II for the occupation and maints-
Ooi. Thomas Jordan, A. Adjutant Gen
eraral Capt. q. H. Smith, Asst Adjutapt
General; Col S: Jones. Chief OF Artillery and
master; Capt ". H Fowle, Chief OF Subsis.
tence Department; Surgeon Thomas H. Will
hams, Medical Director, and Asst Surgeon
Bsodie, Medical Purveyor, Of the general staff
necessarily engaged, severally, with their re-
sponsible duties a my headq uarters at CAM
Pickens, which they discharged with an en-
ergy and intelligence for which i have TO
Messrs. Mclean, Wilcoxen, Kincheloe, and
Brawnsr, citizsns Of this immediate vicinity,
it is their due to say, have placed me and the
country under great obligation for the il-
formation relative to this region, which has
enabled me 70 avail myself OF its defensive
features and resources. They were found ever
ready to give me their time without stint or
reward.
Our casualties, in all os killed ana wounded,
were fifteen QncIuding two reported miss :
ing) killed and fifty three wonnded, several of
whom have since died. The loss of the enem v
can only be conjectured. 1t was upquenstion-
ably heavy. In the cursory examination
which was made by details from LoLgstreet's
ana E lrly's Brigadss on the 18th July, of that
part Of tie field Immediately contested, and
lear Blackburn ford, some sixty four corses
were found and buried, some lew wounded
end at least twenty prisoners were also picked
up, besides 175 stapdS OF arms, q large q uan-
THY OF accoutrements and blankets, and quite
$50 hats.
The effect of this days conflict was to sat
isfy the enemy he could heG force a passage
across Bull Run in the face of our troops,
and led him in 20 the flank movement of the
2lst July, and tho battle of Manassa, the de.
tails of which will be related in another pa
per.
reports Of the several Brigade Commanders
engaged, and Of the artillery. Also :. map of
the field Of battle.
The rendition of this report, it is proper to
say IN conclusion, has been pnavoidably de-
layed by the constantly -sngrossing admins.
trative duties OF the commander OF an army
corps composed wholly CT volunteers-duties
vitality essential to Its we'll being and future
efficiency, and which l could not set aside or
postpone on any account.
have the honor to be, General,
Your ob't sery't
q. r. BEAURIaARo, Gen. CoInd'g.
TO Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspec tor
General, q. S. A.