The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-08-10

on the railroad They dashed or the
+ alysrge with loud shouts and in the mos
gallant style. About the same time, Mai
blzey coming dow the railroad from Win
chester with the last of J OH us tons brigade.
ana hearing the firing, Immediately quiz
the train and struck across the country
aud, encountering the extreme right OF the
enemy as he was feeling his way around
our n nix, and nth h;s tra,2ie struck h.n
axe a MandertoA, .f.tN in the face.
Finding he was about to he outflap ed
himself, the enemy gave way after the
second hre. Meanwhile Beauregard raj
led the centre and dashed into the very
thick"st OF the hight, and after him rushed
our own brave boys, with shout that
seemed to shake the very earth. The re
suit OF this movement from three distinct
| points, was to force back the enemy, who
began to retreat, first in good order, and
nnaily In much confusion. At TINS point
the cavalry were ordered upon he pur
sulL lhe retreat now became "A perfect
rout, and 1t Is reported that the flying
| tegions rushed past Centr6viile in the di
rectlon oil Fairfax, as ii the earth had been
! opening behind them 1t was when Gen
| Ssauregard led the final charge, tnat his
horse was KILLED by shell.
| We captured ,hirty-iour guns, including
Sherinahs famous battery, large number
OF small arms, thirty wagons loaded with
! provisions, &c, and about 100 prisoners
Among the latter were Gen. Burnside, OF
| the Rhode Island brigade, Col. Corcoran
o: tie New York Irish Zouaves, Hon. Mr.
Ely, mernb Of Congress from Now York
| Ar. Carrlnston, OF TINS State, q nephew oi
1 the late W iiiam e. Preston who ha6 gone
/ over TO the enemy, and thirty two cap
taIns, iIeutenauts &c We came near ba z
I gins the lion. Mr.. Foster, Senator from
COnnectIcut
he official reports of the casualties OF
the dat have not yet come in, and co,Ise
/ quen-tiy L Is Impossible TO say what on,
.oss Is can only venture An opinion. and
/ That Is, that ne lost III killed, wounped
and tn. sing, about ,5OU-ot wuicn about
/ or Euuured were killed The enemy :
loss was terrible, being at the lowest ca!cu
/ iatIou, = Ojb
hus far have said but little OF the part
! taken by particular officers snd regiments
for the reason that | desire first TO obtain
All the facts Nor have said anything oi
the gallant Seventh and Eigh, regiments
from Georgia, This part OF my duty i-
moe. melancholy. 1T may be enough io
ments here at the time: that they were
am AZ tt. earliest In lhe field, AID In the
thicke-s of the fight, aad that their praise
Is upon the lips of the whole army from
Gen BesUT-gard doan. Col GaIircli led
the :, Vel III reg M 1t, and Lieut. Col Gard
uer the E! !gl.t. he mRyly- under the com.
mand OF Co Barrow. who lei then. win
Z i II, HAT WAS never cxcrl.-d 1t
MAS when I brigade " : ordered 10 take
one Of tie enemy strongest Oat;<rie. that
1t suffered most Il Was Il most dss sp.lale
undertaking, and followed = he bio.4.st
rc,u.sa. Tie y..,,4j occupied tie .Jp Z: =
hill, Oh tho opposite side OF Bui. Run. with
a small piece. II woods on the left
Descending tie valley along the Run,
he proceeded under c.y.F OF Tie hill 10
ain the wood, alluded to, aud from - nlci.
lac proposed 10 m.Ae :. dash a the batter )
and capture It On reaching the woods
lie discovered that the battery was sur
ported by heavy infantry force, estimate.
at 600 men. Inc whole force together
with the battery, was turned upon the
Eighth regiment, which was In the van.
with terrific effect Indeed he was eXpos-
cd on the Hank and IN front to Il fire that
the oldest veterans could not have stood
iAe balls ana shells from the battery and
the bullets iEOin the small AIMS literally
rIddied the WOODS. Trees TX inches IN
diameter and .,re.; limbs WeIt cut of, and
the ground strewn with the wreck IL
Uecanle necessary 70 retire the Eighth req
imcnt. III order 10 Ietorm IT,
Meanwhile, Col Barlow horse had been
snot from under him. 1t was obserS ed tina,
the forces with which his movement wa.
10 be supported had not come up Bu;
ii was enough that he bad been ordered te
storm the battery 50, 2. .cipg hanse.f .,
the head o! he Seventh hcc!neu. hs
agan led the charge, this time Oh foot
and gallxntly encouraging ms men. y they
rushed on. The Iirzt discharge from the
enemy guns killed the resimental colol
bearer. Barlow iumelIativ seized the
flag, and again putting himself N the front
dashed on, flag IN hand, his yoice rinsin.
clear over the battle field, ard saying On
/ my boys, We will die Father than yield ol
, retreat And on the brave boys dld 20
{ and faster flew the enemy : bullets Tn,
FIRE wrs awful Net less than 1000 mus
1 kets wore pouring their fatal contents upoi
/ them, while the battery itself was deaiin:
{ death on every side.
The gallant Eighth Regiment, which
bad already passed through the distress
Z 1.iS oE'itdii SEdiu TaiI4ei u"ttElhliSd u
stand by their chivalric Colonel to til,
last The more furious the fire. tn,
quicker became the advancing step of tn,
/ two regiments At last, anil Just whel
4 they were nearing the goal of their hopes
and almost in the arms of victory th
brave and noble Barlow was shot down
/ the ball striking him in the left breast
just above the heart Col. Barlow dice
soon after he was borne from the field =
His last words, as repeated to me, were
4 "They have killed me- my brave boys, bu
never give up the ship-we'il whip then
yet" And so we did
1 The regiments that suffered most an,
were in the thickest of the fight were Tn
! 7th and Sih Georgia the 4th Alabama Al
South Carolina, Hamptons Legion, an,
4th Virginia. The New Orleans Wash
ington Light Artillery did great execution
i BRowNLow VS. PILLow-We learn fror
the Knoxville Whig, that Gen Gideon Pi
slow, who SO distinguished himself in tn
Mexican war by his ditch on the wron
side has been showing off his miiitar
genius in an effort to 'chain up the Mi
sissippi river The account of this las
stroke of generalship is given by Parse
Brownlow, who says:
"Previous to Gen. Pillow being supe
ce ded by Bishop Polk, he went to Ne,
Orleans and procured a huge chain-ca bl'
costing him $25 ,0uO.and brought it to Men
phis to blockade the river, by stretching
; over, and resting it upon the buoys Th
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