The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-08-01
Resea Acco.ants or .se Battle.
From the Leesburg, Va, Mirrcr.l

rFrom the Leeshurg Va, Mirrcr-l
On Sunday morning we left home for
the purpose of visiting Manassas junction.
When we were within about two miles and
half of Sudley. Mills, in Prince William
county, we heard the firing of cannon,
and were met in the road by party OF
gentlemen. who informed us that further
progress was impossible, as large body
of Federal troops was then passing between
us and the Mills. We afterwards how
ever. proceeded to within half mile of
Sudley.
The body of troops that we saw ap-
preaching Sudley had been marched by
circuitous route from Centreyille. with the
evident design of fanking Beauregard at
Manassas Col. Stewart, however, with
about 800 cavalry, was apprised OF their
approach by a couple of gentlemen who
preceded them in their march. The Col
onel was reinforced by body of infantry
and the fight became general almost along
the entire road from Sudley to within a
few miles of the junction, distance OF
FIVE or six miles. Between five and six
o'clock in the evening the enemy's rank
gave way, and they retreate6 in the ut
most confusion, the cavalry leading in the
chase and our cavalry pursuing them for
some distance.
We entered Sudley about halfpast sew
en- on Monday morning. The church at
That place, and the grove surrounding it,
had been used on Sunday as hospital by
the enemy for storing away their killed
and wounded, numbers of whom in their
precipitate retreat, they left behind. On
Monday our troops took possession OF the
ground, and when we left had number
of our wounded and some few of our dead
also there. Quite number of the enemy
who had been taken prisoners were held
by our troops, and on our return home we
passed fifteen Federals, who were being
marched back to Colonel Stewart, prison
ers.
The scene around that little church was
sad one. In piles Of three and four lay
the dead bodies OF Federal soldiers who
had left their Northern homes to carry
misery and death to the land they inva-
ded-while their mangled bodies and shat
tered bodies covered the earth around
The involuntary prompting of humanity
made us almost shudder at the sight but
when we remember that on that same field
had fallen-not SO many-but Drawer, no.
bier, worthier, defenders of our rights, our
liberties, our homes-we sorrowed that
every green leaf that then shaded their
fevered brow had not been a legion of sol
diers, ten times armed to breathe death
and destruction u9on their heads.
The prisoners with whom we conyersed
told the same lame story about having
been forced, against their wills, to in
wade the soil of Virginia, and invoked
loud and deep curses upon the heads of
their officers, who they said threatened
them with death if they refused to come.
Others can believe as much Of this as
they please.
We learned that on Sunday, during the
progress of the fight, several of the North
ern soldiers marched into the yard sur
rounding the Sudley House, and threw
down their arms saying that they had
been deceived and would fight no longer,
that fourteen millions of men could uev-
er subdue people who fought as the
Southerners had done that day" These
are the men, probably, that Abraham
thinks capable of forming cabinet We
would advise him to take them to his
bosom. (!D