Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-31
THE GREAT BATTLE.

Tx youEru ALABAMA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BT AN Efx-
WINES.
This Regiment on the 6Od of Manassas, did the work
assigned to il perhaps ss faithfully and as ehseuay,
prsormsd as rsny deeds Of heroic daring, and suffered
a much a. any other regiment in the glorious Out naro
sn0b, battle Of the als Instant No mention has yet
been made Of It's soryees by the Richmond press; but
his Is owing entirely believe, to the want oil suthen
.ic and reliable information.
aseer,ained that when the rattle OF musketry
and the roar Of cannon first heard showing ths
of our forces had met with and engaged the hire
.luss under Mcdowell, this Regiment (4Ih AaoAmA]
.ere marched seven miles without being able to get
5on Of water to the extreme LEFT Of the line where the
snsmv were attempting to consumma;e their nanking
movement Jadsd and weary from their long maroh,
With thirst and no tine 10 recruit their exhausted
reny,b thew were at once plunged into the very tnek
=, 90 The ssbt. Calamity for more han two hours did
dis H,e band Of raw voluntsers-none OF whom, WHO
ies exceptions were ever under hTs before -
,sei ground, holding in check nearly double tner nu
h,r Of the ol UGi.ed States veterans having th'ee 'Ss
,snnl.ed them with considerable slaughter
the Northern prisoners now il Richmond, says
,h,, =, this time the regiment conteeding against
.hort 900 regulars, nearly 200 Of whom were kiiea'
T. a, tbs uucure that toe regiment was ordered 10
en- A,c N poson Of greater seeurity, when INST Us
colorel +. J. Jones, mex. its Lieutenant Colonel, -
L. and then its Major, Charles ScoIs-than whom nc
,ocr or nobIer mon ever went into baste-Were "ouno
"a coloue Jones' severely and dangerously N the mp
Is, Col Law in the arm which Was shattered near VIZ
r,, aud Major Scott in the lower portion OF the leg
=, indication Of the nature of the fire under which
'ais rg"--,qod and fought for hours It Is only nc
cesslFy 20 state thai, about six hundred aad fit
er its entire strsngA, there Rere ~>>nl tso hundred
NEARLY one-tbrd, killed and WourAsd-many OF tho la
ter severely.
I,vs In this part Of TIE fed that the Pa Mississp,
..iroept and the Louisiana Battalion were aIHO-
nj, On, to pieces But foe every hundred Sons OF ID
s,r,b that fell or that evenul day. thousand oil 10
Northern invaders BIT the dGs:
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
mr., KANSAS JUScrIoN, July Esd, 1861.
To ne Editor er 81 IpI;o
notice, in looking over H. . = A.. -,,..
Richmond pspsrs-whs,her tsIe---r.--
the great battle of Stone Bridge that tho credit Of turn
iag the tide Of victory, when troops exhausted an
"o'-'' -. .---S.-Is SiSuE way before ths ehss,
reinforced aud uniting in smos. superhunau
iJr caused the LITTER TO retreat is gver entirely to Ger
KGSy Smiths brigade, 10 the de.rren t0f other reg
nea whose very existence on the field of battle il
norld by The Gecoul. referred Without wishing
de,sac from the most important services rendered ~ Il
hS--z-St General Smith tha-~----- IFoops,tr
regas-.. I-.iie-iSry, whose opportune appearance
the slj Of babe, and, afterwards gasn. charge upo
toe enemy was at least Of the PiVOs upon which th
reSul, Of the battle turned refer 70 she Seventh
L1naea aud The Thirteenth Of kissssippithe first On
der Command of Col Harry T Hays and the latter undo
the lad Of Col Barksdale. Coming upon the ground
nearly twenS minutes previous to the appearance Of Gen
Smiths command these two regiments had well nigl
effected the victory which Gen. Smith came in time tc
assis; and witness.
Ei'le enquiry viii convince you Of the truth Of thi.
sta. ncn:. DAG.