Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-31
Enc nattle near Leesburr.

OF the Hessiana as awful. For two miles the ground
was literally strewn with their dead carcasses
| whilst the walls of the wounded and dying could
| but bring forth sigh, even though they had met
righteous doom. The death of Gen. Baker is con-
| firned; Gen Stone, second IN command to the not0
Fious Banks, is mortaly wounded. as was also
another ederal General named Cox. Col. K. In
forms US that the number of Hessians made prison
ers Is 100 Among the trophies taken from the
HsssIRns ne names four or FIVE thousand small arms
| together with q magnificent battery Of cannon
eight piecesD with caissUns SHE'LL splendid arte-
| ry horses, and everything complete Gen. Evans
came out unscathed, although constantly IN the
thickest of the fight.
In the retreat across the Potomac thu bridge of
boats gave way, and hundreds of the enemy met a
watery grave. The Rev. DR.. Stiles, who was in the
immediate vicinity of the scene of destruction, is
now IN Winchester, and understand puts the loss
in drowned at four hundred and ten.
RSpOrt OF The Battle of Manassas.
Gen. Be UREGARD's report of the battle of July
2lst has at last been made; but copies cannot as
yet be obtained for publication. We find the follow
the Richmond Dispatch:
have been favored witha brief synopsis ofpor
tions of Gen Beauregard's report of the battle of
Manassas. which has been forwarded to the War
Department, and which will doubtless be published
in q short time General Beauregard opens with
statement of his position entecedent to the battle
and the p an proposed by him to the Government Of
a junction of the armies of Shenandoah and Pot0-
mac with -iew to the relief of Mary land and the
capture of the city of Washington. which plan was
rejected 0y the President. Gen states that be
photographed to the War Department. on the 18Th Of
July OF the con 'emplsted attack Of Gen. Mcdowell
urginly asking for the junction of General john
ston's forces with his own. and continued to maze
urgeRt request for the same until the l7Jh July,
when the President consented to order Gen John
on TO his assistance. Gen Beauregard goes on
N state that his plan of hattie assigned to General
Johnston an attack on the enemy on the tvfs at or
nesr CentTeville, while he himself would com
mand in front; but the con1ltiOn of the roads
prevented this II was then declied to
rsceiUs the attack of the enemy behind Bull Run
After the engagement at Backburn's Ford on the
18th General Beauregard convinced General
HcDOwelfs principal demonstration would be mad
on our left wing and then throwing forward a sui
i:ient force by cOnveTgng roads attack the enc
my reset yes at CentreVille. so the main
body of the latter became inextricahly engaged on
the left. Late in the day. fielding that Gen EFell
who posted on the extreme right Of our line
had not moved forward IN accordance With the pro
gramme and the special order which hal been sent
20 him. Gen. b. dispatched a courier to Gen. EEell
TO inquire the reason why the latter had allied to
advance, and received a reply from Gen stating
he had not received any such order. The enemys
attack having then become too strong on the left.
to warrant carrying out the original plan as it
would take three hours for Gen Ewelrs brigade to
reach Centreve 1t became necessary to alter the
pam change the front the left and bring up our
reserves on that part of the field This movement
was superintended in person by Gen. Johnston
Gen gasuregard remaining to direct the movements
in font
at the time when General Kirby Smith and Gen
erA Early came Up with their divisions and appear
ed on the right Of the enemy our forces on the
left occupied the cord Of the are Of circle, of
which the arc itself was occupied by the en- NY
the extremes Of their lines fanked ours The ap-
pearance IF smiths and E4rly's brigades and their
charge on the enemys right, broke the lines Of the
latter and threw them INTO confusion, when short
" afterwards the rout sbscanle complete.
General Beaureg4rd highly compliments General
then CO,onel-EVans, commanding brigadeg-
and nos the hero OF LeesbUrg for the extraordica-
~ military aptitude and CREST g2antry he dis
played in his movement from Stone Bridge, TO Sud
ey's Ford. after receiving the enemy's FIRST onset
a. Stone Bridge. General Evans had only about one
thou and men, but divIning that the enemy's move
ent was Gn eccentric one, and that his columns had
gone through the woods to the left, and would at
tempt to cross ct Sudley's Ford he left at Stone
the ford at Sudleys with six hundred men kept the
enemy ag bay there for nearly eQ hour. although
in force several thousand strong.
General BeSuTeggTd settles forever the various
questions much disputed respecting this battle
He aCknOw edges the great generosity of General
Johnston, in fully according to him (Gen. 8 the
right TO carry out the plans he had formed with
lEti0n to this campaign in yielding the command Of
the field after examining and cordially approving
the plan of battle, and il the effective cooperation
which Gen. Johnston so chivElrously extended to
him on that eventual day
He remarks that the retreat Of cur forces from
Fairfax Immediately previous 10 the engagement Of
the 18th. is the first instance record of volun
teers retiring before an engagement and with the
object of giving battle in another position.
The numbers under his command on lSih July !
are get dawn at II 800 effective and 2Is., to
y geo which includes $500 Of Johnston's -rmy, |
and l 100 brought up by Gen. Holmes from Fred |
ericS burg.
The killed on our side in this ever memorable !
battle are stated in the report to have been N nam
Der 1913, and the wounded l,200
The eHemys killed, wounded, and prisoners are
estimated by Gen BsauregaYd at $500, which does
not include the missing
The report is rather lengthy and is accompanied /
by another from Gen Johnston, giving an acGount
1G the movements of his army ct Winchester and
march to Manassas also by the reports of brigade
omnGnders.