Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-08-01

The agony of this overwhelming disgrace can
never be ex pressed in words, understood By
those who only hear the tale repeated. believe
there men upon that field who turned their
faces to the enemy and marched to certain DEATH
lest they should share the inlamy which their Tel
lows had invited and embrac The suffering OF
a hundred deaths would have been as nothing
compare ed with the torture under which the few
brave soldiers writhed who were swept along by
that maniac hurricane of terror
Apart from the panic, we lost the battle in a per
fcctly legitimate way. In numbers and in tactics
the enemy proved themselves our superiors
The following is Southern account of this
engagement:
LEEsBURG VA, July "a.
Intelligent gentlemen from the field of battle
near Manassas junction bring some important
particulars of the great battle on Sunday last
between the Federal and Confederate forces.
Gen. Beauregard was reinforced by Gen.
Johnston command, from Winchester, between
IL and IL o'clock on Sunday, after the battle
commenced. The Confederate loss in killed and
wounded is said to be 1000. The number of
prisoners taken by the Confederates is set down
at LAP, including one member Of Congress,
Mr.. Ely, of New York. There were AZ pieces
of cannon captured $1,000 small arms and
over 100 wagons.
The South Carolina troops were foremost in
the action, and suffered the greatest loss. Col.
Wade Hampton's legion Of cavalry was nearly
cut to pieces, and Col. Hampton was killed while
charging the Federal troops.
Col Hampton was one of the most eminent
and wealthy citizens and planters of South Caro-
lima The legion which he commanded was re-
Gently organized, and was one of the finest body
of men ever enrolled in the South.
The Maryland troops, with the Washington
Light Artillery of New Orleans, were stationed
at certain point and were not brought direct
ly into action. 1t is not known positively that
any volunteers from Maryland were killed-but
not over two or three certainly.
General Bcauregard charges that the Federal
commander, after sending flag of truce to bury
their dead after the first battle of Bulls Run,
left his dead unburied, and occupied his time in
throwing up entrencemcnts from which to renew
the assault upon the batteries at Bulls Run
For this reason he refused the application since
made by Gen. Mcdowell, under flag of truce,
to bury the dead. The Federal dead were col
lected and buried in trenches by the Confede-
rate troops, and the Federal wounded were re-
ceiving the same attention as their own.
The Confederates at one time had over 12,-
900 troops in action, but had reserved force
of 10000 men, from which the regiments in ac-
ton were occasionally relieved.
Among the prisoners taken was Col. Corcoran,
of New York, who is slightly wounded. He is
at Manassas junction.
Another account says:
The heaviest loss was sustained by Gen. Wade
Hampton's regiment, and by corps called the
South Carolina Tigers. Gen. Hampton's regi-
ment was decoyed by a Confederate flag which
the Federa!s had planted in some entertainments
which they had made under flag of truce which
Beauregard had recognized for the purpose of
letting them bury their dead. When the South
Carolinians found they had been entrapped, they
rushed on the entertainments and carried them
at the bayonet's point, although they were bad
ly cut up.
A considerable portion of Gen. Johnston's
command was in the field, under Gen. Johnston
himself
The accounts of the battle as were received in
the Northern papers, were pronounced utterly
false. There was very little fighting behind en-
trenchments. Gen. Mcdowell attempted to
outfank Beauregard's position, and Beauregard
marched out to meet him. There was great
deal of open fighting, and the Southern troops
charged with the bayonet very frequently The
South Carolnians, Georgians, and Alabamfans,
sustained the brunt of the battle, and they were
frequently engaged hand to hand
President Davis was in the field cheering his