The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-02
No, a ne,rea, of ,h. " ho,e Army.

GxoRGf Z. PurS.M, the we'll known Pub
Usher OF New York, who was on The ground
two hours after the retreat began, makes tie
following statements
The reports Ui disofdetly retreat Of out
ihaIn army, ate grossly untrue. A bfiel
sisicment o'a small part of what | witnessed
will 81 uw this.
Mr.. Tllloiy, Of Rhode IslsnJ, aud myself
accompanied the DE KnlL regiment from
AicSandtis IN the cars tOthe Fairfax station
on tue M'nnssss 0ap RAILROAD. We reached
there at ~, u. III. Heavy csnnouojing was
Struhily gong On. While the regiment
~atrd i0t or iefs, we walked forward on the
track till within five miles OF Manassas june.
iiOn. scout was there sending hourly re.
rotiS;o Gen. Scott Of the firing. Returning.
as The regiment still halted, O party OF four
of us, with n Soldier, walked on 10 Fairfax
Court House, three miles, aud thence on Il e
road 10 Cen,reville.
About four o clock we began 10 meet bug.
gics aud Wagons. with visitors returning to
Washington. All reported that the doy was
ours, ID ride on Jubilant, until half past
hmt, an officer OIL horseback, riding tietcely,
SAID with emphasis -" No, no IT'S going
against us" The firing had c.used.
Near Centfeville, between two long hills,
We suddenly saw army wagons and private
vchicl' coming dOwn before us in hot haste,
few Soldiers on horseback mixed IN the
crowd. Looking back, we found regiment
coming fresh from Fa,TlaN in double qnIck.
Mt. Russell, OF the London Times, was on
horseback, among the G,si from the battle.
The New Jersey Colonel instantly formed
his men across The oal and resolu,ely turn.
ed back every Soldier in the road, snd in
twenty minutes perfect order was restored,
and the whole hight Of the vehicles wos
shown 10 he absurd, so much 50 tha' we
waited two hours at that spot, drawing wa.
ttf lot The poor wounded men, who began
tu Imp along itum the Gcla only two or
'hfer nmbu idncrS to be seen.
1T bali past siX, two hours after the bat.
Tie was over, we started and walked back to
FaiTiaI Court House, helping three or four
wounded Soldiers into the wagons.
Those who were unhutt, aud who had got
by th. Jersey boys. were stopped by a com
pany Of Michigan fourth, from Faidax, and
compelled to turn back.
AT FnlrfaS Court House we quietly took
supper at the tavern, aud never dreaming OF
any diSOfderly retreat, we were supplied
with good beds; we undrcSscd aud went tu
bed AMI asleep at eleven p. m. At three
o o'clock, Monday morning, finding the wng.
onS were moving on TO Alexandria, we start
ed again and walked quietly along with
them to Alexandria. dong what little we
could TO aId the men more or less slightly
wounded, or worn out -includng some from
HE hoSplial-for still there was scarcely an
ambulance 10 be- seen.
But on the whole road from Centreville to
| am confident that there were
not five hundrrd Soldiers in all, between SN
y. m and daylight, 50 that It is grossly un
lrue that the whole army made q has,y re-.
reat. On the contrary. all seemed to be
certain thtt n stand was made at Centtevllle.
'i the Who of our main body. excepting
MY the S,tIgslors from this first panic.
'hlS panic was explained by several, who
greed that IL was putely occidental.