The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-05

Now their bouses ara deser ted, and their DOS
SCISSORS are perhaps safely on the other sioe OF
the Potomac.
presume that the details OF the battle OF
Stone bridge have reached you ont mere are
thousands OF interesting incidents, perhaps
Insignificant in themselves, out Wnacn, coiiec.
tiyalx went far towards turning the tide OF
battle. All the troops engaged, 80 iaI as my
ohsprystion extended-snd was an eye-wit-
nass IN much that occurred on that day
nc ,ea uob,y Hat rs some newspaper CORES
norJents have failed to do proper justice TO
Inc Sacond Palmetto Regiment, under Col. q.
Karshaw, trust you will permit me to say a
ie " words In reference 10 the part 1t perform.
ed 10 that action
Durlrg the first part Of the eng agsnent the
second Regiment was stationed ON the left of
Gen. Bohham's Brigade, about three milts
below tae Stone Bridge. About IL o'clock
Col. kershaw. with Coi. Cash, (5lh S. q.
Resinent,l we've ordered to repair to the bat
tie. ground and take position on the left -
when we arrived in the neigh borh hood of the
hattle-g ound, we met detached portions of
Slosn's >, = Regiment, Ham pton's Legion,
and North Carolina kegiment, whose Oolo-
nel had been killed, leaving the iisld before
superior numbers So thickly flew the can
lster, grape and Minnie balls Of the enemy,
that we we're coBs spelled to Tie Nat apon the
ground while the line Of battle was being
formed. i WAS whilst in this position we
sustained CALLING fire from the Fire Zouaye
Regimen, stationed behind fence in our
front " q also discovered at this time that
there was park OF rifle cannon playing upon
Us from the night. At length the line of ba [.
tie was formed, consisting OF the II and h
South Carolina Reg linen Is and Preston's Eir-
ginia Regiment. all under command Of Col
kersnaw. Riding to the front and righ of his
own regiment, Col kershaw inquired of his
men if they would follow him. Replying in
the affirm .tiva, he gave the order TO charge
and with shout they arose and broke the
rneInys line. SO sudden did We spring on
them and pass them, that more than a hun
cred uayes We're left in our rear and were
made prisoners OF by our struggling soldiers
The hight wing of the Second Regiment
came sq mare upon the I1e cannon, which
We're IN ii short time turned upon the enemy.
1 have never asCertained the name OF the bat
terry bat wounded enemy under one Of the
pieces informed us that 1t had once been COM
manded by Colonel Magruder, now Of the
Confederate army. 1t was in advancing upon
this battery that the Zouaves displayed the
Confederate ag, which caused rs TO reserve
our IRE for several minutes. Finally, they
erlel ged from the woods with the Stars and
Stripes, when they were fired in to by the
Ru'lar Guards. the right f1lnkiuE company
Of Kershaw's Regiment, whose rusty En-
field rifles N ade many OF them bite the dust
(he rifle cannon were removed from the field
by order OF General Beauregard, by men from
the Second Regiment.
The enemy were purs ued by the brigade an.
der Colonel Kershaw to within a short dis.
thnce OF Centreville, capturing great num-
ber OF pieces OF artillery. Captain kempers
battery also performed r conspicuous part in
the parsuit. The enemy was frequently III
sight, large bodies of them flying in almost
every direction 1t was in this pursuit that
the cele brated Rhode Island battery was cap
tured. The small loss sustained by the Sc.
coGd Regiment, in killed and wounded, must
not be taken a. an indication that they were
not ia the hottest of the fight When 1t Is
reInenbered that much Of their fighting was
accompHs ned while lying on the ground, and
The enemy's balls going over their heads, the
reason why SO few were killed is readily
understood. W. L. F.