Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-23
The Battle of Bull, or Bloody Run.
ERESTING DETAILS.

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Of Sunday, gathered from various sources:
We were advancing ard tsking th- enemies
masked batteries gradually but SURELY and driving
the enemv toward Manassas Junction. when they
SEEMED To have been reinforced bv General John
ston. who II 10 understood, tCok the comma d
and Immediately commenced driving US b4ck
wnen panic occurred and the stampede took
place.
General Mcdowell was In the rear OF the retreat.
e1"'tine himself to rally bis men. but without
any partial effect. The latter part Of the army Il
~ said made their retreat in order He v-ss co-r-
nights y "
His orders on the field did not AZ all time, reach
tnosc fr whom they Were Intended II 10 sup
posed that the reserved force Of The enemy sent
against orr troops consisted according 10 a prIs-
oner's statement, Of about thirty thous- nd men
lncludtng large numbers Of cavalry n, f,,r,h. r
So $ that owing to the rrinforcenert 4 ON Rich
mond Strausbure ard other points the enernyis
effective fore was % O0O men.
such Of the wounded Were hrouoht to Zen
trevile Hospital Were left there after having ,ber
their wounds properly dressed by Sergeant Frank
II Hamilton
II is supposed that I'll The provision train, be-
longing 20 the Government are ssvrd; some reyi-
mental wagons Were overturned by acc dent or
their wheels came OF ard had TO he absI doned
l'arye drOves OF cattle Were s-ved BY driving
back on the advance Of the retreat
IL supposed here IN. daV thHt Gen Nan,held
will take command Of the fori' hcatInns on the
other side Of the river. which are able Il Is std
Nv military engineers. to he held against apy
force that NAV be brought against them
Large rihed cannon and mortars are being n n
idly sent over and mounted
The Rhode Island Rattery was taken by The
eGemy at a bridge across Rull Run where their
retreat was cut eff Their horses uere all kgIcd
IL Is reported that the Black Horse Cavalry made
an attack on the OF the reir-ating army when
the latter turned and FIRED killing all hut six Of
he assan.tin9 psr'y The Seventy-hrs New ork
lost about half their men
The u'l"wing Regiments Were enOageS On ,be
light :-First, Second, and Third Cor nrct,cut
Regiments; one regiment of Regulars corr p,ssd
Q, Stcond. Ih,fd and E;Shth Companies; $50
Marines; Eighth snd Fourteenth New Work Mi
l'ita; Firtt ard SeeoTd Rhode Islar d; Seventy.
hrst New York; Second NV Hsmpshirp: Fifth
nassac husetis; First Minnesota; First MI"higan;
Eleventh a Thirty-pighth New York: Sc ond
ThtTd, Forth, ard Fifth Maine Regin nts ard
Srcond Vermont, besides several batteries
Nwss known 10 our troops a. time OF battle yss-
terday that Johnston had formed a coUuectiop
with Beauregard. on the night cf the FIRST action
at Bull Run Our men could distinctly hear tbs
cars coming into Manaxsss Junction. and IN.
cheers WIFI which the Conf d-rat.s hailed their
newly arriving comrades. They knew that tn
| enemy was our superior IN numbers and I'm their
own position. These facts were further conf rmed
by the prisoners taken. desertPrs and spies
Col He!ntzo Imam moved with GOO men 70 the
LEFT OF the road, as feint to draw the enemy 10
that point. Col Hunter with bis division. GOO
morr moved to the right The central column,
OF 3O,OOo men, was TO commence the conflict on
the road to Manassas Junction Gen. Mcdowell
started an hour after from Centervlle in carriage
with DR. Armsbv, OF Albany, Henry Bercap,
| Of EIvonsdals. 'O"'
After mounting the hill, two miles from Cen
terViile, some Obsructions DELAYED the cent?,
co rmn Tor short time IL marched on until
aooGt al the Kun, when the bridge over II, VII 'ch
had oeen mined ard covered with tar blew nm
ana burst into flames. as our troops approached
Here Gen Mcdowell mounted bis bor.a and
joined his staff o"N
h,I
eight O'Clock, and gradually extended aion.y the
whole Ilnea continued from nj ne 10 ten o,cIoe
almost without intermission
During this the had Of the column almost
reached the RIM, but the bridge having h., n ds"
stToyed' did not attempt 20 cross hut turned to
the right and appeared To be entirely ,tstions,v
!pe ned icing aquarter TO half Of mile from
the bridge from 10 to - O'Clock, while the can
nonhdin9 continued very briskly
From IL to l O'Clock the cannonsdina wa, in
termittent The centre column moved about nj,
llne 10 The right. was lined by the right wing,
and crossed at the turnpike bridge This was
held by body OF our troops crossed last be
over bridge which they had taken with her,
ready constructed, TO throw across the stream
The left column Of Col Hein,1.lrnan Ken, mn
lhe ieint oY occasional cannonadIug, while 1 90
OF hh men, with axes, were cutting th.i, Wv
surougn the very dense woods, making a road and
marching to cut a the cammunicstion bv rail 70
richmond Colonel Heintzeman had c,rrIed
the heights, which they had neglected N fo,ttfg
and was doing terrible execution among TIE
rebels at Manassas junction itself An obserye,
Judged that " would ordinarily lake three month,
10 DO what these lumbermen did in half a DIV
Az O'Clock six points Were strongly sttae red
by our forces and h-avy cannonadinp AZ ali W..
going on During the whole Of the engagement
The rebels werc retreating, but ,tubbornlr and
Win Determined resistance. At TINES voIIeys OF
Inusketry Were hea d, lasting for seversI minute,
our artillery bo- the brCnt OF the battle, and the
gunners s1f red severely
Ii lis impossible to form anv correct estimate Of
the NUMBER Of killed and voun ded Some a., n
as high as 900, but this 10 mere Conjecture Tn.
loss or the enemy must have been al least n, prsst
es our own. Both armies foug ht brsvely nd de-
Pefa'ely- large number Of commissioner, n :
GERS Were killed