The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-07-26
ANOTHER BATTLE AT BULLS RIM

BATTLE.
CeNTERvnLE, July 81, P. MA nos,
severe and general battle was fought to-day ::
Bulls Run bridge. The conflict was most d.
Perate and bloody, lasting over nine hours
The programme of the battle, az stated :,
my first dispatch, was carried out until ,ba
troops met a succession OF masked b,,,ortn.
which were attacked with great yiqor ana
bravery, and successfully stormed and taksn
with severe loss OF life.
Our troops advanced as folowc-Col P;oh
ardSon, who distinguished himself IN the nrsv;
oCs engagement with the batteries at R,ls.
Run proceeded.on the left with four reo;ran,.
Of the +th brigad-, TO hold the Federal hate
stationed on the hill on the Warrenton ro.,
IN the vicinity IN which the last batfIanba
Bulls Run batte) was fought.
The flank movements were carried or, =.
described IN my irst despatch.
Col. Schenck's and Col. Shernan,s br;u,4--
of General Tyler's' division advanced bSS ? tba
Warrenton road, while Col. HentzIemani, ,nd
Col. Hunters divisions took the fork of ,h..
Warrenton road, to move between Buff, Rnn
and Manassas Junction.
Col. Keys brigade remained at Cen,erv;lts
as reserve.
Information was received BY Gen. Tvlsr,,
command OF the existence of the enemy's hat
terry commanding that road
Our troops were then formed in battle array
The Cd New York and I'd Ohio on the lai,
the Sd Ohio and Cd Wisconsin, and 18th. IAN
and 69th New York on the right. Colonel
Miles, division formed IN the rear. The 6-,,
range gun fired by Sherman's battery at ten
minutes OF z O'Clock this morning.
The rebels did net retarn his shot until an
hour and a-hali afterwards, when Col. Hun
ter's division came up and the battle became
general.
Col. Hunters movement to gain the rear Of
the enemy was almost success. The enemy.
position, was then opened upon by several of
Carlisle's howItzers, followed by slight skir-
mishing.
The rebels rapidly received relnforcements
from Manassas Junction after the attack was
opened. The battle consisted IN succession
of fires from masked batteries, which were
opened. When one was silenced its place
was taken by two, and thedarIng charges OF
our infantry in unmasking them exhibited the
most dauntless courage.
The Cd Ohio and the Cd New Cork null tia
were marched by flank through the woods by
new made road within a mile of the main
road, when they came on a battery OF eight
guns, with four regiments hanked in the rear
Our men were immediately ordered TO lie
down on either side of the road, in order TO
allow two pieces OF artillery TO pass through
& attack the battery which then opened upon US
and killed, on the third round, Lieut.. Dempsey
of company G. New York ID, and VIM Max
well, q drummer, and seriously wounded sew
eral others.
Our troops were kept in this position for
fifteen or twenty minutes under Calling fire,
mi hei9p able TO exchange shots with the enc
my, although wItnln a stones throw OF .beir
batteries. They succeeded in retiring in rec-
ular order with their battery.
The most gallant charge of the dav w,s
made by the New York 69th, 10Th and 18Th
regiments, who rushed upon one II the bate
RES, firing as they proceeded wifa perfect
siang, attacking il with bayonet poiOt Their
yell OF triumph seemed to carry al before
them.
They found that the rebels had aba1doned
the battery as they approached, and hadonly
succeeded in carrying off one gun. This SIC
cess was acquired only after a severe loss
i,fe, in which the 69th regiment suffered most
severely, and ii is reported that the Lieutenant
Colonel was among the first killed.
Ellsworth's Zouaves also distinguished them
selves by their spirited assault on the batteries
at the point of the bayonet, but il is feared that
their loss is immense.
Up to the hour of 8 P NJ it was generally
understood that we had hemmed in the enemy
entirely, and that they were gradually retreat
ing; that Col. Hunter had driven them back in
the rear, and that Col. Heintzeiman's COM
mand was meeting with every success, and that
it required but the reserve Of Gen. TyleS's d.
vision to push on to Manassas Junction.
A Mississippi soidier was taken prisoner by
private Hasbrooke, OF the Wisconsin Cd regi-
ment. He turned out to be Brigadler Quarter
master Prior, cousin OF RodgeT A. Pryor.
He was captured with bis horse as be by ac-
cident rode within our Ines. He discovered
himself by remarklng TO Hasbrook:-"We are
getting badly cut TO pieces" 'What regiment
do you belong to-" asked Hasbrook "Ths
18th Mississippi" was the answer. "Then you
are my prisoner," said Hasbrooke.
From the statement of this prisoner it ap-
pears that our artillery has created great havoc
among the rebels, OF whom there is from thirty
to forty thousand in the field under the COM
mand of Gen. Beauregard, while they have
a reserve OF rs, 900 at the Junction.
He describes an officer most prominent in
the fight distinguished from the rest by bis
white horse as Jeff Davis. He confirms the
previous reports oil regiment OF negro troops
IN the rebel forces. He says it rs difficult to
get them in proper discipline in battle array.
The position Of the enemy extended in three
lines, iu the form of a triangle, the apex 'front.'
ing ahe center of our columns The area seems