Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-24
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FULL AND RELIABLE DETAILS FRoxoouR' EXCHANGES
.gsa 81 BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
10000 FEDERALvsrs AGAINST. 1000 CON-
lHa w. FEDERATES!
Less co. sss osr side, and over 500 Fsderdlists
. q a9rsrs killed and vounded! 49, !
RsAURsGARO IN coMMAND-THE FIELD woN-THE EN-
EMF RSPuIsRD THREE TINES, AND PUT TO FLIGHT l.
For more than week the commanding General
Of the Confederate forces at Manassas has been an
tcipating an advance of the enemy, and has so ar
ranged his troops as to be prepared at all points
At Fairfax Court House, Gen. Boaham was station
ed xithIsix regiments ofinfantry, composed Of four
from Senth Carolina (Kershaws, Cash. Williams
and Bacon) and two from Virginia preston and
Withers, with two batteries Of Light Artillery,
Shields Howitzers and Kempsr's company and
about FIVE hundred cavalry, under command of Col
Radford Of Virginia ..'...
AT Fairfax Station, about four miles distant from
the Court House, and on line with it. Gen. Ewell,
of Virginia, was posted with three regiments of in
fantry, two from Alabama, (Siebles' and Rhodes)
and one from Louisians, (Seymours.) These regi
ments were stationed at intervals of mile from each
otaer-Rhode's 9th Alabama Regiment guarding
the Braddoek road approach from Alexandria which
inerseets the country road between the Court
and the Station. At both places, infantry works
bad been thrown up for the protection of the troops
and at the Court House, particularly extended lines
Of defence, including two or three masked batteries,
had been constructed.
At Ceatreyie, commanding eminence on the
turnpike road, between Fairfax Court House and
Bull Run, Col Cooke was stationed with his reg-
ment ard Latham's Light Battery. The object of
these preparations to resist the ncursion of any
thing short Of large army into the interior, and in
the eveat of the approach Of force under twenty
thousand men, to give battle and drive them back
At the same time, orders had been issued in case of
an overwhelming demonstration Of the enemy, to
fall back on Bull Rum the selected battle-ground.
To provide for this contingency, the troops, for
more than week past, have been trimmed of all
superfuous baggage, and been under orders to keep
on hand constantly three days provision in ad-
eance. Quartern,aster and Commissary supplies
have been kept in limited amounts and the wagons
held in constant readiness to move off with camp
equipage, &C., &c.
We are particular in stating these minute details,
to give the reader an idea of what was anticipated
by the commanding General and of his arrange
ments to EJECT the contemplated contingency.
On Thursday, the enemy felt his way cautiously
up from Alexandria and Washington, in three sep
arate columns, of probably fifteen thousand each
one down the railroad, another the Braddock road,
and the third from the direction of Falls Church
Our pickets were driven in about two o'clock, and
our troops, after firing several hundred rounds,
withdrew in order before the advancing foe, and fell
back on the banks of II Bull Rum" stream about
four miles from Manassas and eight from the Court
House.
The "Run" is about sixty feet wide, ana easily
forded for infantry at this season Of the year but
its points Of defence against an adversary attempt
ing to cross inviting to the military eye Here
the retiring forces were met by Gen. Longstrcets
Brigade consisting OF the 18th, 18th, and LIST Va.
Regiments, under the command respectively. of Col
onels Garland Corse and Moore together with the
tillery from New Orleans. Our troops bivouacked
for the night in expectation of the fight opening at
daybreak. But the enemy approached cautiously,
beating the roads and woods in advance of them
with skirmishers until about four o'clock in the af
ternoon. when their main body arrived within half
mile Of the Rum and made three several attempts to
advance on it. and each time were repulsed with
great slaughter.
The reports of the loss of the enemy are conflict
ing varying it from five to fifteen hundred. Ger
tain it is, their retreat had every appearance of
signal rout leaving, as they did, their dead behind
them, and losing six pieces Of their artillery. Two
of the Virginia Regiments pursued them for some
distance, and captured quite number of prisoners
The Confederate loss is estimated at about hun.
dred, killed, wounded and missing. 1t is said the
enemy, in their several advances, behaved at first
with much spirit quickly rallying and closing up
their moved columns, but finally broke and gave
way under the murderous execution of our musket-
~ and artillery.
On Wednesday afternoon, dispatches we're sent to
Gen. Johnston to repair with portion of his COM
mand to reinforce Gen. Beauregard at Manassas
Gen. Johnston has his entertainments at Winchester
strongly fortified and defended with heavy artillery,
to be able to spare half his command without any
risk The propriety of these instructions is vindi-
Gated by the dispatch in another column announcing
that Patterson has left Martinsburg, and is on his
way across che Potomac. Johnston by this time is
at Manassas prepared to take part in the fight to-
day, should it occur.
The enemy as they advanced, displayed their &C.
customed Vandalism, burning and destroying as
they went The villages of Fairfax Court House,
Germantown and CenterviIie were reduced to ashes,
and men and women we're fleeing in every direction.
Such are the we'll authenticated accounts of passen.
gers by the Central train Of yesterday.
q = Further Particulars.
- Information derived from gentlemen who left Ma
nassas junction at o'clock yesterday morning ena
bles us to lay before readers the important par
cnlas Of the great victory achieved by our troops
on Thursday last.
At dawn on that day, the enemy recommended
their advance on our lines. The Washington artl
lery went out to meet them, and skirmishing fgh
between the opposing forces of flying artillery i'm
mediately began and tasted until II A. NJ At this
hour their whole front, infantry and artillery con
tinuing still to advance, cur infantry also pushed
forward and the fight became general
The battle continued with unabated fury for three
hours, when, about two o'clock, P. NJ, the enemy,
centre giving way before the combined fire of ou
artillery and the charge of our infantry, their who'll
force fell back precipitately and in disorder.
4 But after an interval Of an hour, during which
there ssome unimportant skirmishng, at oclocl
r. H., the enemy again returned to the charge witt
redcubled mpetuosity, and again, after severe fight
ing were they driven back at the point Of the bay
, onet ~ e-.
A third time they were rallied and brought up
: but only to be repuised quickly and with grea