The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-08-03

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Carlisle was ordered in front OF
s.h~ncL', R,;v....' which stood in ~
"a C,vi,.se orercd Are. which ves
o..I;.1 20 hv IN, enemy. Shcrman's
.sr. n;.c.. ,no,..i down. but had no
' r. conc In nosi,ion. The firing
,sss Won't M at intervals. The enemy
-. LII with great precision which
l,l.d ON. Of tho Ohio men and wounded
,m - n,nnrs
The remainder Of Tylers column had,
NV his time moved further out upon the
enemy. grounds. and the cannonadc
hi r.commcne,d followed, a. before,
hy ynllcys 81 muskctry At "a o'clock
!, w..xsrv heavy. The attack on the
d.fcns, ON the right was at this time
conducted with great energy
p,ssiny +, an elevation in the rear OF
schnnrks BRIGADE. a wide view was oh.
tanned A mile or two in the rear Of
burnside | could see cloud Of dus,
What could it acany Also, in TIE same
direction, mass of infantry were in
view. Not king the appearance OF
things, ] returned TO the lett Hank.
Exhausted from heat and thirst, in
company with some civilians, We went
for water 10 4 spring. hundred yards
10 the left Suddenly there was com
motion; a noise as Of men in confusion.
A bullet west spinning past, and then
there came nuskct shots, and one or two
cannon discharges Looking in the di-
rcction of ibe Warrenton Road there WAS
n scen, of ndescribable confusion. Every
body ran A portion Of Sherman's bat.
,o,v tbunGred by,
There scrc baggage wagons, private
,arri,ecl ambulances, artillery wagons,
and croyls of men fleeing in indiscrimin.
/ ate CONFUSION, all crowding across the
bridge h Cub Creek or passing through
liz uI way up tho hill. toward Center
y;l, ho ,ronps were forming. A
/ 1;rc rlskirmishrrs were thrown ont BE.
hind iicm were the Garibaldians. Be.
ynn'rbem Miles's reserve
pIhatdsou'S prirodc came in fro n its
mo 4 ION and Notwithstanding the confu
r.rm;1,,Ie from, was already n,c.
~ ..;,i' No. h,,to,';es which had been
ST. en- ,ha ornmy
'CrL.,, ,''',,,,,onroa ia. ro,,c,, n, the
49,, a., ,la r,,y.rr.r,,a 40.
lrnc,ion of nroperty which followed.
lno, .f,o, Tho twoNcw Jersey regiments
lkh;cb had been stationed at Vienna.
famc nm and materially aided in the sub.
keoucut retreat To Fairfax.
Ihcro !. reason IN hol;cve that we had
M wicket. thrown on, on our right flank.
and ~ this cause in connection with
others NAV be traced the terrible rout
The frs, animation Gen. a.hcnck's Brig.
ala Ind If the cavalry CHARGE was She
rocentiop # sho,s in their backs Ii is
LID ,h,, mia aonh movcmcp, in our
rc,r was a mart If n game Of strategy
el,ho,a,elv PLANNED and cou.ummatcIy
onar,cd THO ahottis ON our creek was
donl,,lcss intended nn a eg{ n. sac
If tho m,vrmcu, Of the enemy had
bocn moro ranidlv made If the brigade
q, Cnh cycct lad bee II scized Gen.
Schenck,s cr,iro,bripade with ALI the CIV.
illians would have been swept into the
wood, whcrc hommed in by tho deep
u I
hants ,hev conlJ have been cnmpletely
ru, off
Still ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Tho pbDidolrb;o ,nouircr ,,hli,bc, A
d.scrint;nn Of the battle and retreat. bv
a nerso, who was pres,n, during tho
whole dav We extract the following
s,atem,nis
Ten ,,,u were killed and wounded be-
HANGING tn the New York SECOND Rcei
meet and also fonr in the second ohio
Regiment bv the uiema,pre discbar,-e Of
onr own muskc,s in their hands 4 re-.
treat was ordered and our men fell back
Schenck failed TO rally his column in
any order. The Ohio and New York
men scattered thrcnsh the woods in pur.
suit Of shelter and water The sun was
broilng hot, and Amos, ,uifocaiing, for
the men were now out OF water.
We were in the center Of Tylor's divis.
ion ON the hill Just east of inlfs Run,
on the Warrcuton Road Abou, T. NJ,
we saw clouds of dust rising to our left,
a. though they were trying 10 oft flank
us and come "a us in the rear W. cal
led several Ulcers attention to it, but
there seemed to he no man who could
nave roini1rcemcnts sent to cover our
iiank
On the lett Of the road were Shcrman's
and Carlisles batteries drawn mp ior
fight on the right were some three
thousand men, consisting OF parts nf inc /