The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-27
THE GREAT BATTLE.
CoNEEDERATE LOSS.
KILL AND WoUN ed
PRl S0NERS AND BOOTY.


| about two miles and a half of Sudley Mills, il
Prince William county, we heard the firing of can
non, and were met in the road by party of gentle
men, Who in 'ormed us that further progress wa
impossible, as large body of Federal troops wa
| then passing between and the Mills. We after
| wards. however, proceeded to within half mile o
| Sudley.
The body of troops that we saw approaching
Sudev haa been marched by a crcutous rout
| from Centrevlle, with the evident design of flank
| ing Beauregard at Manassas. Col. Stewart how.
ever, with about 500 cavalry was apprised of their
| approach by a couple of gentlemen who preceded
| them in their march, The Colonel was reinforced
| BY body of infantry, and the fight became gene
| raj almost along the entire road from Sudley to
| within few miles of the Junction, a distance OF
| five or six miles. Between five and six o'clock in
| the evening the enemy's rank gave way, and they
| retreated in the utmost confusion, the cavalry
leading in the chase and cavalry pursuing them
| for some distance
SCENES AFTER THE BATTLE.
We entered Sudley about half-past seven on
Monday morning. The church at that place. and
the grove surrounding it had been used on Sunday
as hospital by the enemy for storing away their
| killed and wounded, numbers of whom, in their
precipitate retreat they left behind On Monday
troops took possession of the ground, and when
we left had number of our wounded and some
few of our dead also there. Quite number of tha
who had been taken prisoners were held by
our roops aud Oh oar return home passed fifteen
Federals who were being marched back to Colonel
Stewart, prisoners.
The scene around that little church was sad
In piles OF three and four lay the dead bodie s
of Federal soldiers who had left their Northern
homes to carry misery and death to the land they
invaded-while their maugled bodies and shattered
| limbs covered the earth around. The involuntary
prompting of humanity made US almost shudder at
the Sight;-but when remembered that on
that same field had falen-not so many-but bra
ver nobler, worthier, defenders of our rights,
liberties, our h0mes-we sorrowed that every green
leaf that then shaded their fevered brow had not
been legion of soldiers ten times armed,
to breathe death and destruction upon their heads
The prisoners with whom we cOnversed told the
same lame story about having been forced against
their wills, to invade the soil OF Virgins, land nvok
ed loud and deep curses upon the heads of their
officers, who they said threatened them with death
if they refused TO come. Others believe as
much of this they please.
DEsERTIoN FEDERAL SOLDIERS.
We learned that on Sunday, during the progress
of the fight, several of the Northern soldiers
marched into the yard surrounding Sudley House
and threw down their arms, saying that they had
been deceived and would fight no longer; that
''fourteen millions of men could never subdue a
people who fought as the Southerners had done
that day" These are the men, probably, that
Abraham thinks capable of forming a cabinet We
would advise him to take them to his bosom.
FURTHER DETAILS
From gentlemen just from the Junction, we learn
that the fight, expected, was most sanguin-
ary ard fatal in its consequences. They report that
from Sudley, out far the fight extended
tie ground was litnrs *, Covered With dead and
wounded. The Attn SOuS. ,-jarolina regiment, and
the Eighth Virginia regim znt under Col. Hunton
both recently stationed at this place-were in
the hottest of the fight little beyond Stone
Bridge, and we regret 20 say that the former sut-
fered severely. Hunton's regiment fought man
fully. Messrs. Charles Brown and Euoch Cant
well, members of Capt. Heaton's company, who
were wounded in the engagement, were brought to
Leesburg Monday evening. Brown has flesh
wound in the thigh, and Cantwell a shot through
the shoulder. Hope, same company, was
wound+d and died on Sunday night.
Rogers Artillery held prominent place in the
fight and one of the wounded men noticed above
thinks they must have done great execution. All
the companies of the StA regiment participated in
the fight and each man ~demeaned himself, as we
all knew they would, most gallantiy.
1t is with feelings of no ordinary sadness, that W
record the death of Charles Robert Norris, son of
Mr.. John Norris, of this town. He was student
of the V. NJ. |. at Lexington, and at the time of
the fight was lieutenant of company. He fell
ten feet in advance of his men while leading them
to a charge, the ball taking an oblique course
across the breast, and killing him, it is supposed
instantly, though his body not found until
next morning. He a manly, noble youth, but
II years Of age, and died the death of hero in a
just cause.
Gentlemen Just returned from Manassa who left
there on Monday evening, inform that our less
is estimated at fir, N 800 TO 600 in killed. wounded
and missing, while the Federal loss is variouslv es
tmated at from 5000 to 5000. We completely
routed the enemy, and captured from them 5000
blankets, 53 cannon, among them Sherman's cel"-
brated battery-7 600 muskets, 200 horses, l5O
wagons, and 900 prisoners, including 70 officers.
Mesd's Cavalry charged on Sherman's battery,
twice, and the'second time bore it off, without in
jury to single man.
The five large rihed cannon recently presented
to Lincoln was on the ground drawn by sixteen
horses-and is now in the possession of our troops
at Manassas-it will probably be knocking.at Abra-
hams door before long, The greatest quantities of
provision W as likewise taken by our men. The de-
feat ia h OyerRhelmlnu
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The Rev. c. Ii. Nourse, who left the Junction
Monday evening, gives us the following additional
particulars, as to the killed, wounded, &c.
CAPT. wELBY CARTERs COMPANY.
Killed-Frank Dowell, Enoch McCarty, G. Fran
cis John Plaster, Stephen Cornell, Pevton Will
son. and Mr.. Hicks, of Md.
acknowledgements Baker ard VIM. Jacobs.
CAPTAIN HEAToN's COMPANY.
Killed - Hope.
Wounded Heaton, Enoch Cantwell, Jas.
Russell, Charles Brown, Joseph Janney, James
Mcdaniel, - Gresham, - Brunner.
ROGERS ARTILLERY.
Wounded-John Howser
wAMPLERs COMPANY.
Killed-None.
Wounded-T. Myers, J. W. Nichols, G. T. Love
Gary Harding was wounded.
These all reported from Col. Hunton's Regi
ment the LoudouD Guard as being in any-wise
injured. | mingled freely with them all and found
them ready for another conflict. At head Quar-
ters learned that we bad lost Gen. Bee Gen. Bar
ton, Gen. Smith, and Col. Jackson, all from the
South.
Charles Powell, of Winchester, is said to have
lost his son Lloyd.
Holmes Conrad, of Martnsburg, lost two sons.
The impression that had lost, in killed,
wounded and missing, from 1000 to 800, while
the loss of the enemy was probably much greater.
Large hunters of prisoners, perhaps 9OO were sent
to Richmend. A member of Congress. Col. Corco
II lrth l,,t. .t,oro ohorn
ters, were among the prisoners. The battle ragged
fearfully-every house in the neighborhood
riddled. In of these lady, aged and blind,
shot dead in her bed, with three balls.
From the Richmond Engirerl
Latest from Manassas.
MANASSAS, July 1912 p. M.-Beauregard issued
order this afternoon that all civilians, women
and children, should leave Manassas junction in
anticipation of giving battle here.
George H. Muse, private in the Washington Ar
tiery of New Orleans, died to-day. Major Har-
rison, of the llth Virginia regiment, died this
morning.
We took 500 stand of arms, and two cannon YES
terday. Thomas Sangster, of the Alexandria Rifle
men, was killed, and not William. Fifty prisoners
arrived from Winchester yesterday.
LETTER FROM LEESBURG.
We have been furnished with the following by a
subscriber, received by him from friend:
LEEsBURG, Va, July 20, 1861.
Everything here is torn to pieces. All the sol
ders gone to the seat of war this morning, and
the place looks desolate. A regiment from South
Carolina has been here for three weeks until week
ago, when they left and went to trylng-pan Meet
ing House. l went with them and stayed week.
They are a set of good fellows. Three of them
died with pneumonia while they were in Leesburg,
and were buried in the Union Cemetery with
honors of war.
Our own regiment left yesterday for Manassas
Junction, where they have been fighting. am
told our loss has been about twelve or fifteen
killed and about thirty wounded
There is very little doing here. There is great
want of farm hands, as all the wheat crop is in the
field yet.
The militia has been called out, and they are now
in the Court House yard, organizing and getting
ready to march to the Junction.
July "a, 1861.
Since commenced this letter the great fight at
| Sudly Mills, on Bull Run, five miles above Centre
| vile, came off. | saw the Baltimore Sun last
night, which gives very glowing account of the
| fight. 1t says tine Federal troops took batteries
/ and everything else, and routed the Confederates
and the whole thing was perfect victory. The
fact is the thing was entirely the reverse; for they