The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-25

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LIEUTENANT SIMPSONS ACCOUNT OF THE
BATTLE OF BULLS RUN.
The following very interesting statement Of several un-
published facts concerning the battle Of Bulls has
been very kindly furnished by Lieutenant Simpson,
officer Of the Union army connected with the Second
New York regiment, which took important part in
the battle mentioned above.
The statement Of Lieutenant Simpson is plain,
nished tale Of portion of the hot of the 2st inst
He says
The Black Horse regiment made fierce attack
the rcgimental colors of the Second regiment,
the design being undoubtedly to capture them
and carry them of as trophy for their side.
The Second regiment, both officers ar, ana men,
the rebels had resolved 10 take coors the Of
the Second determined that they should not be taken
We well knew that they had an overwhelming force but
they did not intmidate in the least. The fight was
very smart but there 10 one to sustain u.s. Had we
had few good and experienced generals, IL my opinion
that the disastrous retreat which ensucd would
have occurred Not that wish could blame General
Mcdowell He is excellent officer, but his force
entirely too small TO cope with the enemy Butothcr
officers entirely behind what the country expected
and hoped from them. There were only three or four
wounded in Company b. to which belonged The orderly
fgcan cf company shot through the shoulder
tir hall breaking the leg Of man next to him.
Two men of Company were killed. One man Of Com
pany \ was also killed. whose name was Maxwell, and
Two or three of Company severely wounded, who
have since most probably died
saw the whole action myself, but although cannot
state that ali the facts that have been published
believe that the Union forces suffered very severely Our
regiment certainly lost in killed and wounded between
forty and Nty The regiment stood its ground man
f. Iy, and IL had had open field and no favor,
would have made the rebels scaInper In double quick
timc.
The Sixty ninth regiment New York State Militia, per
formed prodiges OF vaor. They stripped themselves. and
dashed into the enemy with the utmost fury. The
difficulty to keep them quiet. While the
Second engaging regiment Oh rCDeiS lnsy re-
treated into thick hay field, draw the Nor'herners
into trap The second continued firing into them while
the Stxtyninh by t~flnk movement, took them in The
rear, and pouring deadly fire into their ranks, ais-
wards charged them with the bayonet The slaughter
terrible and the defeat complete for not ma
stirred OF the whole FIVE six hundred in this attack
there were very few of the Sixty ninth wounded.
me eiey hfea very rap"y mo ses wen my
no, sparing in its use The balls few about US very
thcky During the heat of the fire our ncn had to lay
the ground and thus endeayor to escape the rene
dous of the cnemys fire. We kept silent pos
sble all the while For than an hour the fire Of the
rebels continued in the most furious One
shot in the head and his face jurcd in the most
frgbtiu His suffering was most awfully severe
For an hour and half the Second regiment was I'M
Had il not been for the Coloneps prudence
or whatever it might be called every man would doubt
less have been killed In my o..z5e tho army is very
badly olcercd there very few good generals in the
service We are not in want Of men, They are IN abun.
dance every where, but want good commanders. l
have frequently heard the say that they would never
again serve under such men as schenck and Tyler The
statement concerning the gallant repulse Of the Black
Horse cavalry by the Fire Zouaves is entirely wrong
Not a OF the Zouavcs was in sight when this
terrible regiment came up. They dashed right down
tie Second regiment. and gallant fellows had
much they could do Keep tcif ground against them
They seemed be wild with hate and rage rushing right
us with drawn swords Our met took deliberate aim,
and firing killed nearly every one Of them Their splendid
black horses went gaopng over the field Privates Gil
AM Perry behaved very bravery They killed from
eight to twelve and thus saved our colors The
treat Conducted under the Lieutcnat oonci and Ma
for The Colonc, was most holly pursued hAhe enemy and
went into the acticn $50 srong and lost su fty men in
the fight lost very valuable back servant mos intel
igcn and excellent His name was Charles Gilmore,
and perhaps he is in the hands Of the rebels.
The reports concerning the atrocous conduct Of the
rebel troops are quite They acted than could
be expected from the Feicc Islanders They fred into
hospital and killed while dressing the weande
Of soldiers The whole srmy is intensely excited
account Of their bari acts They fred on the hos
pal while The flag loistod. Those surgeons whom
they did not kill they made prisoners aud carried Of
NEWS FROM THE SIXTY-NfNTH REGIMENT.
LETTER FROM PRIVATE IN TIE REGIMENT TO HIS
FATHER-ACCoUNr OF THE GALLANT CONDUCT OF
THE sfxTY-NiSTH- RECKLESS DARING or THE TROOPS
WHILE UNDER TERRIBLE FIRE-THEy LOSE THEIR
CoLORs AND REr.XE THEM AGAfN-THE DEATH OF
CAPTAIN HAGGARTY, ETC, ETC.
The following has been received in this city from
Alexander Carolp, private in the Sixty ninth regiment
TO his father, Mr.. Dennis CAROLYN ex-Alderman Of the
Fourth Ward Private Carein took part In tho entire
combat and was an eyewitness of the death of Captain
Haggarty:-
FoRr toRcoRA2, July %, 1861
DEAR FAInEa--We had orders to move saturday
evening at six O'Clock from cncanpment Centre
Vile We did no. start until two O'Clock in the morning.
At about five o'clock reached place between
Bulls run and Manassas Gap, where we came TO
a halt. Two Ohio regiments and the Seventy
ninth Of New York were with column Our regiment
moved about trying get the enemy to attack We
had Shernaps battery with u.s. besides battery Of rled
cannon Our column kept up fire on the woods on the
opposite side of the ravne distance Of about three
quarters Of mile trying TO find out the masked bat
teries but the enemy would not return the fire. About
ten O'Clock we discovered batteries and drove the
enemy out The Sixty ninth advanced. We went Off at
run, but could not oyertake the enemy, they
tered every direction through the woods We kept up
the run, uncd TO the right, waded through streams,
climbed steep hills left battery behind and out
nanked the enemy, and came them were not
expected The Louisiana Z0uaves doing big damage
when We came on them We gave yell that could
fired into them, and charged them with the bayonet
They were panicetricken, and fcd. We covered the
field with thsE dead. Haggarty rushed forward to take
prisoner aud lost his life The man tsred aud shot him
through the heart We drove the enemy before us for
some distance then got into line and had
said You have gained the victory" Our next fly was
at South Carolina regiment We killed about three hun.
dred Of them After lighting hard for some time we
cleared the field OF all the enemy The enemy again raj
lying, the real Gght then commenced We were drain