Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-30

small arms, thirty wagons loaded with pro
visions, &C.. and about 200 prisoners
/ Amoug the latter, were Gen. Burnsides, o
the Rhode Island brigade, Col. Corcoran. o.
the New York Irish Zouaves. Hon Mr.. Ely
| member of Congress, from New York, Mr.
| Carriugton, of this State, nephew OF the
late VIM. G. Preston, who had gone over to
| the enemy, and thirty-two Captains
| Lieutenants. &c. We came near bagging the
Hon. Mr.. Foster. Senator from Connecticut
The official reports of the casualties of the
day, have not yet come in, and consequently
II is impossible to say what our loss is.
that we lost in killed, wounded and missing,
| about l.500-of which about 400 were killed.
The enemy's loss was terrible, being at The
lowest calculation, 5000
/ Thus far have said but little of the part
| taken by particular officers and regiments; for
the reason that desire first te obtain all the
facts. Nor have 1 said anything of the gal
liant seventh and eighth regiments from Geor-
1 gia. This part of my duty is most melan-
choly. 1t may be enough to say, that they
were the only Georgia regiments here at the
time, that they were among the earliest in
| the field, and in the thickest of the fight, and
that their praise is upon the lips of the whole
| army, from Gen. Beauregard down. Col.
| Gartreli led the seventh reg ment, and Lien
| tenant Colonel Gardner the eighth, the whole
under the command of Col. Barlow, who led
| them with a gallantry that was never excell-
| ed. 1t was when the brigade was ordered TO
take one of the enemy's strongest batteries,
| that it suffered most. 1t was most desper-
| ate undertaking, and followed by the bloodi-
| est results. The battery occupied the top OF
| a hill, on the opposite side of Bull Run,
| with small piece of woods on the left. De-
| scending the valley along the Run, he pro-
ceeded under cover of the hill to gain the
| woods alluded to, and from which he propO-
sed to make a dash at the battery and cap
| tnre it. On reaching the woods, he discover
ed that the battery was supported by heavy
| infantry force, estimated at 900 men. THIS
| force. together with the battery, was turned
| upon the eighth regiment. which was in the
van, with terrific effect. Indeed, he was ex-
posed on the flank and in front to fire that
the Oldest veterans could not have stood.
The balls and shells from the battery, and
the bullets from the small arms, literally rid
died the woods. Trees six inches in diane
ter, and great limbs were cut off, and the
ground strewu with the wreck. 1t became
necessary to retire the eighth regiment, In or
der to reform it. Meanwhile, Col. Bartow's
horse had been shot from under him. 1t was
observed that the forces with which his move
ment was to be supported had not come up.
But it was enough that he had been ordered
to storm the battery; SO, placing himself at
the head OF the seventh regiment, he again
led the charge, this time on foot, and gallant
ly encouraging his men as they rushed on.
The first discharge from the enemy's guns
killed the regimental color-bearer. Barlow
Immediately seized the flag, and again pat
ting himself in the front, dashed on. flag in
hand, his voice ringing clear over the battle
field, and saying, 'On, my boys, we will die
rather than yield or retreat" And on the
brave boys did 60, and faster few the enemy's
bullets. The fire was awful. Not less than
1000 muskets were pouring their fatal con-
tents lpon them, while the battery itself was
dealing death on every side.
The gallant Eighth Regiment, which had
already passed through the distressing ordeal,
again rallied, determined to stand by their
chivalric Colonel to the last. The more furi-
Gus the fire, the quicker became the advancing
step OF the two regiments At last, and just
when they were nearing the goal of their
hopes, and almost in the arms Of victory, the
brave and noble Barlow was shot down, the
ball striking him in the left breast, just above
the heart. His men rallied around him, and
finding him mortally wounded and that the
forces that had been ordered to support their
charge had not yet come up, they gradually
fell back, bearing him in their arms and dis
putting every inch of ground. 1 learn that
they would never have retired but for the Or
ders which came to them to do SO, and which
were given in consequence of the non-arrival
of the supporting force. 1t appears that the
orders to support our charge, like that to
Gen. Ewell, miscarried-a failure which had
nearly cost us two of the best regiments in
the army. Col. Barlow died soon after he
was borne from the field. His last words, as
repeated to me, were: "they have killed me,
my brave boys, but never give up the ship
we'll whip them yet" And so we did
The field officers of the Seventh Regiment
escaped except Col. Gartrell who received a
slight wound. All the superior Offices in the
Eighth regiment, except Major Cooper, were
killed or wounded. Lieut. Col. Gardner had
his leg broken by a musket ball, and Adju-
tant Branch was killed. Captain Howard of
the Mountain Rangers from Merriwether
county was also killed. But L shall not go
into statement of the killed and wounded
preferring in so delicate and painful matter
to await the official report, which hope to get
tomorrow, when l shall have more to say
about our heroic regiments. L will add just
here, that our loss in officers was very great.
Among others may be mentioned Gen. Bee,
Lieut.. Col. johnson of Hampton's Legion,
and Col. Thomas of Gen. Johnston's Staff,
and others. Gen. jackson was wounded in
the hand, and Col. Wheat of the New Orleans
Tigers was shot through the body. Colonel
Jones of the 4th Alabama Regiment it is
feared was MORALLY wounded. The regi-
ments that suffered most and were in the
thickest of the fight, were the 7th aud Sth
Georgia, the 4th Alabama, 4th South Caro-
lima, Hampton's Legion, and 4th Virginia.
The New Orleans Washington Artillery did
great execution.
If we consider the number engaged and
the character of the contest, we may congrat
ulate ourselves upon having wonjone of the
most briliian victories that any race of peo-
pie ever achieved. 1t was the greatest bat
tie ever fought on this continent, and will
take its place in history by the side of the
most memorable engagements. 1t is believed
that General Scott himself was nearby, at
Centreville, and that he directed as he had
planned, the whole movement. Gen. Nc.
Dowell was the active commander npon the
field.
President Davis arrived upon the field at
o'clock, just as the enemy had got into full
retreat. His appearance was greeted with
shout after shout, and was equivalent to
reinforcement of 5000 men. He left Rich
mond at the morning.
But ''little Beaury" against the world.
ARMY OF THE Potomac.
MANASSAS, July %, 1861.
The details of the great battle of Stone
Bridge are coming in hourly. and, until they
are all received, digested and arranged ty
those In authority, it will be impossible to do
more than to give such particulars as one
can pick up here and there. And, unless |
should do injustice to some officer or regi-
uaent I shall saw Init little of a Dprsonal