Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-08-01
HISTORY OF THE GREAT BATTLE.
Correspondent to The Cleveland Herald.
TIE OHIO REGIMENTS.


Correspondent to The Cleveland Herald.
TIE OHIO REGIMENTS.
The Ohio regiments were in the thickest of
the fight, but fortunately lost but few men
The lst Regiment, under Col McCook, has
covered itself with glory. They were detailed
at an early hour in the day to hunt up batter
les and they seemed to understand that work
to perfection. The Grays were sent out as
skrmishers early in the morning, and drove
in the pickets Of the Rebels, and commenced
the fight. These two Ohio regiments have
been trained by Col. McCOok, aud were fre.
quently brought right into the very range and
front of the enemys most terrible and fOrmid.
able guns but no sooner would they see the
flash than every man was PROSTATE upon bis
face, and the balls and grape would pass harm
lessly over them then they would up and at
them with vengeance in double quick time
Col McCOok was as cool and collected as when
drilling bis men u0on the paradeground, and
issued his orders, with bullets and cannon balls
whistlng about his ears as thick as hailStones,
without any apparent excitement whatever-
, Twice he was hemmed in by the enemy's cav
airy and ordered to surrender, but he was
away in tangent, cody remarking that the
DEATH OF CAPT. MCoOK.
His younger brother, II years old, was
member of the I'd Ohio Regiment and was
left as guard to the hospital, One of the
enemy's cavalry dashed upon him and ordered
him to surrender the brave youth, with fixed
bayonet, steady nerve, and cool bearing, repli.
ed, 81 never surrender p The father, Judge
McCook, who had all the day been arduousy
engaged in assisting and taking care of the
wounded, bringing them in from the field, and
that, too, at the imminent peril of his own life
was in the hospital tent and heard the order to
his son, and saw others of the enemy's cavalry
near by, aud rushed out and speaking in
loud tone, "Charley, surrender, for Gods
sake, or you are lost" Charley turned to his
father, and with all the Ion in his eountenance
replied, Father, will never surrender to a
rebel" In a moment a ball pierced bis spine
but he instantly discharged his musket at the
rebel horseaan and laid him low in death, and
then fell himself The rebels then undertook
| to drag him off, but his father rushed in and
released him, and he died yesterday morning
and is to be buried to-day.
| MIsMANAGEMENT-THE FIRE ZoUAvEs.
The victory was fairly won by our men and
had they been REINFORCED, as they should have
been, after fighting all day, they could have
maintained their ground. There were over
10000 troops in reserve, but by some misman-
agement they were not brought up to the re-
lief of the exhausted column they painted to
take part in the action, and when the line was
broken and half of the force was ordered up
as a relief, the order was countermanded, and
the whole army ordered to retreat
The charges of the Newly ork Fire Zouayes
were perfectly terrific. They drove the enemy
nearly double their number, several times be-
hind the intrenchments with awful havoc.
A battalion of cavalry, called the Black
Horse, of Virginia-the pride of the Virginia
chivalry-approached them once, displaying
the Stars and Stripes, in order to deceive them
their commander shouting to the Zouaves not
to fire, as they were their friends They did
not fire, but as soon as the cavalry came up,
they drew their sabres and went in at them :;
the Zouaves opened their ranks and hemmed
them in; and not soul escaped their bayonets
and knives, of these black riding devils, ex-
cept seven. An eye witness Informs me that
it was the most speedy and awful retribution
on record.
THE HOSPITALS AT BULL RUN.
A church and a small building were used
as hospitals. The latter was at the corner of
the woods, and within one hundred and fifty
rods of the enemy's batteries. A white flag
floated over it but, whether from design or
otherwise, it was repeatedly battered by balls
from their cannon. 1t is said to have been
burned by the enemy after the retreat. The
church was further off, on one of the roads
leading to Centeryle. W A. Crofat, ci-