The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-08-15
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Incidents Of tho Battle of Manogs

AuGlABAbh u LllC DdbLlB OF MH08H9O8,
A Minnesota boy, at Manassas, was
rushed upon by four cOlored soldiers
full blooded Africans; three were shot
by Houaves, the fourth attempted 20
pin him to the ground with his bayonet.
which he parried, which gave a slight
wound upon his thigh, and run into
the ground its whole length, and be.
fore he could oEtrioatc it tho boy shot
him through the body, which was so
near that the blaze Of the gun set his
clothes on fire.
A Rhode Island soldier states that af-
ter the capture Of one Of the Bull Run
batteries, forty eight dead men and one
wounded wero found piled up at the
guns. The wouRded man, on being
asked how they managed to stand by
their guns so long, answered, that "they
had taken an oath ncver to leave them. !"
Captain Hunt not only brought in
safely all his own guns {light artillery)
but eleven more that he fOQnd abandon
cd in the retreat, making sixteen in all
Our real loss in artillery will not prove
moro than two batteries, if that. Blon-
ker's brigade recovered and brought in
six guns.
Captains Letcher and Mobiles, who
were in charge Of trains, of two hundred
wagons, laden with supplies, were met
by the retrcating column six miles this
side Of the battle ground. They brought
their trains safely back to the city. No
wagons we're lost, except the regimental
baggage wagons that were on the field
of battle.
Governor SpCngue, of Rhode Island,
had two horses shot under him during
the action. After the first ono was kill
ed, by his head being shot away by
cannon ball, his men gathered around
him, and insisted upon his going to the
rear. This he positively refused to do,
and continued at the head Of his brig.
ado throughout the engagement, gal
iantly leading them Ou aud encouraging
their efforts.
The brave conduct of Colonel Hun
ter, commanding tho second division,
deserves special notice. He was shot
in the throat while directing in person
the Second Rhode Islaud Regiment, in
its gallant assault upon a battery. Just
before being wounded he had given an
ordor to one of his aids for a distant
regiment. The aid was about gallop-
ing off, when he saw the Colonel fall
from his horse. He Immediately came
to his assistance, bot the Colonel mo
toned him of, telling him, "delivor
your ORDER and never mind mel will
fnke caro- IF mVsnlfN
The havoc made by our riHod bat
teries was terrible. One officer counted
near one hundred and 6fty dead bodies
in a wood into which Grifin's battery
had been firing. Lieutenant Green dis
played great GOODNESS. He fred one
round into the group Of officers whore
the white horse, since ascertained to
have been the one ridden by Jefferson
Davis, was conspicuous, and there was
an immediate scattering Of stecds and
riders to seek after a safer position,
Private j. NJ Burgess, of Hartford,
First Connecticut volunteers, now in
the Georgetown hospital, owes his life
TO the watch ia his fob. A bullet wont
through his wrist and would have pierre
cd his breast had it not struck his watch
and lodged in tho case, where it now is.
The watch is not now worth much as a
time keeper, but will servo as an elo-
quent reminder of eternity.