Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-09-09
The na,tle ON fine aoth


in the vicinity Of Washington on Saturday
the Both ult: '
Waking in my fence-corner slesping 8
apartment at daylight on Saturday morn
ing, first walked to the summit Of the hill q
TO ascertain the position Of affairs. Every
thing indicated a renewal Of the battle =
Already columns were marching in every
direction, meo at the left being brought up
to the right, and rice rerSd, being brought
from the front to the rear and from the
rear to the front, Generals with stats and
body guards riding over the field, each, Of
course with purpose to an eve witness
seeming. with the other movements, like
Confusion worse eonfouuded." Every few
minutes Q shell from our batteries funniest
to the left, replied to as often by the guns
whose smoke clouded in the far western
horizon. made me question v he her e ent-
my had MT retreated.
The DAY wore away until Noon. with q
continuance of desu!tory Smelling ('bumin,'
the butte nut prisoners call ~ Gen Pope |
on h'rse the VIII lie time, giving orders.
rapid aud imperative. each carried instant |
~ by a gailGuing aid; receiving reports |
tr"m all parts al the field. aud never de- |
tanning the messenger long for his reply. |
from each emiuence swe-pirg the pusiti n
with his glass-be as evidently ascertain
| ing the position If the enemy. and deter
mined to tight il he stood his ground or if
/ he ran.
The division commanders wore seeing
that their men were provided with rasions,
made difficult matter by the forced cross
marchings of the week. which prevented
Quartermasters from knowing Were to
conduct trains. For once red tapo was
summary cut. and rations issued to every
unsu> piled regiment from whatever stores
were at band. / heard Gen Sigel exclaim
that crackers were worth as much as mus
kets
Portpr's corps had arrived on the ground
at 9 O'clock from Manassas. making Eve
corps ready for action. The number Of
men cnmprisrd in these should estimate
at 60 0U0. Elooker's division had but
2.44l men in the ranks. so terribly has il
shrunk by battle and by disease
In the order of battle for the day Heint-
zelman commanded the right, Porter the
centre, McDJwell the left, and Sigei whose
corps had borne the brunt the day before,
the reserve. At 10 Heiutz Imam advarced
skirmishers into the wood on the right Of
the battle field Of the day before, and found
it only held by few TT, ublesome bush
whackers Driving them back, large num-
bers of wounded were got of aud passed to
the rear.
rode in with these skirmisbers as far
. as deemed prudent. At any rate | got
upon ground where the cOrpses attested the
fighting at the day before. First | came
upon bodies IN blue. These were our fall
len. Then were those in tlue mingled " iIh
{ those in gray and nOndescript. That ground
0 had been fought over. little further
they were all blue ard uonieScript. and
there the h, dies were tLickest Upnn
h ground that jnd sed to he not over hell an
acre, | cOuuted 50 bodies, dead nd ouhd.
= ed
e Advancing further still. ! saw Unitu
soldier seized, not ten rods FROM Ine, and
= carried "A by bushw hackers. | retired m
. good nrder) Satisfied that the enemy's -.
e exceeded our own. At u'elock, by the
= movements Of troops from right 10 left.
Y inferred TINT the position OF the enemy had
), been found in that direction
= BY this time our line was 4 lfsrent from
j what 1t was the day before. Oar right Wa.
4 further advanced. our left Withdrawn, =,
e that we fronted almost TO the south. a
IT bull run, year ago, We faced exactly
d south
At 3 o'clock Gen Stevens atlsckad n
the right, and soon after Cen Butteff,lI
at the left. The enemy's shells seemed
equally distributed along the who'e line
e and at each punt Of attack he met Us v i'll
II musketry.
n was at SigePs headquarters The Gen.
e eral was certain that the eIeny INTENDED
- to turn one the other Of our i.nks. anC
r. said we must ascertain which, CT the re,ui
J.. was at the best doubtful for j. scouts BAG
just reported that Lee, with The entire rel
i el army, had come up AMI umrd com
v mand The scouts were correct GA Sat.
- urdny we fought the VIII l= rebel army.
re Placing myself in the centre, with:
view Of b. tn port ons OF the fed where IL
fartry were engaged, could not determin
RS which had the best of it Evidently la
L. few ,ro"ps we're engaged. AMI surnise,
lr that We v ere mer' l. tishtin. To- learn " her
lty the enemy'r main l,rcr A. length ou
e force at the risht were driven back, a.d
= thnught Gen. Pope had been g,. q .,,ersie.
v her. he ID we'd men at an ~ lie. pant o
" the day irIm right To- f..
- A quarter 90 an hour liter. wished n
70 mad III we'd n i'll larger prog ortion 10 ID
: LETT. | have heard the musketrv of rh
beet contested battles fought IL Virgin q
ID aud | say unhesIIa; n " that the ire " hirl
h broke Ost at the lett and np Ia the centr
was by far the heaviest If ary. Talk t,
D. yoIlies and rpli$, Rud cIashesi 1t WINS Il
= these c: BtinOaiiy accommodating, piliag VI
IS on each other IN mighty swelling volume
the wrestle OF rushing tnrnads e. such a
chaos may have known From nv position
= it seemed that artillery played lrjm eaci
:, OF the cardinal points uron the devote,
'. centre wno.' knew men were struggling
A. could not see them struggling. Tn
smuke # gunpowder preven,ej thai. hut
e knew they were there, and / iremlled fo
h.
W who was in reserve was ordered 10 Tho Jeff
Before be could get fairly into position
Mcdowell and Porter were irretrieyatl,
Q broken Their suldiers fought like bray,
V men /; If moments DO reckoned by their in
: tensity, they fought long, as they surel,
did fight well, doubt not they p led N,
e ground with rebel slain, as Halleck sing,
e Of Moslem slain by Bozzaii's band. he
n lieve there cannot be a man who heard n,
y participated in that awful tragedy. I'm
counts the hour between AZ and 81 6'elocL
p the severest hgt ting he ever knew. i
Y was all at one point. Along the right hal
It OF the line the combatants seemed "a desis
j. IN amazemeut at the struggle there. u,
hall alter B. 1t was apparent that we var,
: beaten-ouiaanke by a concentration nm
. en- the lett. WaguDers and stragglers abon,
J. the hospital scented the retreat. and nor
> trains OF the former aud streams of th,
r latter could be seen making for the BuI
II Run bridges and tords. McDoweli's and
2 Porter's corps retired in comparative or
# der. | use this term not as a mid but
n iaise paraThrase for driven back. but be.
. cauee II cuvers the actual fact IN the case
:. % not think there was brigade tina,
S could not as 1t came from the field, shoS
its distinct regiments. or rather a nurIsn,
oil each regiment TO whose standard era !,
> had marched a mile it's scattered men patb,
cred Sill thnra MIA .a...-I -,