New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-02
able AMI short of ammunition, and many horses
kied or dia.bIed

killed or disabled.
After having taken position rs ordered, tne corps
of Slaior-G Gen. Porter pa sed between tne enemy
syd o1r lines. and was forming /, line OF battle Oh
The omen field before the fret corps and that OF zen
Reno. masking thereby our Whole front, not undeF-
s,,rGipg the object OF this movement, anu D'lnB re-
ouesied by one of the stall officers OF ten. Ior'tr
TO give nv opinion in regard 10 the grouhd before
rs Immediately rode over 10 the reneia oI'cIJ
and suoge.ted that in accordance with the general
pl,n his troops shonld pass more 10 the reht ana
ioin those of Gen Kearney on orr e&Teme rgh,,
and direct Ina attack against the enemy lev ndha
ard rear also nfor ned him that there were 700
MANY troops rlassed IN the center, hhu trie pen'
Pono and myself would take care Of the woods IN
his front.
While this was going on, received repeated re-
,o,,s That The enemy was shifting his troops from
The Gainesville Turnpike 10 his right. therefore
orleycd the 4th New-Nork Cavalry, under Lieut.
Col. Nader. to advance in that direction, between
Teorms ket and Grovetor, passing behind our left
and 10 scout the country as far as they cond 20.
lao sent one regiment of Gen. Scbencks division to
the left of our position as outpost, to observe the
eneu,'s movements. After the lapse OF about an
hour received notice that the cavalry pckete bad
forrd The ene.ay and that tho latter Has moving
agalns, orr ieit.
cent the messenger who brought this intelligence
IN Geo. Pope's headquarters. Shortly afterward
received. ~ Col. Kuggles, Chief Of Stph OF Gen.
Pope an order to occupy the Bald-heafei hill on
nv LEFT with one brigade, who! ma immediately.
Ucnnwiils Gen. Porter's troops, who had not
/ cbsnaad their positi)n advanced into tie woods.
where va had lost thousand men the daY before.
/ abont this time on our LETT, where Gen. Reynolds
was pasted, tie musketry and cGnnona1ing began to
increase.
/ Tho troops Of Cen Porter had wholly disappeared
in the woods winch lei me TO believe that the enc
my hni LEFT lie position In part. md that the
intention Of Gem Pope - advance the first COPS
/ tie Gainesville turnpike Suddenly, heavy dir
charges began in 'front.' the corps OF 'en Porter hav-
inc I.et lie euemv, VINO WAS Autobiography posted
behind well-adapted brcasiwork-the old Maaas-
"a, Gan Railroad track. 81 he Wme time the enemy
opened with shell aud sod shot qgainst our center
aud len wing. oar batteries replied promptly and
,piritedy ard from the general Appearance OF the
battle il was evident We had the whole army a tho
enemy before ns.
In yvas noyg about ; D. M when awaiting the for
th.r development of the battle, received dispatch
throush Gen. Mcdowell, and written by Gen. Por-
ter expressing his doubt Us TO the final I,suli OF BIS
attack and requesting Gen. Mcdowell To "pnsh
Sip.l forward Although had not received posi-
tive orders from Gen. Pope, immediately made the
IecesGary preparations either TO aseist Gen Porter
or TO r-sft an attack OF the enemy, should he repel
Gen Porter and advance against my own POSITION
IN the CENTER by directing Gen. Stsh TO deploy hls
brigade in 'front.' and Gen. Scharz 10 form ms regi-
Inenis IN u line OF reserve.
/ During the execution Of these movements, Gen.
Porter's troops came ont of the woods. bringing n
great humber OF wounded with them. In answer 20
nv question why they were retiring after 30 short
time ,hey said that they were out OF Ammunition.
Expecting that IN. enemy would follow up this
,etrogade movement OF whole corps with strong
force kept my troops well together to meet sucn
AN event Thus we stood when suddenly incessant
voleys Of musketry betrayed the enemy IN great
force on our let and showed clearly his real plan 0!
attack.
To assis. Col McLean's brigade on our left di.
recfed Gen. Milroy . join his brigade with that of
Col. Mclean. In executing this order, however,
Gen Milloy directed bis brigade more to the rear
than was intended by NE. BY this disposition an
interval Of several hundred PAGES left between
thee two brigades by which the enemy penetrated,
attacking Col Mci>ean'S troops In tho rear, and
compelling them 90 change their front 20 the left.
/ They thereby partially evacuated the position they
ni.d occupied on the hill.
/ = was his moment that Gen. Sclenck was &c.
vcrely wounded ~ tue head Of It's tro0ps, whom he
had repeatedly led sgsins' the overwhelming
, II tho enemy, when Gen. Reynolds, who at the
beginning 81 the battle had depoyed his troops IN
front aud 10 the left Of Col. MoIean'- brigade,
ehnr.rd lis pOsition ard withdrew hs battery from
hill TO ihe left Of Gainesville turnpike, near Grove
ton. The enemy iniueiiatoly took possession of
tho hill, POSTED battery there, and Immediately
spread his infantry out over the high and woodcd
ground before Col. Mcisans brigade, and on the
flank and nlmos, ~ the rear Of our center
/ To dflodse tie enomy irom his gained posi-
ton Ordered forward three regiments OF infantry
Nu4fi 'AAs htlANss Nii' hANfl n NlltNtt tikl Ter
FIRE boldly advanced against the hills but could not
iegnin the lot ground. IL THIS attack have to re-
gret he loss OF the Intrepid Col. kOites. who was
killed while executing the movement ordered. His
brigade though nearly decimnied, succeedoi in pro-
tecins center aud preventing the turning Of our
flank. To avoid the destruction ~ our trolps
from lie sweeps 81 the cncmy's batteries, IA the
main attack wac now orr left, ordered Gen.
Schurz % withdraw his division from the low ground
under cover Of our artillery, and take position OK
fi.i M At ON Irtra
toward the left
The br laie Of Gen. Siahl followed ills movement.
and formed in line OF battle on our right. fmmedi-
stely IN font OF his position, a hill 10 the night
/ north " the etorehouse placed battery Of The
/ ,th Regulars, which | had met on the turnpike.
| Ibis battery behaved nobly, and maintained it,
position until the last hour Cant. Dilyuss battery
occupied more advanced position, near Groyeton.
/ Capt. Dickmau's vEs on our left, and Capt Sher-
mer Oh our night, with Gen. Stable brigade. Gen.
Milroy, with his brigade, with tho assistance Of
several additional regiments which be he'd brought
/ forward, succeeded in repulsing the enemy on the
left. In this gallant exploit his horse shot under
him.
We maintained our position until night had cloeed
! in upon us, when Gen Pore ordered general re-
treat. Following the troops OF Gen. Porter and
Mcdowell, my corps crossed iOungs Branch, where
IL remained for two hours, until the commands OF
Gems. Mcdowell, Reno, and Kearncy had crossed
Bull Run by the ford near tho stone bridge, and the
"nvio 'h'i "ub p"er" oN'i t"o piiHkts ~ WIS
now between and 10 ?. IN. | then marched to the
turnpike. crossed the bridge over Bull Run aud took
poelon on tie left aud night Of the bridge, throw
ING my plckets out the other South side OF the
creek toward the battlefield Soon afier AN
officer Of Gen. McDowells staff directed me 10 fall
tack, as { enemy was threatening the line of re-
treat
II was now after midnight, when / ordered my
command to continue its march toward Centrevills
fret destroying the bridge across Bull Run. Our
rear guard was composei Of part of Gen. Srhurz'a
division, two pieces of Capt. Dilyer battery, and
detachment Of (Col. Kane ~ Bucktll Rifles which
had come MP with several guns collected on their
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