The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-06

right was firm, and only at the calm dis
cretion of its generals. Unaccountably
to me at the time, SO soon as we fell
back from the left, the musketry almost
entirely ceased. We were pursued by
shells only. 1t is probable that the enc
my dared not advance lest Heintzelman
and Sigel should fall upon his flank as
he should pass by them. Sigel had not
had his fight out, nor had Heintzelman,
and the enemy was hardly in condition
for another battle Immediately. 1t is
possible, also, that Banks corps was
nearing the feld-he was known to be
at Manassas early in the day-and they
may have seen his advance and been
afraid. 1t was all done in two hours.
Another corps upon the field would have
frustrated that rush of overpowering
numbers upon one point Those num-
bers were so overpowering that they sue
ceeded before men could be moved
against them from any other part of the
field Franklin lay at Centreville, Sum-
ner at Arlington Hights Why had they
not been sent to Pope FIVE days before,
as they were ordered, and as he ex-
pected2 .qnJ rbre fa
/ forded Bull Run in the dusk of the
evening and sat some time looking at the
crossing of meh and trains Wldle con-
versing with General Butterfeld, who had
withdrawn his men only when ordered,
although he had made the attack at that
point and was in the advance, "a shell struck
the ground some twenty feet from us,
and in its ricochet passed over our heads.
/ instinctively lodged and my horse
sprang forward The General did not
move muscle until he smiled as he re-
marked, that his horse was too accus-
toned to those things to be disturbed by
them. A moment after another shell
knocked a wagon to pieces close by. The
fragments were taken out of the roads
and the train moved on undisturbed. |
recalled the scenes at this crossing of
he'same place year ago after that bat
tie, and knew that this was no panic.
Riding on toward Centrevifle, which
is six miles from the field, about mid
way | met Franklin's corps, which, hav-
ing learned the position of affairs, that
the whole army was retiring to Centre
ville-was on the point of retracing its
steps--I marched With it to Centreville.
Richardson's division and Kimballs S
brigade of Summers corps arrived here
during the night from Alexandria, and
this morning Sedgwick's division, being
the balance of the same corps, is coming
in from Arlington Hights.
Altogether the position appears favor
able. These two corps comprise not less
than 10000 veteran soldiers, under the
best of the Peninsula Generals. Besides
these, there is Banks corps, l0, 900 strong,
which must be somewhere in the neigh
borhood, for / do not credit the rumor
that he is cut off, though he may have
been forced to destroy his trains. This
last conjecture is strengthened by heavy
| explosions having been heard in the di-
rection of Manassas junction last night.
1t is estimated this morning, that at least
$4,000 men of those engaged on Friday
and Saturday are still in their ranks
Add to these bodies % 900 newly volun-
teered men, which have been ordered
here from Washington, and there is a
total of over 100, 600 ready, within twen-
ty-four hours, to meet the enemy-that
number exclusive of Banks. n9
The army engaged yesterday is under
stood to be concentrating here, though
much of it camped but little this side of
Bull Run, and has not yet come up. l
take it there will be no fighting to-day; +;
the enemy will not attack us here. But
| do take it that we shall advance before
three days. l
A gentleman Just from Washington re-
ports that it is rumored there that large
rebel force is marching up the valley
with the design of penetrating Maryland.
There need be no fears of any thing OF
the sort. We have their whole force in
front of us, and fought Jackson, Ewell
| and A. p Hill Friday afternoon, and all
these with Lee and the entire rebel horde
Saturday They still need every man
they can muster to oppose Pope, who is
not the man to be held on the defensive
by portion of their army | repeat
Pope will resume the offensive before
they have time for any such maneuvers.
A few incidents, and must go to bed
in a clover field. Among the last epi
sodes on Friday was charge ofthe Har
ris Cavalry, simultaneous with the ad
vance of Hatch and Doubleday, where oul
left was being sharply pressed. Led b,
Lietuant- Colonel Fitzpatrick, 500 mel
charged straight up the road into the yer,
teeth of the enemy S position. How the,
struggled was seen by no one, for nc ey,
could penetrate the gathering darkness
thicker for clouds of smoke and dust -
But one-fourth of them were of the unre
turning brave, and the contest was of bu
twenty minutes duration. The regiment
was engaged again on Saturday, witt
considerable loss.
/ At one time in the early part of Friday
Hampton's Pittsburg Battery, attache'
I to Schurz's division, by some changing Q
commands, was left unsupported Just a
) it was charged upon. Grape at shor
: range twice repelled the assailants, bu
three eannoniers, as many horses and on
gun were disabled. The third time th
: rebels were seen advancing, Capt HamE
3 ton gave the order to timber up. Th
/ disabled gun remained with the enemy
: Gen. Sigel highly commended the bate
| ry. hsa ia 3ae a b.
| While stretched upon the ground, be
: hind the crest of hill, and watchin
t rebel shells pass over me, l noticed tha
: a part of them went pitching through tn
e air eend over eend, snorting and tun
2 bling, but never exploding, while other
n | -oo1,ld ccaroalv See but fhov- seemed I