, 1862-09-06
THE LATE BATTLES
I'M VIRGINIA.
The Manassas Battle Field
After the Fight.
Our Losses Heavy--Destructi0n OF
Properly Immense.
OUR ARMY FALL BACK
The Movement Ordered by the
Government.

in NV npte book On The bloody battlefield Of
Manassas Plain, while surrounded By the
white, cold bodies Of ], sou slain heroes Of the
and 5000 living soldiers OF the re-
1t ID O'Clock On Monday, Gen. Pope sent
flag Of truce with a corpse Of ambulances to
carry Of our wounded in the Saturdays fight
Your correspondent was kindly invited oy
the Rev. .Mr. Winslow,. chaplain OF the 9th
New York, to accompany theIraln.
Notwithstanding had no pass or anything
to shield me If the rebels had taken fancy to
taTe retained me prisoner, could not with"
stand the ruling passion OF curiosity which
tempted me to enter their lines.
The corps arrived at the onter line: of the
eremys Tidettes, stationed along the bank Of
Cnb Run, about II O'Clock, and the white Il ag
at once gave us admittance within their lines.
A curious group Of slouch-hatted, b1tternnt-
uniformed cavalry thronged around US, and
though detailed to escort US to the battle
field, stood around 1istlesEly staring at rs as
if We were q sort Of national horse show,
They we're very respectful, and cleVerly COM
mupicatiye. Chatting along the road, they |
took us to the battle field. Standing around |
and battalions, were about 5000 soldiers, |
dressed in every style Of dress conceivable, |
from surtout hunting jacket to muskrat
oVercoat. Some were dressed as civilians,
with nothing military about them except 8
sword or 8 rusty shotgun. They all asked Us
how long before the war would close. They
eaid, "All you had to do was to stop fighting
us, and peace would come, rs we were all sick
of the war.'' They said they for some time
had got nothing to eat or wear from the gov
ernment. They had not received single ra-
ton from tie government for the List ten
daye, but had lived On the couptFy and the
supply they took from us at Manassas; still
almost every man ayOWed his intention to
fight to the last ditch for their independence.
While the surgeons were taking OF the
iul had t,1,rt ind iT1fa fft1rrn
yersa,ion With group Of officers. Ian5 afered
all their questions firmly and strongly-and
| from the Tribune standpoint. They asked
| what right We had to contscate their negroes.
I told Them they we're contrahand Of war in
every ssnse Of the term, and that persons OF
most limited military knowledge should un-
de1st2nd the policy and necessity Of depfiyiag
| thtm of the labor OF a man who titled their
| fields and allowed them to go to WAT. They
asked what right We had to eonfscate their
property. told them that every nation i'd
mitIed the right to cont1scate the property OF
traitors, and that they themselves even went
| fur her-for when they contiscated the debts
due Northern men, they confscated, not the
property of traitors, but what they term a
common enemy. Our conversation was deep
II Interesting, and was participated in with
much good feeling.
HOW THE FIELD LOOKED.
Our dead lay untouched Us they fell in hat
tie, With the exception Of their caps and shoes.
did not seea single instance among the whole
1,SC0 dead, where The shoes had not been ritled.
These were pa1liating circumstances, for many
Of the rebels were harefo0ted-
The rebel dead and wounded had all beer
disposed Of, and not single vestige OF sick
killed, or wounded remained on the ield
Even the struggling soldiers did not knoH
whtre they had been taken to. They wer*
evidently buried secretly in the night BY ne
groes, tor occasionally in deep TaElnc can't
; across mounds sometimes ten or fifteen fee
square, where their victims had been secre1e.
: from the gaze Of their own men.
SHOW OF e. S. PROPERTY.
During the afternoon train OF wagon
marked q. s, and also 8 u s. battery, wer
7 dra~n by Us, as if to attract our attention, q
I then thought hut afterwards rode alon
I where train OF wagons three quarters OF
: mile long wtra moving toward, Gen. Hill
c division, situated about two miles north OF tt
8 battle-ground. Among this Train I uotlcs
7 many q. s. wagons and horses. The majorl
il c, ulmand Of Ihe this train WAS the first tra
n that had arrived from their base OF suppl
since the army had marched through The
u uuphtare Gap. During the Intervening tin
1t the rebels bad subslsted en- the country.
re Being dressed in a semi-mll1sary suit
advantage Of this, I pushed beyond the Sc
tries on the right Of the battlefield where t
aG1h New York had fought in S4Lurday's bl
tie knew it Was the battle-ground Of t
es 18th from the killed and wounded on
- ground. From this commanding po>itio,
e. lad a view OF Longstreet's division rs it !
n, ercamped On the distant bills, and gen
on slipping from the north towards Manas
IS | p!a,ns.
:, a cavalry man came up and enqui
In Of the soldiers where Hills division was {
TONED, and were directed to point to
mt | east Of LoDgstreets command l belt
-, from what learned In this reconnoissa
-, that the rebels intend 70 retrogade mo
OF mc1t, and that they will not for some ii
ioY venture an attack on our column.
th learned here that Gen. f veil was won
49,. ed in the Thursday's battle, and that his
'uf Lad been ampntated above the knee.
~ TIE ARMY SAFE
LUG There were apprehensions that the eBe
zee had been heavily reinforced, aud that bel
out the arrival Of relnforcemensa from Met
-. Ian tie rebels might advance under the
mentary prestige they had gained, and tn
their whole force Oh our left Il ink, comm!
1ew cd by G.n. Mcdowell. As Frdnklin's
o-;. Sumler's reserve force swept up from A
a., sndria, these approximations ceased, and
sne army va. sale. Gen. Sumner, with his
O. nsula veterans, composed OF RienArdse
sedgwick'e, and kimbalt's divisions,
posted on the right wing, and Frank1i
an. The center. Fires we're built, tents {
ices struck, and thus the army lay On their 8
ntry until morning, awaiting the enemy. Mo-.
as Of Importance transp1red during the NIGH
00Sf- l01AAE ARHAS0 O4A lAt~ AAA~e
it of OF Doth armies. recohnoiesauee Hou,
narr | a1my revealed the fact that the enemy did
Tree attempt to follow after the battle OF the
hat. before.
tile far as BnlI Run. The truth ID Jhey hai
mean the heart or the power to follow. 4
Y to o'clock On Sunday their plckets made g
The | show on our extreme LETT; hut they were
CESS. t stnt back oy lew fandom saots 1rom
pr;n. artillery. This movement on the part o
I~++ - Ar S9y1$f In
mats tnt1Dy was 10 donbt maoe as 1elnt lo
rters cur aHebtlo1 irom IN 1nteuotu tatu "
that supply trains, extending to the right and
{ not alUrs the Fairfax road.
iieial i RAID ON THE WAGON TRAINS
ounQ Was made about i've o'clock on Sunday,
aua nilee from Fairfax Court Houee, towards
1rso. tresiIle, by 3 regiment OF Cavalry under
seea- hugh Lee. One company Of the I'd U
:hing Go1,ta;n H;oht commanding the comoan,
1roas few random shots were fred into the T
loms trains, which, at this time, extended in 6
nlues tinucus line from CentreVi.le TO A1exa
essa' No other damsge was done than 1o CIT
us- harml. IS excitement among the Civilians
70 pe thropged the thoroughfare.
a1a,t MoSDAY's OPERATIONS.
us IN Monday morning lhte!Hge1ce
asted | ceived at Eeadq0arte1s that the di11slt
them | Hill ard LoDgstreet intended to appear {
r folly night in force and cnt otf our supply,
ssons IL prevent this consummation, the di
ot Gentral Reno Vas dispatched BY u
lowell potc to Fairfax Court House It VA
e day deEmed prudent to Commence the eTac
on it, ot Cen11eyllle. to cover our base Of opera
, had inazmuch as Generals Hill and Long
.etl the we're known to be In force some dtstan
If he ward Washington from the battlefield {
force urd6y, and as a reconnaissance to the
routed had revealed an anticipated movement
| after same direction by the enemy.
ed the The amy Of Virginia commenced r
.1n his toward Fairfax Court House on Mon
With 3 O'clock, Rtno>s division leading the
It and McDowelrs corps following.
these ABOUT OUR woCSDED-REBL5 REPEL
take OF TRCcF THAT TRET MAI HAVE II
elect ROB The DEAD.
~ ~ as WASHINGTON, Sept. l,
of The We left Washington On Saturday e
,houjd after the battles of that and the preyio1
Il ha7 With view to get as near the battle t
Lack Of poetahle, II ofaer 10 atten9 lo "onnoe
is the bury the dead. Reaching Centrevilte g
q been day morning early, We found, much
70 lives o'sappolh, 1hsnl, ihst 5ne slctory We
:nce Of cur aiins naa acaleseo, nag oesn cnang
3ective souetn1ns Athe q oeieae- ncDo"eu, y y
orarily tLe Ni1, "os SO uI1oItunate as 10 % =
It We Wi1c oa5 csne4e alnosS ~ tue hatne ii
a year oach WAnou1, no~Ssel, pelos ptUhel.
~ a ~ was almost Simultaneous. and ne had t
hara X the battle field with most Of our de
wounded TO ths enemy The aurgeont
haraaf. sumo, during the engagement, had SUI
q dis, In bringing OF several Of the wounded
q hive dase, ana dreeeing the wounds Of mai
worthy :Huos uuHi.nu 10Y, uau ~ - .TsH - -.
1 | hrr dref1 nnnr ft11osrs who we're badly