New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-06
Views on the Battle Field.


The follow my nre the individual experiences OF @
respectable ci,izen of Washington, who was vol
unseer nune to succor the wounded on the battle
ground Of Friday and Saturday beyond Bull Roo:
1 left Washington Sunday morning at III
o'olo, k 10 company with large passenger tran OF
volunteer pby.ici,ns aud purses. AT Alexandra
the ooctorp were requ. stcd TO remain. l Thank the
greater IIo OTion oi tie yillshs III the tfan .lso
went DO frrihrr. A number, however, proceeded Oh
the tram vi box and platform care. The greater part
Of u .se l.it at Fairfax Station, and probably re.
turned by the neat train To Washington. We lett
the train at Bul Run Bridge, and went on loot
through Uniop Mills Station to Centreville arriving
At 10 o o'clock ut night on Sunday.
i accompanied AL ambulance train OF about %
su,bul.,n e. irom CentIevilis 10 the battle-ground
under n tias Of 'rnee, arriving at tie latter point
about ~ o clock Oh Monday morning. Went to
work under dlr,ciiou Oi Medical Director NcFaT-
i,bc 20 biInK IN tie woondot from the Bsld. SOu,e
| 90 volunteer civilians were thus engaged. We
brou. h IN about 80 TO the Snrle headquarters,
beng thar sufii, eb. HI The ambniances pro-
vIded. Many wounded were also carried Oh stretch
Ihc woods and fields W points on the road
sIde where the amtulances might conveniently
rea.h Item. the auibulanees AID several baggage
Wagons were h,d Oh Monday evening with the
wounded who had received surgical attention, nun-
beriny about 2Je-leavng a6ou, ~ AZ Tie Surgeons
tenn oary headquarters, On tho field, nDprovidsd
tor The numJer Of w0unGed scattered over the
ii. ID 20 whom 10 succor has been odsd WAS
estimated by 4 surgeon WHO left on "Wednesday
morning Vt 2,000-proba ly loo high; Zoo would
probably lie nearer She NUM- or.
After much deLy, III taking the parole OF the
~, uuuded ia the an, aud vi " or 40 wounded who
were able ~ walk, The lraiu proceeded to Centre
vile arriving there about 4 y. III. Ii Was there
stopped by the Rebel officers in command Of tho
posl AID conducted to zen. Stonewail Jackson =
Headquarters, about five elk miles distant, where
we ar,ivrd IA b o clock p. III. After some two
dol. a mari ln Pal ra-
cei,ed irom G'n. Jackson pass through the Con- |
iedeiate HOES, ana We wtnded our way slowly back
to CenIevilie, over rough daik road, at great OK
prDso vi Soldering " the wUuhued rcacbDX there at
about ~ o'clock NJ might. There SO eamped and
distributed rome soup, Coffee and brundy 10 the
wounded. There supplies we received from the
10 els, who mad captured las ~e we're iufo med by
Que vi our surgeons, rho had remained " Centre
vile, IN change VI the ~ounoed tnere) Al wagon
l. ads OF our hospital .upt lies. As Tuesday night
iLeng hospital blankets Of tue captured stock, "
make the wound ed ns comfortable as possible.
Gun "Wednesday morning at sunrise Tie train |
started tor Washington, uneer the escort OF R-bel
officers, coming by The way OF Fairfax Court-H0use
aud Falls Church, and proceeded to Alexandra in
the evening.
INCIDENTS AND APPEARANCE OE THE BATTLE
FIELD.
Our own dead, with tie exception Of a few, were
lying nnburied up 70 Tuesday morning. The bodies
Of the DEAD and OF a large share Of the wounded
were stripped of their shoes, hats, Or caps. and All
u err accouternenis, ana their pockets riied OF
everything OF value. We were assured, however,
this WAS done by camp followers, aud that
81 ouewull Jarkson had dealt severely with the
nar auders whenever caught. We saw not single !
dead Rebel, and but very lew wounded. The Dead
i would seem, were carried from the field Tor the
most part and secretly buried. Our wounded state
hat on Sunday, when II great many OF the Rebels
Visiting the baL'lc field, they were kindly fur
iished with water and bascmts.
On Tuesday I'll citizens Of WashiD2ton-s portion {
n the volunteer cOrpspsssed us III the battle
ield Oh tLeir WY 10 Gen. Lees beadqussters, in
barge OF a Rebel guard. They had struggled
hrouub the enewy's lines without the protection Of
tag Of rruce, aud had been taken prisoners. pre-.
they were paruled, but Id possible that they
ave teen sent u Richmond b
We raw many thousands of the Rebel solders Il
Il ey are clad in all varieties OF coslum---ulauy of
/ EN- being bareiooted; but they are we'll armed.
nj although courteous, talk exultingly and de- u
Antly. a
While on the battlefield We saw two trains OF +
army wagons moving northwardly to. :,
Yard the Bull Run Mountains; also, several bat.
sries oil artillery moving IN the same direction. y
ron this W. Inferred that a movem.nt making
'ward the Upper Potomac; aud, from COMBINATIONS r
nth divers keOel parties think that Hills and ;,
ong treet's and Ewels iorces-Eweil bImeelf was "
"unded-have gone III that direction, and that It ia
!. intention Of the Rebels simply TO menace Wash
gion, while the true point aimed Ut is bv way If
eesburg into Mary land. jud 30 because they !.
ked confidently OF atlackil Washington, which :,
inferred Was to mislead US. These a counts and u
aiements were, however, from subordibats officers
ID privates re
The Kew. DIR. Burrows of Richmond, who s a
aphin III the Rebel army informed Us thai ~, wv
ore troops were on the way from Warrenton, CON-
< up. cannot say Wheeler he spoke truth.
We noticed that largo number Of horses IN keoe!
mos and also many baggage wagons, we're marked
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