, 1862-10-06

Gen. Siyers otlieial report Of the part taken
by bis corps In the battles III Vir5inte On the
a9:h and 3lth Of Aug ust, states thai on tho
morning Of August 25th the rebels had HISS
I'd twenty.e!ght regiments Of infaatry, six
batteries and several regiments Of cavalry in
front Of bis position at Waterloo Bridge;
that towards sunset Oh that day bis position
became extremely critical In consequence Of
tne want of rcInforccnlents; that he fell back
10 Wafrenton on the 2Gth, and on the 9Th
he pushed forward to Gainesville. On the
morning of the 2Sth he marchsd towards
Manassas, aud at night received orders to
"attack the enemy vigorously" the next
morning. HI accordingly lnadetho necessary
preparations ut night, aud formed In order Of
battle at daybrcak, having aseertafned that tue
enemy was In considerable force beyond
roupg's DlAIch. The attack WAS made and
The rebels defeated. Gen. sigcl says Of the
fight eve had won the leIi of battle, aud
our army rested near their dead and wounded,
who lntIao gloriously defended thelcauso Of
this country" After the battle Of August 80
lie Gays;
ton Saturday. the Stu Of August, was IN.
formed bY Maj0r GENERAL Pope INIT tt WAS bis
in,tntio to break tho cnem.'s }eft,' aud
that !, with the first corps, shonld mold tho
g, lie, N 'jor General Reno should TAX; posi-.
my lelt. Tho tlrsi corps took position behind
Giuyctowl,, IN the right oil the Gainesville
turnpike. My rtlue;t to have Two 'atteries
10 rctesye behind the centre for certain emer.
gencics-one Of General R-no's and one Of
wi]l, ai,l!4 ugh all my batteries wers llloro or
ltes worked doWn, srverh pieces lluservicc.
a;le MD short oil ammunition, and many
horses killed OF disabled.
\ "Abont p. m.. Wien awaiting tho
further ds sSciepment of the battle, received
Niittcn ey General Porter, expressing hls
d. nit as 10 tue final r. suit If his attack, and
| requesting Geueral Mcdowell 10 'push Sfgel
frrwaro.' Although i had not received pus'
tive orders from Gcut r.l Pope, iilmediltc!y
nndc thu necessary preparations euher. TO
nssist General Porter or 10 resist an attack Of
| The enemy, should liz repai General Porter
and advance nsatukt INF own position in the
centre, hy directing GslGsal Stancl 10 dep'oY
| his t1tsaesc In trout, and General Schurz to
fvru, lis regiments it, l'ne of rescryc.
| "Duting lllc execution Of these movesncnts,
Gtuclnl ro1te,'s troops came our Of the
| u6ods, bringing great number Of wounded
! with them. Ii answer to my question why
| they we're retiring alter 80 short time theg
| sud that they were out OF ammunittoa. Ex-
ptcting tint the enemy would follow up thld
! rctrygade movement OF whole corps with a
to meet such au event. Thus VIC etood, when
suddenly incessaut yolltys Of mnske'ry b.
ttayed the enemy In great forte Oh our lett,
ard showed clearly his real plau oil attack.
ITO assist Cal McLtaufs brigade on OUT
left, directed Gen: Aillroy to JON bis brigade
order, however, Geu. Mflroy directed hts brig.
| al, .sOte to the rear than WAS intended DY
me. Dy tn,.,s disposition an interval OF several
hundred paces vs. left between these two
bliradcs, hy which tue enemy penetrated, at,
tacFlng Col. McI.ean's troops III tho rear, aud
compiling them to change tdefr trout to the Il
LEFT. TLcy thereby partially ,cyAcu ,ted ths
ave maintaintd our position until night
bad c}ostl In upon us, when Gen. PuPo or
de1ed general Ietrolt. Following the troops
OF Gcps. Porter and Mcdowell, my corp:
crossed iounR's BrAnch where It rema,meo 81 nnns
Mcdowell, Reno aud Kcsrney had crossed
Bull Run, b5 the ford near the stone bridge,
sud tie whole train hid passed over the bridge.
II WAS now between 0 and 10 p: ~. l then
t9 tLe tu5Dpks fho tha o'ag
and right Of the bridge, throwing my picke,te
out on thu other (sou.h) side of tho creek. r,
toward the battlr field. Soon after an officer
OF Gen, DieDoWeii's staff directed mo to ta'
back, as tho enemy was threatening tho LIMO o.
retreat,
lit was nov niter midnight, when I Or
dcred my command to continue It's march 81 to .
wards Centreviite, frat destroying the bridge
across Bull Run. Our rear guard was com
posed Of part Of Gen. .sehurz's division. tWt
t hient oi col. Kanss Bucktalf Rides. whicl
had come up With ssysr1 r rst gauts g;est co!
reached Centrevil}e OF daylight on. tn
3ist Of August, ny command q9 tfa oneam fSanoR
monts OF that place, attached TO me Wltn gu
arrival at Freeman's Ford: Our losses az datln q
lie two day's battle in killed, Wounded, Cd, a. o.
missing, according to the oclal lists sent III u
ore ninut5.two officers and l,s9l non'comm's
STONED tfl1cers and privates.
WTo be Inst to the officers and soldiers UT
der NV coIl,nsnd, must say tha. they psl
to,mcd ileir duties during taodtiferen; lnovt $"
m,nts md regiments of the whole CT
.,a}pn with the greatest promptness: eh
r md jortttude. Commanders Of disiaione !.
hIirafaee. Of reg;men's md batteries aud tn
Q cn1, T,anatts .,T 0ur small cavalry fofse hav
/. sss;,ttd nc U. DIR oil circumstances cheerful
aud to lie utmost gt !lejr ability, lad 10 In,