New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-10

not lo iitehpt 70 go uivh tne battle-ground but To
load 10 with wounded AZ this Il CO. which v,as go
siiered no the time 10 lie IL d.nQer til, occ sonad
much delay, and WAS well nigh prevented by =
panic. consequent on ire appearance vi few
,loanted men at distance. No sooner were these
seen rhan one of the doctors iujadls iously com.
menced shouting to the drivers to fall back, which
thAy did pell nell. This rassed, however, and the
civilians, of whom few stil remained, doing what
was in their power, assisted the wounded Into the
vehicles.
Distant firing was heard at this time, which bur.
ried OFF the remaining vehicles, as it was supposed
that fighting might commence at any moment.
Banks WAS reported engaged with the enemy at
Bristow Station, and few persons pushed over ths
Bull Run Bridge, at Backburns Ford, with stores,
determined to assist the wounded Of Bankss army.
StragRlers hurrying toward Centrsvie, 4 read the
news Of tho destruction OF that Generals trains by
bis own forces, and Of his retreat toward Centre
vile. This soon became evident. Trains OF ambn-
lances conveying the wounded made their appear-
ance, and were followed by the brgGdes o. Bankss
army corps moving rapidly 10 Bull Run which they
crossed on the bridge at Blackburn's Toid and
marching to the top Of the hill halted on the
ground upon which Richardson's Bug ide and Sher-
mans Battery formed for the battle o. BackbaIns
Ford Last year.
GEN Banks worn but indomitable, rode along his
lines and proceeded 10 headquarters a, Centrevile
whittier 1t was necessary for all concerned to 20 in
search of shelter. DR.. Grigsby's bouse-aready
sacred to newspaper corrcspondenis-oieieil 's ac-
customed SHELTER entirely without furniture smelling
badly, and very dirty. Here some oI Us slept on
tie tOards, lying down with the prospect Of the
almy's falling back before morning. VI st Of the
citizens that had arrived sent back by order Of
Pote, go that very few remained Wiz tie army.
These ad stayed till the mud should try mp, before
undertaking the journey. Meanwhile long tram
was vending ito way 10 Fairfax, consisting or
wagons, ambuauces. carriages OF az knds, infantry,
cavalry AID artillery, Of the guns " b. latter
being carried slung under the linbers owing 10 their
CARR ses having been destroyed in tie iiyAt.
Before retiring, and while looking oui from tho
ocagon fort the center II The snemys oil wor ks at
Ceu.go yiileat tits time occupied by the new brass
Napoleons OF TIE LIST Massachusetts battery-ab.
Other line Of the Union army could be traced wiod'
ing dow the WarIen'On Turnpike. his WAS Sum-
ner's corps. AT Cab Run. W.lton's battery was
sLelling the Rebel oatposis, and away iroia out on
the bills aid plains Of Manassas rose the smoke OF
Rebel biyOuac free, traceaJie as lar as thorough
i4re Gap in the Bull Run Mountains, whence Nc
Dowe.l YreciptaIely retreated i4st Thursday week
az, before Two three squadroDs OF the enemy cav.
airy, deeertng an almost inn regnabc petition and
leaving The passage freeior tie Rebel hosis The IN.
comleteHcy OF Gen. Mcdowell the soldiers are very
bitter, and cal 1t reasonl has certainly made iiseit
evident and when Hooker succeeded lin IN CON
uand The 10y of the soldiers was great
Lady next morning an orderly awOkc ne. HE
fsl. o. Truce which Pope had asked OF Gen. Lee by
letter tue day etore granted, aud Doctors, sol.
dicrs, citizens, volunteers, &e, departed With the
train of 8ubuiances 10 the neid OF Saturdays tight,
very insuilCiently suplLed with stores, and with
trns ortalion for about Onequarter OF tie -uierers
who we're now passing their third day the ground
where tuey lad fallen. The road taken the
Narrenton pike, over the ford at Cab Rum the same
road which, on July 81 1901, WAS the scene II the
terrible panic which succeeded the battle OF that
day. fought the erouod As the battle Of Last
SATURDAY.. No sIgns OF that Old pane remains, but
OCCASIONAL east away mu.kets bayo4 cts, -quipnents,
burned wagons and portions OF gun-carsisges, ara
the scattered wounded hmping on sticks and
roughly constructed crutcies Established the line Oh
the present retreat.
After reaching the well remembered White House,
Gen. Iyers hoe ital Ut the former battle, and pass-
ing tie woods where Sc encks and SDermane
brgades posted on that day, the train len tho
road and dvergng to the left, crossed bull Kun al
n ford some distance below the Stone Bridge. Very
picturesque the APP earancs OF this spot. Tho
an bulancss preceded by the white fag, and accom-
paI led by an unarmed cavalry escort, wound devi-
ously down the broken slope into the Rum over
looked by platoon of the Southern cayalry-the
kets OF their army But short disanc- from the
river large bodies of their horsemen came in sight.
The LIST Virginia was hating alongside the ROAD
fine body OF men, evidently all OF the better order Of
Southern society, well mounted, well armed, hand
some, resolute looking fellows, tier gray dress
in better condition man that OF tae infantry,
but very much varied. Some 10 citizen clothes
Beside these, the road was filled with their strag-
gcrs, among whom the North and South Caro-
luiaus we're decidedly the worst looking The sgns
OF battle here painfully evident, dead soldiers
lay stark in the road aud alongside the hank; dead
horses filing the air with carrlon smell, added TO the
horror Of the place. At tie stonehouse used at tho
fret rs well rs this battle as h hospital large
pile of muskets. In the lyhbOrlng ieds, strewed
with dead horses, were also stray eaissons, imbeS
aud cannous, here Parrot gun, there howlzer,
while away 10 tue right battery OF five Napoleon
twelyes was pointed out having been taken in the
last fight.
Soon the battlefield could be seen thickly dot
ted with carcases OF horses and bodies OF men, Not
less than 1850 killed and wounded were lost here.
In the rear VI these fields In little orchard where
the enemy took the Napoleon battery, the nag or
truce halted.
After little delay the citizens, to the number Of
80, formed line by Themselves, and the sol
diers WHO had been detailed TO accompany
the expedition to bury the dead, made up another.
The latter went oil in details to perform their duty,
aud the civilians, in squads OF eight, accompanied
the ambulauces carving stretchers, upon which
tbey placed wounded, fast as they found them,
and carried them 10 tue anlbuances. Attracted py
the req bags OF Duryees Louaves, we proceeded 10
the field where they ay-neaIly hundred OF the -
shattered, torn, and bloody, IN every conceivable
stage Of misery. Exhaustion bad been the cause Of
death with some whose wounds were not otherwise
mortal One man still clutched The earth, rs In the
Last struggle for breath. Another, tall, square,
browed, Koman-faced hero, prone on his Dack-had
his face turned 70 the sky III marble repose. By
his side mere boy Laid, II III death he had sought
the protection of the stawart arm which had be-
friended his weaker nature In life.
All this was very sad but some Of the horrors Of
that place are almost nameess The blackened,
shattered corpses it Is horrible even to think
Of. As for the wounded their case was
infinitely worse. Away from help, on
The bloody ground where they fell dying by inches,
10 many recovery was Impossible. Although the
straggers OF the Rebel army had taken shoes and
clothing from the dead, and even from the living,
none had been itreaed, on tie contrary, all spoke
with gratitude OF the manner ia which they had