Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-01
fHE LATE ATTACK AT MANASSAS AND
BRISTOw
ISPATCH FROM GEN MCDOWELL


mating an attack aud retiring. IS his cavalry did
On Friday night last ct Cattett's. he had taken up
= position on the railri dd, near Bristow, four
IN les south Of Manassas, had burned Two railrot d
trains, torn up the track, cut the telegraph, and
took prisoners all the guards along the read.
Thsse reports prove to have been true, snd the
events o: Wednesday Showed his determlnaton
not 10 be easily driven from the nei2h oorhood
II seems frcm what can be learned from the
rebel wounded In our hands that Jackson ar
Ewell started from the vicinity or Wansnton
Springs on Sunday with three divisions, crossed
ih- Rappahannock some six mics south OF the
Blu. Ridge, and proceeded BY way OF Orleans
and Salem to Brisrow. making the distance In
about two and q half days. On reaching this
point their st obi ct OF attack was the house Of
MIR Lipscomb, where ten officers were stopping,
and who were at the time sitting on the back
porch smoking. The house was attacked In both
front and rear. The bullet holes In the wood and
plaster, with the fact !ht none Oh the party were
wounded, showed that the rebels were poor mark
men. The cavalry, with the en- Ire party, how
| ever, with the exception Of Captain o. A: Field
enmore, were taken prisoners The captain e.
capped to the garrett ana finding snug little hole,
succ eded In escaping their vigiiance, though
| they made thorough seatch all over the house.
He lay concealed till next day, and only emerged
from his hiding place wien the battle was pro-
gre s:ing, aid our brave boys were driving the
enemy past the house
TIE names Of the Ulcers taken prisoners are a.
follows: Lieut. Col. Pierson. LIST New York VII
unteers Lieut. Allen and two other Iieutenants Of
the same regiment; lieutenant Of the 57th Penn.
sylvan;a; 1st Lieutenant Of company B, lO5th
Pennsylvania Volunteers; captain Ct the ath
Maine, and Lieuts Johnson and Pend ergrast, 80 b
New York Volunteers Their next attack wss
upon a company Ct the lGsth Pennsylvania cav
airy left t. guard the rOa two or three of whom
were killed ane the remainder supp7oed 70 be
captured. train ofemp,y cars then came alsng
from Warrenton, and vas fired into by regi-
ment Of infantry and one Of cavalry, but escaped
with ut serious injury.
O,ders wee issued by Jackson to tear up the
track, which was done, and the second train
com ng along ran of the track and was fred into;
third following ran into the second and was
also fred into and some persons on board taken
prisoners A fourth train made it, appearance,
but suspecting something wrong, stopped at a
dista nee and blew It's whistle and being answered
by one of the others, backed and returned toward
Warrenton The two trains were then fred un-
der direction Of Jackson and entirely consumed
mile dawn the track and burned the bridge at
Cattle Run, tore up some thirty feet Of the ira X
and cu'the telegraph; they also burned the bridge
a3ross Bread Run at Brstow.
On Wednesday morning, Ewell's division was
placed In position on edch side of the railroad
having three batterles-one on the right, one on
the left and The other near the railroad-with In
fantrY cavalry between, The entire force being
concealed behind brentwood and the railroad
bank with an open field in front. Our troops
sent down from Warrsntnn junction to attack
them corsiated Of Hookef's division, with por-
tion Of kearneys, but the latter, Il 10 said, did
Mt get chance to enter into the contest Gen.
Hooker was In command, and not expecting the
enemy to be in any large force, gave g charge
through piece II woods and into the cleared
fpa.e, when a murderous FIRE was opened from
the entire line Of the enemy, the batteries throw
Ing grape and canister, the most Of which, how
ever went over the heads o. our troops, but the
Are from the line Of infantry was very d. s'ructive.
Sone regiments were com pelea 10 fall back TO the
" ocds, but on being supported BY others rallied,
and after firing several volleys repeated the charge
when the rebels broke and retreated, our brave
boys pursuing them, shouting and yelling.
The 3D. New Jersey brsaIo was commanded
by Colonel Carr, who had his horse shot while
riding across the field urging his men on to tn G
attack. his is the brigade Which uobly hell
the extreme left the battle Of tUie nsbufs four
hours, sustaining lose there Of over 900 Killed
aud wounded. Adjutsnt Be- ed cts horse was
also shot during the action. L!euten ant Colonel
Potter, commanding I'd Regiment Excesior
Brigade, was snot In the hand while leading his
men.
The pursuit was continued till dark, the enemy
retreattng towards Manassas The result Of this
acL,' n was that the enemy was completely beaten
almost equal to our own. Our l, 81 was about so
killed and over 200 wounded, n com plete list Of
which was collected but lost. The I'd New York
io,: about 10 efdcers and some 90 or 100 In killed
add wounded The Excelsior Brigade sut1-red
severely; the physicians on the ground fDr Nor
row, Of the "a New Hampshire, being tho only
name recollecD exerted Themselves to relic "a
the wounded, and although the accommodations
for performing operations were very poor, they
succeeded during the afternoon aud night in at
tending to all.
Gen. Pope arrived on the ground late in the
ev. ming, and proceeded toward the scene of
action, but the fighting was then over, and the
enemy In full retreat Jackson had left for Ma
nassas during the day, with his division, where
ne Pl;,agsd me place, capturing large numos,
the telegraph builo ing and few shanties After
taking IF their own old rags and putting on our
good clothing, and helping themselves 10 food,
they could carry away out Of the cars, about 100
OF which were at that place, for the greater ,rt
loaded with supplies for our army, they set fire
to all Of them, and they now present one mass Of
portion Of two regiments Of New Jersey infantry,
which had arrived there during the forenoon,
and they Immediately attacked them, our troops
defending themselves for some time, but fnding
the number OF the enemy % great, and tn they
We're being hanked, and probably surrounded,
they retreated toward Centreville, and pst away
with loss OF some forty wounded and about
twelve killed. The enemy captured ON OF them.
before the battle commenced
The pursuit was cohtinued toward Centreville
on Thursday afternoon, and a squadron Of the 81
Pennsylvania, with General Birney, VS. in the
advance, and stopped at Centrevlle to inquire
the route taken by the enemy. While there a
woman waved Dag from the back window,
al " hich signal force Of rebel cavalry, about
two ID ousand strong, under General Lee, emerged
from the woods Our men scarcely had time TO
mount their horses end escape, coming down the
rCa1 towards Bull Run at full speed the enemy
In full pursuit. They were folio ed until they
came to Where our infantry were drawn up In line
OF battle on each side If the road al which point
the rebels received a voley wi ich caused them
to retreat at more than doub e-quick. Our troops
took up ibe line Of march aud followed the rebels
during the mig BIT m the Gainesville and Warren.
ten roads, and soon came in sight OF the enemv,
posted near the old Bull II un bat,ls- aground In
strong position and under cover # q wood
The &C ion commenced about O'Clock, our
batteries having been placed In position and MIL
roys brigade having the advance He was or
dered to charge the rebels through the wo, dc and
cross towards railroad, when the enemy
poured into Our troops a storm Cf grape and can
lister which caused T. TN to fall back; but thew
soon rallied aud paid the enemy back with In.
terest WI en- the rebels rose en- masse behind the
railroad tracks and again caused our men TO fall
back, W! ich they did behind Han p.ous Pitts.
burg battery, which now opened upon them ter
ILLEGALLY. The enemy Were at this time only dis.
tant about thirty yards, and the effect Of the FIRE
must ave killed and wounded at least six hmm .
dred of them In this action, however, Hamo.
ton lost one u his guns. he had to change his
position to the left ss he unable to maintain
himself under the fire W. ich was poured into him
4 ~ hat 10 In ax.