The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-02-21
THE WEEKLY PIONEER And DEMOCRAT.


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The report Of the Battle of Manassas, ;" as
Beauregard calls the battle of Bull Run,
has, after delay Of nearly seven months,
been published. It is paper of great
length, and gives detailed account of the
various phases Of the battle, but says moth
ing OF the reasons for delaying the publica-
ton. According to this report the effective
force Of Beauregard on the morning of July
2lst, amounted to q 1873 men and twenty.
nine guns, to which must be added the car.
my OF the Shenando III" under General
Johnston. Ut this army the report says
1884 men were on the ground during the
battle, thus making total of 3O,667 men
at Beauregard's command, of whom all,
except perhaps $500, we're engaged. In
General McDowell's report of the battle it
appears that not more than $4,000 or 49,
600 of our troops were really engaged with
the enemy, the bulk Of our army remaining
out of action.
We take the following bits" from Gen.
Beauregard's account of the operation
LIST. Colonel Evans, with nine hundred
men and two six Founders, effectively with
stood nine thousand of our soldiers, with
thirteen riAed guns, among whom were, it
is reported, seventeen companies of regu>
lars. This reads like the Baron Munchau.
sen.
I'd. One company, under Capt. Duke,
whom Beauregard calls meritorious off.
Ger, is said to have held in check and forced
to inactivity the whole brigade Of General
Schenck; and two six-pounder guns at the
same time drove off our celebrated Sherman
battery, which quit the contest under the
illusion that it had weightier metal than it's
own to contend with" Another Munchau
senism:
Sd. General Beauregard says:
| regret my inability to mention the names
of those patriotic gentlemen of Virginia. by the
gratuitous labor of whose slaves the entrench.
| ed camp at Manassas had been mainly con.
structed. relieving the troops from that labori.
GUS service, and giving opportunity for their
military instruction.
4th. He reports 269 killed and l.4S3
wounded--total, 1852.
5th. He gives list of captures:
Including some twenty.eight field pieces of
| the best character of arms with over one humid.
red rounds Of ammunition for each gun, thirty.
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ons, sixty-four artillery horses, completely
equipped, five hundred thousand of small arms
ammunition, four thousand five hundred sets
rounds of accOutrements, over five hundred
muskets, some nine regimental and garrison
flags, with large number of pistols, KNAPP
sacks, swords, canteens, blankets, q large
store of axes and entrenching tools, wagons,
ambuances. horses, camp and garrison equip.
age, hospital stores and some subsistence"
9th. he says:
Added to these results may rightly be no.
ticed here that by this battle an invading army,
superbly equipped, within twenty miles of
their base OF operations. has been converted
into one virtually besieged, and exclusively
occupied for months In the construction of 8
stupenduOus series of Notifications for the pro.
lection of its own capital.
Lastly, he admits that his army was not
in condition to pursue ours. Beauregard
puts the loss Of Germans" regiment at 81
per cent
BATTLE OF LEEsBURG OR BALLS BLUFF.
GEN EVANS official report of the above
battle has also been published. He sets
the rebel loss in killed, wounded and pris.
oners, at one hundred and ffty.three men.
OF the Federal force and loss he says:
The force of the enemy, as far as we have
been able to ascertain. was five regiments and
three pieces of artillery at Balls Bluff and four
regiments, two batteries, and a squadron of
cavalry at Edwards Ferry, numbering in all,
about eight thousand troops.
In addition to this force. three batteries of
long range were constantly firing on my troops
from the Maryland side of the river.
The loss of the enemy, so far as known, is as
follows:
Thirteen hundred killed, wounded and
drowned.
Captured seven hundred and ten prisoners.
Fifteen hundred stand of arms.
Three pieces of cannon.
One stand of cOlOrs. large number of car
fridge boxes, bayonet sGabbards, and guam.
tity of camp furniture.
Among the killed of the enemy was General
Baker, formerly Senator from Oregon. and
several other commissioned officers
Among the prisoners taken were twenty -One
commissioned officers, the names of whom
have already been furnished.