The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-13
Yiewa on the Battle.feld.


left Washington Sunday morning at
II O'Clock, in company with a large
passenger train Of volunteer physicians
and nurses. AT Alexandria The doctors
were requested 10 remain. think the
greater proportion Of The civilians IN the
train also went no further, a number,
however, proceeded on the train Of box
and platform cars The greater part Of
these left az Fairfax Station, and pfoba-
bly, returned by the next train 60 Wash
ington We left the train at Bull Run
Bridge, a1d went on foot through Union
Mills Station TO Cenlreyille, arriving there
at 100'clock at night on Sunday
accompanied an ambulance train Of
about fifty ambulances from Centreyille
10 the battle ground, under flag Of truce,
arriving az the latter point about ~
o'clock on Monday morning. Went TO
work, under direction Of Medical Direc-
Tor Mcfarland, 10 bring in the wounded
from the field. Some sixty volunteer
civilians were thus engaged. We brought
IN about three hundred 10 the surgeons
headquarters, being more than sufficient
10 Gil the ambulances provided. Many
wounded were also carried on siretchers
from the woods and fields to points on
the roadside where the ambulances might
conveniently reach them The ambu-
lances and several baggage wagons were
filled on Monday evening with the
wounded who had received surgical at
tention, numbering about two hundred
and iifty-leaying about fifty at the sur
geons' temporary headquarters on the
field unproyided for. The number Of
wounded scattered over the field TO
whom no succOr has been extended,
were estimated by a surgeon who left on
Wednesday morning, at two thousand
probably too high thousand would
probably be nearer the number.
After much delay in taking the parole
Of the wounded in the train, and of sixty
or seyeety wounded who were able to
walk, the train proceeded TO Centreyille,
arriving there about p. M. IL was
there stopped by the rebel officers in
command of the post and conducted TO
Gen. Stonewall Jackson's headquarters,
about five or six miles distant, where we
arrived at s o'clock 7. NJ. After some
two hours delay, the party in charge Of
the train received from Gen. Jackson a
pass through the Confederate lines, and
we wended our way slowly back 70 Cen
troyillc, over a rough dark road, at great
expense Of suffering TO She wounded,
reaching there about - o'clock at night.
There we camped, and distributed some
soup, coffee, and brandy to the wounded.
These supplies we received from the rob
els, who had captured Gas we were In
formed by one of our surgeons, who had
remained at Centreyills, in charge Of the
wounded there) forIy-one wagon loads
Of our hospital supplies. AS Tuesday
night was cold, VIC borrowed ono hun.
dred and sixty blankets Of the rebels
(being hospital blankets Of the captured
stock), to make the wounded as comfort
able as possible.
On Wednesday morning at sunrise tho
train started for Washington, under the
escort of rebel officers, coming by the
way Of Fairfax Courthouse and Falls
Church, and proceeded 10 Alexandria in
the evening
INCIDENTS AND APPEARANCE OF THE BAT
TLE-FIELD.
Our own dead, with the exception of n
few, were lying unburied up 10 Tuesday
morning. The bodies of the dead and n
large share of the wounded were stripped
Of their shoes, hats or caps, and all their
Announcements, and their pockets rincd
Of everything Of value. We were as
sured, however that this was done by
camp followers, andthat Stonewall J ack-
son had dealt severely with the maraud-
ers whenever caught. We saw not a
single dead rebel, and but very few
wounded. The dead, it would seem,
were carried from the field for the most
part, and secretly buried. Our wounded
state that on Sunday, when great many
Of the rebels were visiting the battle
field, they were kindly furnished with
water and biscuits.
On Tuesday sixty-one citizens OF
Washington portion of the volunteer
nurse corps-passed us at the battle
field on their way 70 General Lees head
quarters, in charge of a rebel guard. -
They had struggled through the enemy S
lines without the protection Of flag oil
truce, and had been taken prisoners.
presume they were paroled, but il is pos
sibIe that they have been sent to Rich
mond
We saw many thousands of rebel sol
diers They are clad in all varieties oil
costume--many of them being barefoot
ed but they are well armed, and al.
though courteous, talk exultingly and de-
family.
While on the battlefield we saw two
trains Of Confederate army wagons, mov-
ing northwardly towards the Bull Run
mountains, Also, several batteries OF
artillery moving in the same direction
From this we inferred that movement
was making towards the Upper Potomac
and from conversations with divers rebe
tparties, think that Hills and Long
STREETS and Ewelrs forces-Ewel him.
self was wounded--haye gone in thai
direction, and that il is the intention o.
the rebels simply to menace Washington
while the true point aimed at is by III,
way Of Lecsburg into Maryland. iudg,
So because they talked confidently q
attacking Washington, which / inferred
was 20 mislead u.s. These accounts and
statements were, however, from subordi.
nate officers and priyates. The Rev. DIR
Burrows, OF Richmond, who is a chaplain
in the rebel army, informed us that 4s,
| 600 more troops were on their way from
Warenton, coming up. ! cannot say
whether he spoke truth.
We noticed that large number O
horses in rebel hands, aud also imam
baggage wagons were marked al. s."
We heard of three negro ambulance
drivers who were spirited away by th
rebels while we were on the battlefield
and that nine Of our party had been takel
prisoners while wandering over a portion