Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-01

| and two other heutenants from the same regl-
ment; lieutenant of the 57th Pennsylvania
regiment, the first lieutenant of Go. B, l05th
pennsylvania volunteers, captain of the 4th
Maine regiment, and Lieuts. Pendergrast and
johnson, of the 31st n. Y. volunteers.
The next attack of the rebels was upon
company of the l05th Pennsylvania cavalry
left to guard the road, two or three of whom
were killed, and the remainder are supposed
to he captured. train of empty cars then
came along from Warrenton, and was fired
into by regiment of infantry, and one of
cavalry, but escaped without serious injury.
Orders were then issued by jackson to tear
up the railroad track, which was done, and
second train was fired into. A third train
following ran into the second, and was also
| fired into, and some persons on board were
taken prisoners. A fourth train made its APP
pearance, but the engineer suspecting some
thing wrong, stopped at distance and blew
the whistle, and being answered by one OF the
others, backed and returned towards Warren
ton.
The two trains were then fired, under the
direction of jackson, and entirely consumed,
excepting the iron work. The rebels then
proceeded mile down the track, burned the
bridge at Cattle Run, tore up some thirty feet
of the track, and cut the telegraph. They
Bristow.
On Wednesday morning, EwelPs rebel di-
vision was placed in position on each side of
the railroad, having three batteries, one on
the right, one on the left, and the othar near
the railroad, with infantry and cavalry be-
tween, the entire force being concealed be-
hind brushwood and the railroad bank with
an open field in front. Our troops sent down
| from Warrenton junction to attack them, con-
sisted of Hooker's division, with portion of
Kearney's but the latter, it is said, did not get
chance to enter into the contest. General
Hooker was in command, and not expecting
the enemy to be in any large force, ordered a
charge through piece of woods and into the
! clear space, when most murderous fire was
| opened upon him from the entire line of the
rebels, their batteries throwing grape and can
mister, the most of which, however, went over
the heads of our troops but the fire from the
rebel line of infantry was very destructive,
and some of Hookers regiments were COM
| PEELED to fall back to the woods; but on being
supported by others they rallied, and after
firing several volleys, repeated the charge,
when the rebels broke and retreated, our boys
| pursuing them, shouting and yelling.
The third New Jersey brigade was com
manded by Col. Carr, who had his horse shot
under him while urging his men on to the at
tack. This is the brigade, although somewhat
| changed, which so nobly held the extreme left
at the battle Of Williamsburg for four hours,
sustaining loss there of over 600 killed and
wounded. Adiutant Benedicts horse was
also shot during the action. Lieut.. Col. Pot
ter, of the second regiment, Excelsior brig
ade, was shot in the hand while leading his
men. The pursuit continued till dark, the
enemy retreating towards Manassas. The
result Of this action was that the enemy was
beaten and driven from the field, sustaining
| loss about equal to our own. Our loss was
| about fifty killed and over 200 wounded, a
complete list of which was collected, but
stolen. The second New York regiment lost
about ten officers and seine ninety or one hun
dred killed and wounded The Excelsior
brigade suffered severely
Gen. Pope arrived on the ground late in the
evening, and proceeded towards the scene of
action, but the fighting was then over, and the
enemy in full retreat. jackson had left for
Manassas during the day with his division,
where he pillaged the place, capturing large
number Of prisoners, and burning every build
ing, except the telegraph building and few
Shanties. After taking off their own old rags
and putting on our good clothing, and help
ing themselves to food of all kinds, arms,
equipments, and whatever else they could
carry away out of the cars, about hundred
| of which were at that place, the greater part
loaded with supplies for our army, the rebels
set fire to all the cars and they now present
mass of backened ruins. On their arrival
| they found portion of the End New Jersey
regiments, which had arrived there during the
morning. They Immediately attacked them,
our troops defending themselves for sometime,
but finding the number of the enemy so great
| they retreated towards Centerville, with
| loSS of Somp ~ Tvoundnd and about lyillod
! The rebels captured about 625 of them, but
they were paroled yesterday, just before bat
| tie.
| The pursuit was continued towards Centre
| vile, Thursday afternoon, and squadron of
| the 2nd Pennsylvania cavalry, with Gen. Biz
ney in advance, stopped at Centreyille to in
| quire the route taken by the enemy. While
there, woman waved flag from back win
| dow, at which signal force of rebel cavalry,
about 1000 strong, under Gen. Lee, emerged
| from the woods. Our men had scarcely time
! to mount their horses and escape, coming
| down the road at full speed, the enemy in
swift pursuit. They were followed until they
came to where our infantry were drawn up in
line of battle on each side of the road, at
which point the rebels received a volley which
! caused them to return at more than double
/ quick. Our troops took up line Of march,
and followed the rebels during the night on
the Gainesville or Warrenton road, and soon
came in sight of them posted near the old
| Bull Run battle ground, in a strong position
and under cover of woods.
The action commenced about 8 o'clock, our
batteries having been placed in position, and
Milroy's brigade having the advance, was or
dered to charge through the woods, and cross
toward the Railroad Switch, when the enemy
! poured into our troops q perfect storm of
grape and canister. This caused them to
fall back, but they soon rallied and paid the
enemy with interest. The rebels here rose
en- masse behind the railroad track, and again
caused our men to fall back, which they did
behind Hampton's Pittsburg battery, which
opened upon the rebels terrifically. The enc
my was at this time about thirty yards dis
tant, and the effect of the fire destroyed at
least 600. In this action however, Hampton
lost one of his guns. He had to change his
position to the left, as he was unable to main
tain himself under the fire which the rebels
poured into him.
The battle in other quarters ragged furiously,
the general result of which has already been
stated from other sources. The position of
the forces on Thursday night remained about
the same as at the commencement of the ac
ton. The loss on both sides was heavy.
Gen. Duryea while engaged in making re-
connoissance was wounded in the hand.
The fighting up to II o'clock was Of desul-
| tory character. We occupy the ground where