The New York herald., 1862-09-01


their FIRST ohsos of attack ths house a Ar. Lips
sanbs, vAsrs tan saassn vsss stopping, and Who
vss - - beck porch - ~ time, quietly suohias
fhs house attacked both IN front and rear and the
bullet ho,o ths wood snd passsr viii ne facs thaa
none Of ~ party were wounded, showed what poss
nasksnsn thsss ssss, cavalry Ihe entire party,
howsver utA NE sxcspssa q Captain A. rsasnmcre,
were tak@ prsossn. Tbs ssmss Of ths oslcers thu 10
taken areIIeutenans Colonel Persop, First New York
Volunteers; Lieutenant Alea and two ether lisutenAns
VI tbe came regiment; lieutenant Of shs fry seventh
PsunvlvssA regiment; Tirss Iisusnsas of Company b
0ns Hundred and rlsh Psnnsyvsns voluBsesrs captain
CAST and JsAasoa, of NE 1hIsysghsh New YORK voun
teefs.
yuEous AssAuLr oY TEE xNuy.
Ihe nsxt attack of The rebels upon . company Of
the One Bundrsd and Fath rsa.syivansa infantry and
some dossn of Psnrsysanis cavalry ift 10 guard
rad, two three Of whom were killed and The remain
DER are supposed 70 ss captured train u empty cars
then came along from wsrsnton, and was fred by
regiment Of infantry and of cavalry, but escaped
without scrht@ Injury. Orders then ssasd BY
jackson 70 tear ~ tho railroad trak. done snAa
second train coming along On ;hs track and ared
into third train following tho second and w.s
aso nred into, ana some persons board taken prs
oners fourth train made appearances bu,
snspsesing something wrong, stopped Il distance and
blew whistle and. bcDs answered by Of the others
backed and returned touAEps Tarenian. The Toe trains
were then nred under the direction e Jsckson and en-
tirely consumed, excepting the iron work.
The rebels then proceeded mc down the track burned
tho bridge at Cattle run. tore up some thirty feet Of the
track and curhc telegraph wires rhey se burned the
bridge across Broad run ~ Brissow.
On Wednesday morning the 2!th inet EweIs rebsi dvi
sion placed In position each side c the railroad hav
ing throc baiteriesone the sht, the ie and
lhe other the rsihoadwsh infantry and cavalry
betwsenthe entire force bong concealed bchiud brush
wood and Tho railroad bank, with en- open field N front
Our troops sent down from wArenicn Junction 10 si
tack them consisted Of Hockefs division, with portion
Of KeArneys, but tho htser n b said, did nct gcs
chance 70 enter INTO the contest General Booscr Ia
command, and net sxpectng the enemy 10 - in any
large force, ordered . charge through pscs q woods
and into the open space, when most mardevous rs
opened upon him from the entire He o tho rshc their
batteries throwing grape and canister tho cf which
however went the heads of oops bas the Gre
from the rebel line o infantry was very destructive,
and some Of Hookers regiments conpelied fan
back 70 the woods, but, being supported by Others,
rallied and after airing several veoys repeated the
charge, when The rsosls broke and reirsa,sd, our
boys pursuing them shouting and yelling. TIE
Third NOW Jersey brigade va commanded by
Colonel Carr. who had his horse shot under him while
urging his men on 70 the attack This the brigade
although somewhat changcd--which nobly hsld tbs
extreme left the battle Of Williamsburg four hours
sustaining los there Of over sis hundred killed and
wounded.
MOVEMENTS or GENERAL popB.
This was plain svdsncs that The enemy vss In sycns
force Manassas and Ae intention clearly
the right Of General Pope, and 70 cut "a his
nication with Warrington, that ssr II sucs broke
his camp II warrsnton a6l wGrenton Jsncliss, end
marched rapidly back In three columns sxpe the bca
patch in which he communicated ths movement v the
War Department.
THE BATrLEs OF KETTLE Run AND MANASSAS
MANASSAS JUNCTION. August :s-I0P.M
70 Major General Fl W. HAuxcK General IN .Chisr.--
was turning our right, towards Manassas and .sa hs
division had ordered 70 take there two days before
ap !. jass sas sss
marched rapidly back 10 three columns.
directed Mcdowell with h, own and sisels ecrrs %
pike Reno and division sf Heiptssiman march on
6resnwich; and, with Pcrter's corps ana Heotrs a.
Mcdowell ordered TO ntsrpose between sAs fsrecs
Of the enemy which had passcA down 70 Manassas through
pan. S S0a yS,. as. % wh
oomplhed Longstreet who had paused through The Cap
being driven back 70 the west side.
Dowe In be met too large force Of the enemy The
division of Hooker, marching towards Manassas,
s sos scsa 0n sS' ne
killing and woHRding three hundred capturing camps and
baggass, and many stand Of arms
Junction. which Jackson had evacuated three hours IN
advance He retreated by Censvie, and took the turn
PIKE towards wsrrenton ne was met sx m'ies west Of
severe ngnt took place. which was terminated by dark
ness The enemy was driven back at al points, and thus
Hentzelmsns corps will, move On him a daylight from
Centrevlle and do not see how the enemy 70 escape
without heavy loss. we nave captured one thousand
JOHN POPE, Major General.
This arrangement Of the federal forces was faith.
fully carried ont. The following day the baltic
was renewed with great vgor aad determination From
The midst Of the warning elements the Commanding
General sent the following message 70 the 0eDsrsin
Chief3-
TEE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RuN.
HEADQUARTERS, FIELD or BATTLE,
cRovsroN, NKAR GANEsvnIE, August 80, 1892.
10 Major General HAiIsos, Gommasdcr Chief, WASH
We fought terrific battle here yesterday with the
combined forces Of the enemy, which lastcd with con-
time the enemy was driven from the ned which
occupy.
but shall do 80 in the course Of the morning
Fitx John Portor's corps comes up from Mansssas
The enemy 10 still In our front, but badly used up
We have lost not less than 900 killed and wound
3D. from the appearance OF the field the enemy have
lost st least two 70 our one He stood strictly on the
defensive, and every attack was made By ourselves.
Our troops have behsyed splendidiy.
The battle foughbn the identical battle field Of Bun
rum which greatly increased the enthusiasm II mon
The just reaches from the front that the enemy
is rstreating toward the mountains. 20 forward II
to see
We have made great captures but am abls yss 70
form an idea OF their extent. JOHN POPE,
Major General Commanding.
The battle doubtless "terrno in all Ito proportions
Beginning at the early dawn Of morning, the cnraged
oombaants continued their bloody work until the shades
6 night and the black mantle Of darkness once more
gathered arosnd thcm But victory again sat upon
eagles and the stubborn enemy, defeated anI dis
oomntted 81 svery point was driven gnomniously from
the neld.
The sacrifice Of human life In these two tsrrbs oco-
tests was truly frghtfu The General Commsadins sssi
mates st 5000 killed, wounded and nssina On me