Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-11
INCIDENTS OF fHE LATE BAT
TIES.
We find the following in the army CORES.
pondenee of the NV York Tribune:

We find the following in the army CORES.
pondence of the NV York Tribune:
The Importance of the engagement Of
Monday NIGHT wich lost TO the country
Kearney and Stevens, has not been general
" understood. The truth is, IT was not a
mere episode made noteworthy by the death
oftwo such Leaders, hut a crisis where moth
ing but decision md sacrifice on the part of
those leaders av,iled to prevent disaster,
The army WIS retreaing from Centreville.
The battle was fought against Rebel force
that had penetrated FIVE miles nearer Wash
inglen than our rear, and was moving to
strike upon ne flank Gen. Slevenss divis.
ion, the advance OF Reuo's corps, was on the
left of the Rad taken by the trains, and IN.
tarcepted the enemy. He saw that the reb-
els must b, beaten back at once, or during
the night they would stampede the wagons.
and prob.bly so disconcert our retreat that
the last iivision would fall a prey to their
main free. He decided to attack immedi-
ately, 1t the same time sending back tor
supnot. Having made his disposition, he
led ore attack on foot at the head Of the 10th
(Kinlanders). Soon meeting whitening
fire. and the color serg't, Sandy Campbell,
a gizzled old Scotchman, being wounde /,
they fatered, Oae Of the color guard took
up the flag, when the General snatched it
from him. The wounded Highlander at his
itet cried, "For Gods sake, General, don't
YOU take the colors they'll shoot you if you
dol" The answer was, "Give me the
coors II they don't follow now, they neve 4"
will :" and he sprang forward, crying, awe
are all Highlauders; follow Hiahlanders ;
forward my Highlanders !" They did follow
their Scottish chief, but while sweeping
forward ball struck him on his left temple,
and he died instantly. An hour afterward,
when taken up, his hands were still
cenched around the flag staff,
A moment after seizing the colors, his son,
Capt. Hazard Stevens, fell wounded, and
cried to his father that he was hurt. With
but glance back, that Roman father said :
81 can't attend TO you now, Hazard
Corporal Thompson, see to my boy"
The language | have given as Gen
Stevens was taken down upon the field by
member of his Staff. He has often SAID
that if it were his fate to fall in battle, be
hoped he should be shot through the temple
and die instantly.
Another correspondent, who writes from
Alexandra, under date of September 5
says;
noticed during the busiest days OF
shipping off the wounded, any number oil
surgeons and doctors idle, pronenading the
streets, while some of our wounded actually
died on the boats for the want of surgical
assistance. To see them as they cried for
the doctor would melt heart of stone. One
man had an awful cut in his head, caused by
a fragment OF she'll. 1t looked like cavern.
| could put in four fingers. AS he moved bis
head the blood rolled over, and sometimes
over flowed and streamed down his cheek. He
thought was the doctor when | came to
take his name. He said "Will | live,
doctor p Certainly, my friend" said / {;
"keep your head steady--don't move it so
much" "Ah! l would like to live on
account of my family" He had a sweet,
manly face. / had seen many hundreds OF
wounded, but he was the worst that was able
to move and talk. From my heart and soul
fpitied him and his "family," and | let fall
my pencil and went for the doctor, who was
fortunately close by.
am ashamed to write such crying sin
against humanity, but kno W it to be too true,
and those surgeons were docking for their
reaiments;" idly loafing round the streets of
Alex 'ndria for days. looking for their
regimentsI aaa4e eaz