Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-18
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Correspondence of the n Y. Trbune)
The Battlefield of Bull Run.
WASHINGTON, W wednesday, Sept. ,, 1852.

WASHINGTON, wednesday, Sept. B. 1862.
| send the following narrative OF adventures
10 both Union and Rebel armies, during visit
tG the battle field as q volunteer conveying
supplies aud rendering assistance to the wound
ed Of Saturday last.
Pope'S haring dispatch had caused the au
thOrItitS to take the clerks Of the departments
(who had been going through the manual of
light Infantry, with view TO assisting in the
defense Of the city, all day and organize them
as corps to 20 upon the battle field and as
sist tue wounded. Many other gentlemen Of
tered their corporation and were ut once ac
crPted. A this time it was universally be-
ieved that We not Only held the battle field,
but were pursuing the enemy-uow batlled aud
0Verthrown luto the mountains. Under this
Impression, about two hundred four wheeled
ambuauces OF a new pattern started for the
scene of action. Iu these rode the volunteers,
with the exception Of Que or two, who after
ward started with train of hacks pressed in
to the Government service by the Provost
Guard. For many reasons this expedition was
total failure Some of the hacks had been
in service all day The horses of these were
too tired to perform journey of fifty miles
without oats or forage others were such fee
ole old vehicles that it was evident they must
break down on the miserable roads of this sec
zion, cut up as they are by the armies which
have each in turn occupied the ground. In
one Of the best some good Samartans had
placed quantity of liquor for the use of the
sick. A volunteer civilian was appointed to
look after it, and the procession started about
halt-paSt niue for the battle-ground, under the
command of lieutenant of the Provost Guard,
aud escorted by some cavalry. They ratified
along, amid shouts and inprecationS and the
drunken cries of the drivers, some of whom
had found means to secure private bottles OF
whisky. The avenue and the streets of q orge-
town were lined with the Inhabitants, who
looked with some curiosity at this queer mid
night cavaIcade. The direction taken was over
the Aqueduct Bridge and along the dirt road
TO Falls Church. This part of the journey
was not accomplished without numerous halts
and accidents. 1t was impossible to keep the
hacks in line with so slim an escort. They
soon got broken up into detachmeDts, axle
trees began toglve out, wi ifa.trees were snap-
ped, horses became bauIky, drivers more and
more mutinous-back after hack was left on
the roadside disabled A few found their way
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different directions. Beyond Falls Church a
battery and its supports was posted in the road
At this point the escort with one er two ex
ceptIons had disappeared, and when the pro-
eeSson was halted for the countersign no one
Knew it however, ss one detachment had al
ready passed and given the word, the officer
IN charge of the pickets concluded to pass them
also. About daybreak Fairfax Court House
Was achieved in heavy rain, through which
zen Summers corps was moving toward the
scene OF coufict. From there to Centreviile
0ae road was liued with regiments-so
marching, and others bivouacking in the fields
alongside. Paroled prisoners disarmed, aud
slfasglers were slowly crawling to the rear,
Win here aud there crippled warrior in search
VI hospital, and shelter Half way to Cen
He''ae live or six hundred prisoners were met,
sS sSo proceeding to the rear under guard
ineSe were the most abject, diapidated, rag
gu rascals that the Southern army had yet