The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-10-17
In CAMP NEAR CKNTREvILLE, VA.
October 9th, 1869.
EDITOR OF PIONEER

EDITOR OF PIONEER
Dear Sir:-In perusing your paper OF
the Sd inst, perceive communication
from a minute man from Sycamore, l
came to the conclusion that perhaps the
doings of an all day set of men would
perhaps interest some of your readers
Since the memorable battle of Bull Run,
on the 3Oth day of August, 1862, our
brigade has done some service, besides
some we did not do. We have been in
the advance Of the forces for the defence
of Washington, and consequently are
compelled to be on the alert all the time
for fear Of being surprised and perhaps
captured. But So far all has been well
with us, with the exception of frequent
scouts and marches, on poor grub. Our
boys say they are only kept out here to
do cavalrymen's duty, on wormey crack
ers and sour picked pork. One of our
scouts (that is our brigade) I wish to
mention particularly, that was out to
Warrenton junction. see it going the
rounds of the papers that we captured
seven locomotives, and numerous COM
missary and .quarter-master's stores. Now
as far as the capture was concerned, l
was there, but did not see any locomo-
tives or commissary stores, and only few
quarter masters stores, that was Is tents,
some shoes and clothing. l hope the day
will come when lying correspondents will
be excluded from the army. Now, for
instance, take the reports of colrespon-
dents in the battle of the 3Oth Of August
at Bull Run, they praise the valor of the
eastern men, that is, Connecticut, Yer
mont, and other New England States, to
the skies, while western men have TO suf-
fer at their hands, under the impression
that everybody believes we are towards.
but from my own observation, l know
that western men fight the best, now fol
instance, the fighting on Friday was prin-
cipally done by western men, on Satur-
day, General Porter's men opened the
ball, supported by Gen. Sigel, and Nc.
Dowell, who was to the left of Sigel
Porters men were not engaged more thar
20 minutes before they began to give way
and came back, pell nell, trying to rur
through our line Of battle in their retreat
or rather skedaddzs, but we kept punching
+ them back with the butt of our muskets
: AT length the secesh came on to US, ane
sundry little zips, in close proximity t.
our heads, reminded Us very forcibly tha
we were in for it: At last one of GU
batteries came dashing through our line
which threw us into confusion for tn
time, and we were compelled to fall bac
to regain our line again, which was don
under heavy fire # musketry from tn
secesh, in good order, finding the seces'
had changed their line of battle, we wer
compelled to change ours, which wa
: done by wheel of the whole battalion t
the left, which was done in good ordel
we being under fire all the time, then W
went into them, firing ten or doze
rounds, when bayonet charge was mad
which threw the secesh in front of u
into panic, when they broke for til
woods in confusion. At length fore
. was disc overed on our left which wa
t thought to be Mcdowell coming up, b,
which proved to be secesh, who 500
opened fine upon us, and another fore
# appearing in our front, and opened the
: FIRE upon lis, we were subject to terr
n bic cross fire for about S minutes, wle
o we gave way, but not till we were ordere
If off by Gen. Schenck and Mclean, An
/ then in good order. We were engage
tlust 40 minutes from the time we con