The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-26

the army correspondent OF the Charleston
Cas'i gives the following Interesting ineiacnts O
he late battle At Hnnassas.
Willie the lines were moving forward. tLc Firs
Virginia Regiments mere handful of veterans
vta have been ia every fght since the war com
p'eneed. aud most Of them the best young n,eu O.
Bichmond-came directly upon battery Of fcu,
pecss, which wss chstinately holding iss GROUND
and pouring It's deadly rolfass into our rank T. Sh
snd she'll hailed iuriouriy into The little band, but
was no time to stop then, and dashine On with
a wild cheer, reached the sutnn,it OF the bill
where the PIECES were planted. Their commander
Col. T. g. SA inner. brave. hnpstaous old gentle
,nsu was some twenty rsces IN sdv8ice, and
seeing the federas standing bcidiy 10 their guns
rose in his ssirruPs. turned 10 his regiment, and
Shouting Forward, the old iiFst--fcllow me-
spurred his horse up to tho very mugzles of tbs
battery. One of The canno -iers was IN the act al
railing tie lanyard Of gun. Him be cat down
with his sabre Another, attempting TO take tss
paoe OF his Colarade, was likewlss diapatchad hy
ihe now bloody steel ef the Colonel and the res,
tared 10 lily. Al this instant enc OF the retr ea.ipp
rederals halted took detfetats aim, and shot away
a potion Ut the NirginiaB eaE, while gseoue
sent bullet through his body. Hardly had the
lsEh of the two muskets disappeared however. bs
iore The Yankees paid the forfeit Of their .emerity
with their lives one OF them being killed by Sc. ri
N2nr Jones, Of the First. Forward bows ri
-sys forward; don't mind me" cried tIe wounded
telonsl and there be fell among the trcphiey oj
h;s prowes5 l am gisd 10 say that, though serious
i, and al ono time thought TO be mcftaliy hurt the
gallant soldier is now believed to be out of dan,
esr
Brig Gen Roger A. Pryor during the day bad
the misfortune 10 be taken prisoner. bus the cor.
responding 60, I'd fortune to effect his esesps-
Ae had started of on foot TO call up two or trea
regiments tor reinforcements. and ON his rsturu
fund bis command moved ffom the position il,
which hs had left il. Thinking II had gone ahead,
b.. too, went on, aud on, and on wondering all the
time wheEr bis men rers. until be tgddsalY en-.
ecuntered two Yankee Nosdiers eItssnE as3ha fSot
OF hay rick. His uniform being covered by q
Mexican pcncho, they hid not observe sLst he nas
not one OF thsfr own men, nor was there any marx
visible upon bis person 10 Indicate that he was en-
ostceI They accordingly famiiiaTly inquired how
s7sFything was going On in frcnt. He z-psied very
sell ard in the conversation y hich ensued learn,
ei hat be WAX mile and . half within the Eede-
raj lines. They asked him numerous questions,
under some of which he began TO quake and grow
u1sasy, fearing his inability, good lawyer though
ha 10, to cope successfully with a cross examiua
ion of such dangerous character He accord
ineiy began to look about him to discover some
inesns Of escape. There was apparently none.-
he observed standing near him, however, the Two
muskets Of the men, one of them with bayonet
aud the isiier without.
The coiloquy had not proceeded much further
before one Of them, locking at him keenIy, asked
b'l to what regiment, brigade, and division he be-
cut his reply, the Yankee spraug to his feet and
exclaimed, you arc d-d rebel, and my prisoner -
Ia An instant the General, who il powerful man
and active as squirrel, seized the gun with the
"a, onet aad before his Antagonist could turn,
bita through the body twice. The other now
Jumped to bis feet, apparently ~ if TO escape hut
hs also received frem Pryor a iungc that left him
helpless on the held. Throwing down ths musket,
me General moved rapidly away in the direction
ron which he came, and afier dodging Federal
s,ragglers for an hour to, had the sasisfsction
81 finally regainiBg his command.
Anxious TO know the fate Of the two meu whom
he had 80 summaEly disposed of be ssnt one cf his
aaa the next day to exarains the hospitals in that
heghoorhood, and ascertain. II possible, whether
any men were present wounded with q bayonet-
The aid xeturued with the information that he had
FOUND one so injured. Whereupon Pryor mounted
MS horse and went in person to see himA The man
vas asleep when no entered the hospital but the
eurgecn awoke him, and tho General asked il be
recognized him7 Yes, sir, do was the reply
You arc the man who struck me-" The wounded
man Wal not less surprised when he learned that
.he author Of his misery was the redoubtabse Roger
4 Pryor. -.