The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-02-21
General Beauregard's Report.

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Beauregard calls the battle of Bull Run
has, after delay of nearly seven months,
been published. 1t is paper of great
length, and gives detailed account of the
various phases of the battle, but says moth
ing OF the reasons for delaying the pubica-
ton. According to this report the effective
force of Beauregard on the morning of July
2lst, amounted to Il 1893 men and twenty.
nine guns, to which must be added the car.
my OF the Shenando III" under General
Johnston. Of this army the report says
1884 men were on the ground during the
battle, thus making a total OF 3O,667 men
at Beauregard's command, Of whom all,
except perhaps 1900, were engaged. In
General McDowell's report of the battle it
appears that not more than $4,000 or Is, =
600 of our troops were really engaged with
the enemy, the bulk of our army remaining
out of action.
We take the following bits" from Gen.
Beauregard's account of the operation
LIST. Colonel Evans, with nine hundred
men and two six Founders, effectively with.
stood nine thousand of our soldiers, with
thirteen rif1ed guns, among whom were, it
is reported, sevebteen companies of regu>
lars. This reads like the Baron Munchau.
sen.
I'd. One company, under Capt. Duke,
whom Beauregard calls meritorious off,
Ger, is said to have held in check and forced
to inactivity the whole brigade of General
Schenck; and two six-pounder guns at the
same time drove of our celebrated Sherman
battery, e which quit the contest under the
| illusion that it had weightier metal than its
own to contend with" Another nunchau
senism
Sd. General Beauregard says:
| lregret my inability to mention the names
of those patriotic gentlemen of Virginia. by the
gratuitous labor OF whose slaves the entrench.
| ed camp at Manassas had been mainly con.
| structed. relieving the troops from that labOri.
Gus service, and giving opportunity for their
military instruction.
4th. He reports 269 killed and ABB
wounded--total, 1852.
9Th. He gives list of captures:
Including some twenty.eight field pieces of
the best character Of arms, with over one humid.
4 red rounds of ammunition for each gum thirty
seven caissOns, six FORCES. four battery wag-
ons, sixty-four artillery horses, completely
equipped, five hundred thousand of small arms
ammunition, four thousand five hundred sets
rounds of accOutrements over five hundred
muskets, some nine regimental and garrison
flags, with large number of pistols, KNAPP.
sacks, swords, canteens, blankets, large
store of axes and entrenching tools, wagons
ambulances. horses, camp and garrison equip.
age, hospital stores and some subsistence
9th. He says:
! Added to these results may rightly be no.
ticed here that by this battle an invading army,
superbly equipped, within twenty miles OF
their base OF operations. has been converted
into one virtually besieged, and exclusively
occupied for months in the construction of q
stupenduous series of Notifications for the pro.
lection of its own capital
Lastly, he admits that his army was not
IN condition to pursue ours. Beauregard
puts the loss OF " Germans" regiment at Il
per cent
| BATTLE OF LEEsBURG OR BALLS BLUFF.
GEN EVANS official report of the above
battle has also been published. He sets
the rebel loss in killed, wounded and pris
olers, at one hundred and fifty. three men,
OF the Federal force and loss he says:
The force of the enemy, as far as we have
| been able to ascertain. was five regiments and
three pieces of artillery at Balls Bluff and four
regiments, two batteries, and squadron of
cavalry at Edwards Ferry, numbering in all,
about eight thousand troops.
In addition to this force. three batteries of
| long range were constantly firing on my troops
from the Maryland side of the river.
The loss of the enemy, SO far as known, is as
| follows:
Thirteen hundred killed, wounded and
| drowned.
| Captured seven hundred and ten prisoners.
Fifteen hundred stand OF arms.
Three pieces of cannon.
| One stand of cOlOrs, a large number of car
fridge boxes, bayOnet sGabbards, and guam.
tity of camp furniture.
| Among the killed Oft the enemy was General
Baker, formerly Senator from Oregon, and
several other commissioned officers
Among the prisoners taken were twenty one
| commissioned officers. the names of whom
| have already haen furnished