The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-11-17
incident of Bull Run.

the latc Joseph Glenn. OF Cincinnati
When Gen. Mcdowell marched from
Arlington Heights to fight the first battle
Of Bull Run, Joe. Glenn" was then in
Washington. and hired horse aud ac.
companied the army as correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Gd.e,te Ga the day
of the battl. Glenn rode along with
Schcnck's brigade. and remained where it
held position, close 10y the stone bri1ge,
during all the day Of the fight Whon
the battle was ending. and the head oi
the panic came dashing along tn" War.
rcnton road, Glenn started to mount his
horse and fail back on CentreviIle, but
the horse had been swept away by the
current Of horsemcn and wagons, and
poor Glenn had to make foot journey
to that village. This he did in his pecu.
larly leisurely way, and having quite an
aversion to fos. travelling, took his time
for it. lie went allow and the panic went
fast, and before he had reached Centre.
! VILE that terrible exhibition OF human pas.
zion and individual decentralization passed
him. In the rear ot the panic all was
calmne.s aud peace Over the hills east
Of Centrcviie. and heading straight for
Washington. dashed on the wild havoc Of
men, horses, wagons and artillery. Glenn
entered Cen,revlle just at dusk, consider
ably tired and leg weary. lie went to
the little tavern where he had taken his
breakfast the morning before, called for
something to eat, took a candle. went to
his room, aud wrote letter for the Ciu.
cinnati Gazette This occupied him un-
Ill II o'clock that night, and having fin.
isbed it, retired to bed, aud slept swcctly
Until morning. Ia the morning early he
took his letter. went to the lnajiori, and
asked him to hrud it at oocc to Washing
ton, 80 that it could 90 the tex, day TO
Cincinnati the landlord looked at him
in astonishment, aud said: They have
all gone TO Washington There is not a
| Federal soldier or Yankee 10 town They
are all running north pursued by the Con.
tederatc-, and are by this time on the
other side of the Potomac" Gieun was
puzzled tie was the Inst of the North.
ern Army in Ccutreville. He had writ.
ten his letter aud slep: -oundly sarround.
ed by soldiers who would have boea but
too glad to have taken prisoner the cor.
respondent OF the Cincinnati Gazette.
Had the landlord known who bis guest
was he wuuld have iuried him over to the
Confederate At one, GloDp took in the
situation a, u lIauce, and walked cut Of
the tavern 10 the hills cast Of Centrcville,
There he saw nothing but Confederate
soldiers aud the Confederate hsg The
thiug to be done WAS to get away from
there, so Gleun struck for Washiug,o Gu by
the most direct route The DAY was a
dismal and rainy one. but the correspond.
ent Of the Gazette made good time and
arrived ia Washington abani iaYiich, The
next morning
A. soon a. ha arrived he began to IN
quirc for his hnr-c Ten thou.An! loose
and riicrlos, horses had run back 10
Washington, or been captured by the
enemy. No man who had los, horse
in that mi,crlaucou. retreat back 10 the
capital ever dreamed OF getting il ag in.
JOSEPH Glenn, however, had notions oi
his oYn. and h. CONCLUDED to advertise
for hi4 horse in the city papers lie did
SO, and his friends all laughed at him for
it. But $40" had confidence in the vir.
tue Of printer, ink, aud the second day
| after the Advertisement appeared a soldier
rode up to his boarding house aud inquir.
ed tor him {, ,ipr l., the door tho sol.