Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-20
The Bull Run SkedaddIe.
,The LudicrOus Side Of the First
Great Battle Of the War.
Washington Republican.

body felt nghunS tnen-out 10"
after the lapse OF twenty years-just
LISTEN The day was fearfully hot,
such days always are, and by II or !
o'clock, July l2, 1861, the men were
pretty well warmed up for the work
before them. We were in Sherman's
brigade, he was afterward heard from
by way of Atlantic and other points
further south and OF course we were
alsoin the fight. There are thousands
living to-day who were in that hight
and yet never saw Bull Run. Strange!
We were in the fight but don't pro-
pose to draw picture Of the combat;
such battles can't well be described,
especially when they happen to wind
up with u breakdown followed by an
"every man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost" kind Of dance,
the first step Of which is easier than
all the rest put together. Certain
details, however, can be put on pa
per afterward Here are a few. I'm
til well along in the forenoon every
thing consplred to favor the Union
arrns-that is, in the main. Some
valuable officers had fallen and quite
number of men, but the rebels had
at some points been driven back, at
others met with repulse after repulse
as they attempted to advance. There
was hard fighting and stubborn re-
sistance on both sides until
GREAT CESAR, WHAT A RUSH
A little squad Of Rebel horsemen--
the famous Black Horse Cavalry
some thirty less than hundred
charged down, and report says were
mostly killed or wounded. Nobody
appeared anxious to ascertain which
casualty had befallen them. No one
thought of stopping to investigate
or even enquire into the matter.
Everybody took to the bushes; ev-
orybody yelled: "The Black Horse
cavalry are coming" at least every
body tried to yell that or something
else, and everybody began to survey
q route to Washington that would
take them to the National Capital-in
half tile distance. We entered upon
the arluous undertaking at about
sundown, and struck into the pine
and cedar underbrush like a locomo-
tive jumping the track into a briar
patch. Oh, but we made things fly,
and that horrid Black Horse close
behind
We hadn't gone far when we got
the sideache such an ache! We
seemed all sides, and felt like taking
rest. Dropping down in a seeln-
ded spot, we had just succeeded in
smoothing the last wrinkles ont of
one side and getting the cramps out
ofone leg when the Id COMPOUNDED
cavalry came ripping and tearing
through the bushes.
or, LORD,
TIP we sprang and away we sped,
making more noise than ten regi-
ments of horsemen, and-how we
perspired. The fellows who had got
the start of us, and had been doing
q little business in the resting line
themselves, heard us coming.
They thought VI were the Black
Horse Cavalry, and the manner in
which they blazed pathway through
the timber, leaving shreds and patch.
es of clothing clinging to bush and
twic, was % caution. Half dozen
times, just as we felt like doing
something else than run, that infer
nal cavalry came swooping dowl
through the darkness and the dense
underground of scrubby timber, ane
half a dozen times we were forced tt
fee that the government might no
lose our valuable services. 1t wal
perfectly awful. On one occasion ont
of the hideous monsters came SO nea
that lie spoke-called us by name
"What the h--ll does all this mean p
he inquired. "Damfino," we answer
cd. and fastened on without stop.
ping to think that there were thous
apds of friends following on behind
all between us and the enemy.
You sec the woods couldn't hold III
all at once. Well, before grea