The National tribune., 1881-05-01

the chief officers in command The unframed mex
perenced and poorly disciplined troops towards
Manassas in obedience to the insane howl of On to
Richmond" The conederacy TO be crushed without
serious opposition and the cohorts of congressman prom
to see the rebellion wiped a single blow con-
temporary rhymster thus showed up these Pcwic in
caustic
Have you heard OF the story, 50 lacking in glory,
wit APoat aJe cysns liam, San who Went % to the fght
To h their broad stomachs ali tightq
There were bulls from bears too from
AnS members fsst,d Of oongTess to see
On a beautiful sunday Bull
Provided with passes Manassas
TIT tbe poTy sdagI yin y hs 5ods gay M along
OF cannon M musket drowned Iaug inter and song
But the of the battle, the terrible reverse the
defeat which ended in rout not provided for in
their programme, and their
Forms adermanic shaken with panic
When the Black Horse sweep, down like the
They run helter skelter, their fat bodies sweter
They fly from the field, thickiy strewn with the slain
The Bull Run races had some humor mixed with their
tragic character 1t is related of edged chaplain
who speeding toward Washington that his attention
was attracted by teamster who endeavorng to
courage his team OF six mules TO extrcate his heavily
loaded wagon from perilous position The air was rd
with profanity and the chaplain thought this good OPP
pounity to do something peculiar his calling and
impress lesson Stopping moment and looking at the
teamster with mild reproach in his tone, he asked
die ~ '0u
Without looking his inquirer he replied with fresh
shower of oath None of your id conundrums now.
don't you see m stuck in the mud?"
The numerous incidents of this first BATTLE as related
IN the newspapers at the tme would fill small library
VI course, there was the usual number of instances
where Bible In the pocket had saved the life the for
tunate possessor and in case at least pack of car
performed like service for another soldier from tb
pous State of Connecticut. The ball struck the mack
and when half way through begged at the and was
covered In.
Bull Run Russell the correspondent of the London
Times who earned his sobriquet from the eetness with
which he dstanced all competitors this occasion was
of the earliest Washington Of the Fire Zonayes Of
whom much expected, and who, General Heintzel
man told me- broke at the first fire. and did reform
regiment though many squads fought great bravery
with other commands the story told that was seen
soon after the fight at his old haunts in Washington
Market, New York. He accosted by an acquaint-
ance who inquired What the are YOU doing here
Have you got furlough?r
"Nop thundered the Zouave got an order to fall
back at Bull Run, and nobody has told to halt and
have kept ON retreating since
There great deal of this kind of discipline in the
crude army which received severe but salutary lesson
in first BATTLE
Some of the yarns about this fight which, later in the
rebellion, would have been regarded simply right
smart scrimmage, would have done credit to Baron
Munchausen. Richmond paper mentioned as among
the pois of 20 600 stands of four wagon loads
of horse pistols and irG5e dSct four thousand hand
cuffs to be used the veracious chronicer in manacng
the limbs of Southern citizens OF provisions there were
left enough behind to supply the entire Confederate
army for twelve months and the personal baggage of
ocers including especially, that of General Scott (who
didn't go the front at all was labelled Richmond To
the handcutf story eyewitness adds Also thousands
OF nooses, all prepared for hanging traitors
Prodgies of valor performed One Southern regi
nens hdNlhg ued Oh long range hSnung, Threw away
their guns, and, gTasping their bowie-knves charged
Yankee regiment and literally hacked to pieces all who
We're not agile enough to get away The Arkansas tooth
picks got good sendo on this occasonbut only in the
imagination of the writer.
On our side there almost unlimited indulgence in
flights of fancy. For several days after the contest and
while Washington swarming with demoraized sol
dier who had the freedom of the city, those fellows who
the farhest to the and the first to the
Long Bridge the trip told marvellous stories of
their bravery. The handto-hand with that
prince of bug bears the Black Horse Cavalry far out
stripped the history of the bloody combats of the oratn
and the Curati
Although not then in the service was in Washington
after the battle and witnessed the antics and
Munchausensms of those doughty warriors, whose
ner and matter reminded of the hero of this poem
The al silent the bugles
And many valiant warrior lay lfeless the ground,
For night had forced armistice the foes,
And all around quietness, where the
from wounded and from dying where the warhorse
and beast alike had felt the keenness the
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