The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-09-01
THH BULL RUN TAMPEsDE.
lftts6ury Dispatch IaterDieo pith Mr.. Ken

fWsouTy D'spdfch lnferU'eto tCtth Mr.. Ken
$y ueoy Marshall. =
"Richmo ond was quito popular summer
resort in JUL, '61," said Mr.. Marshall,
''and geat numbar of Northern people,
politicians, Congressmeu, gentlemen of leis.
ure, ladies fond of little wellregulatcd
excitement. clergymen sighiag for virgin
territory, aud business men seeking for q
speculation, made up their minds to take a
flying trip to this new capital of the South.
ern Confedetacy. Our army of gallant young
recruits, led by the valiant Mcdowell, un.
der the direction of the sagacious Scott,
was to go ahead. The rebel soldiers had
been massed at convenient points in sufi
cient numbrrs-tU ASSIST with the fireworks )
aud furnish entertainment for the visitors
The campaign was to be huge picnic
at Government expense, and went along
with hundreds Of others to see the fun.
was member of the Pennsylvania Legisla:
ture, and the malaria common to legislative
halls had left me half an invalid. Ben Nor:
gan, Charles Spang, Jr., Of Spang Chalfant
d Co., John Shaw, then -four inspector Of
Allegheny County, and Charles Clark
ofCiark & haw, all Pittsburgers, were with
me. There never was so la.go aud respec.
table a lot of camp followers as those who
followed our army out from Washington.
Many of the most distinguished men of the
country were there, and there was no lack
of good company.
"We were just beginning to tire of the
picnic, and were preparing to return to
Washington to spend Sunday, when on Sat.
urday one of Gen. McDowells aides told us
that they were going to attack the enemy
that night. There was apparently no at
tempt to keep the matter secret. At 10 clock
Sunday morning, July 2l,
THE TROOPS BEGAN TO MOVE.
awe left our carriage aad followed them
on foot. got separated from my party,
and fell in with Henry j. Ray mond of the
New York Times. We followed the right.
hand column, under Hunter. You know
how the battle waS fought at first how
their skirmish line was chased, their bat
teries charged and the entire left wing of
the Rebel army rolled back beyo nd the
Warrenton road. We whipped them fair
ly in the early hours of the fight, and about
8 o'clock in the afternoon Raymond and [,
sitting beside the road near the Warreuton
Stone Bridge, were well in the rear of our
advancing right. Ii was hotter day than
this and We were tired, half sick with the
smell of powder, and very hungry. Along
the road came Russell, on horseback, with
big knapsack of provisions behind him.
He was an old campaigncr and had come
provided. We hailed him, and while he
shared his lunch with us, told him how we
were licking them and how we would serve
the British the same way upon occasion
He had driven out from Washington since
morning, bringing saddle in his carriage
While we were talking together, we heard
locomotives whstling over on the Manassas
Railroad. The trains stopped in cut
out of sight. Prett soon out marched a
lot of soldiers in gray, with stand of brig.
ade colors. and came at a double quick
across the field. 1t was Kirby Smith with
the last instalment Of Johnston's army from
Winchester, which had eluded Patterson.
The panic which seized our troops when
these fresh fighters hurled themselves at the
Union lines, already tottering with exhaus.
ton, was wil'er than anything in military
history since hree Austrian soldiers. com
ing out of the woods to sure ader after the
battle of Solferino, put the whole French
army to root for time. Regiments that
had stood up to their work bravsly since
o'clock in the morning melted away in a
few minutes at the sight Of the
GREY CHARGING COLUMNS.
"There was no knowing what force was
behind Smith, aud Hunters men didu't
want to see: They took the road toward
Centerville pell nell, every man for himself
The infantry charged their own batteries, cut
the horses loose, jumped on their backs and
went to the rear at gallop. Russell dis
appeared on the tide at the top of his speed
Raymond drifted away from me, and didn't
lei many pass me in the race myself 1,
was the farther the faster, and after cove ring
what seemed to me abour five miles dfopped
exhausted beside the road to rest BY and
BY Raymond came along. He had found
his barouche and he took me 10. We whirl
ed along in the crush Of ambulances, artille, y
horses, privates. officers and camp followers
on foot, ladies aud politicians in carriages,