Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-19
BULL RUN.
The Wild Stampede Briefly Described by an
Eye Witness.


in the Pittsburgh Dispatch recently
The historian is Kennedy Marshall, of
Butler, Pa, prominent lawyer Mr.
Marshall, at the date of the battle, was
a member of the Legislature, and, with
hundreds of persons, had followed the
army to see the rebels crushed by Nc
Dowe1. Mr.. Marshall was acccompan-
led by Henry J. Raymond, editor of the
New York Times, and DR.. Russell, the
famous war correspondent OF the Lon
don Times.
Raymond, Russell and l." began Mr..
Marshall, "were seated ON the roadside,
taking lunch at o'clock in the after
noon. While we were talking together,
we heard locomotives whistling over on
the Manassas railroad. The trains
stopped IL cut. Pretty soon out
marched lot of soldiers in gray, with
a stand of brigade colors, and came
at double-quick across the field. It
was Kirby Smith with the last INSTALL
ment of Jackson's armJ from Winches-
ter, which had eluded Patterson. The
panic which seized our troops when
these fresh fighters hurled themselves at
the Union lines, already tottering with
exhaustion, was wilder than anything in
military history since three Austrian
soldiers, coming out of the woods to
surrender after the battle of Solferino,
put the whole French army to rout for
time. Regiments that had stood up
to their work bravely since 8 o'clock in
the morning melted away in a few
minutes at the sight of the gray charg-
ing columns. There was no knowing
what force was behind Smith, and
Hunters men did not wait to see. They
took the road to Centerville, pell-mell,
every man for himself The infantry
charged their own batteries, cut the
h0ses loose, jumped on their backs and
went to the rear on gallop. Russell
disappeared on the tide at the top of
his speed. Raymond drifted away from
me, and [ did not let many pass me in
the race myself. It was the further the
faster, and after covering what seemed
to me about five miles [ dropped ex-
hausted beside the road to rest.
by and by Raymond came along.
He had found his barouche and he took
me In. We whirled along in the crush
of ambulances, artillery horses, privates,
officers and camp-followers on foot,
ladies and politicians IN carriages, and
200 OF 800 steers, all making the best of
their way to Washington. A drove of
cattle had been driven out behind the
army to be slaughtered after the battle
They were stampeded with the rest and
added to the confusion.
Il got over the Long bridge at Wash
ington at 8 o'clock, just as the counter
sign was being given out for the night.
I rode up to Wizards Hotel, through
streets crowded with people, wild with
excitement over the favorable dis
patches that had come in from the
front. The brass bands were out in
force, and somebody was making rous-
ing on to Richmond speech from the
balcony of the hotel I walked into the
office, under the sound of his inspiring
words, knowing how soon those cheers
would be hushed to whispers of alright.
Chadwick was keeping the hotel then,
and as pushed up to the desk he stared
at me, bare-headed and streaming with
dirt and sweat as was, and, finally rec
ognizing me, asked me where l had
been and what was the matter.
come from the front Mcdowell
is licked out of his boots, and the wreck
of our army is not far behind
Chadwick dived back into his pri-
vate Office with scared face, and in a
few minutes came back and took me in
with him.
There sat Gen. Mansfield, who was
in command of the troops around Wash
ington, with bottle of champagne be-
fore him.
g. Mr.. Chadwick informs me, sir, that
you report our army retreating Are
you military man, sir?'
mo, sir
"'Then how DO you know, sir, that
they were not merely making change
OF front or executing some other military
maneuver, sir?'
60 Well, General replied, as calmly
as [ could, while the gray-haired old
martinez eyed me sternly, : saw whole
regiments throw down their guns and
take to the woods. 1 saw artillerymen
cut their horses loose from the guns and
caissons and gallop away / saw officers,
men, Congressman and Texas steers
running neck and neck down the road
toward Washington, and steers were the
only things that had their tails up It
may have been change of front, as you
say, but"
AZ don't believe single word of it,
broke III the General, who had listened
to me with evident Impotence
g" Good evening" replied. and walk ID
ont OF the door. The crowd had get the
news by this time from Chadwick, and T
was almost pulled to pieces. Somebody
noticed that 1 was wearing gray suit,
and shouted: He's rebel There were
several suggestions that I be lynched
for attempting to stimulate rising of
the rebel element in the city. Gen.
Mansfield hurried off to the War De-
partment, and pretty soon a sergeant
and squad of soldiers came for me and
took me to the department. President
Lincoln and his entire Cabinet were
there, with old Gen. Scott, anxiously
waiting for news from the front. Simon
Cameron had known me as member Of
the Legislature and vouched for nv
loyalty. There was very little said while