Daily globe., 1882-09-19
BULL RUN.
The Wild Stampede Briefly Described by an
Eyewitness.

Probably the best description of the
Wild stampede which followed the bat
tie of Bull Run ever printed appeared
in the Pittsburgh Dispatch recently
The bis,s, s,orian is Kennedy Marshall, OF
Butler. Pa. a prominent lawyer. Mr.
Marshall. at ,'he date of the battle, was
a member of th,, Legislature, and, with
hundreds of persons, had followed the
army to see the rebels crushed by Nc
Dowell 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 I" 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 in cut. Pretty soon out
marched lot of soldiers in gray, with
a stand of brigade colors, and came
at double-qnick across the field. 1t
was Kirby Smith with the last install
ment of Jackson's army from Winches-
ter, which had eludeI 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 r0ut for
time. Regiments that had stood up
to their work bravely since 9 o'clock in
the morning melted away in 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
horses loose, jumped On their backs and
went to the rear on a gallop. Russell
disappeared on the tide at the top of
his speed. Raymond drifted away from
me, and I did not let many pass me in
the race myself. It was the frfrther the
faster, and after covering what seemed
to me about five miles L 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 300 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 9 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. 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 I pushed up to the desk he stared
at me, bare-headed and streaming with
dirt and sweat as [ was, and, finally rec
ognizlng me, asked me where I had
been and what was the matter
"'I come from the front. Mcdowell
is licked out of his boots, and the wreck
of our army is not far behind
~ Il
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
hgton, with bottle of champagne be-
fore him. --.-----.
"' Mr.. Chadwick informs me, sir, that
you report our army retreating. Are
you military man, sir?'
"'No, sir
Then how do you know, sir, that
they were not merely making a change
Of front or executing some other military
maneuver, SIR?
"' Well, General I replied, as calmly
as / could, while the gray-haired old
martinez eyed me sternly, I saw whole
regiments throw down their guns and
take to the woods. I saw artillerymen
cut their horses loose from the guns and
caissons and gallop away. Isaw 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. II
may have been change of front, as yoU
say, but"
@'I don't believe a single word of it,
broke in the General, who had listened
to me with evident impatience.
@ Good evening" Ireplied. and wa1ksd
out OF the door. The crowd mad got th,
news by this time from Chadwick, and
was almost pulled to pieces. Somebod,
noticed that I was wearing gray suit
and shouted: He's a rebel There wer,
several suggestions that I be lynchet
for attempting to stimulate rising O
the rebel element in the city. Gen
Mansfield hurried off to the War De
partment, and pretty soon sergean
and squad of soldiers came for me ant
took me to the department.. Presiden
Lincoln and his entire Cabinet wer,
there, with old Gen. Scott, anxiollsl,