The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-22
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The First Shot-Bees Va. zo,,
Marching to Richmond w
the Music Of .he Band
boston Globe !

l0oSCOu oIOpS
recall the march t. Bull Rn.
accompanied Tvl-r's division a1
moved ftom FaiI's Church toLi;act
the first afternoon. ] ht ar the mug
OF the bands playing Yankee Doosf
The sunlight is gllstening from, sw'
and bayonet. There is the sts.,
tramp, tramp, tramp, Of the tronna
If ON parade. They are 40 Iolpmrss
camp, but on the march that has,
gun, and they are on their wa,,
Richmond. At nightfall thew 8
into the fields. kindIe their fires y.
! cook their coffee.
Dies any veteran recall the H.,
morning the upsetting Of sever
| hives of bees by the Zouaves andvas
swarmiug out of the enraged insep@s'
putting u regiment 10 flight? ~.
the men throwing up their arms ana
gesticula,ing wildly and running f..
shelter ! eneath a straw stark. Hou
they make the straw fy! Horses and
mules kick and rear.
W. come in sight of Fairfax cour
house. upon the cupola of which thu
Confederate flag is flying. A squad,
ron of Confederate cavalry is STA,
toned in a meadow, and Gen Hsv.
ley, now Senator from C%.nneclicut
taking a Sharp's rifle from the hand;
of q SOLDIER, sent q bullet toward;
them. 1t is the first shot of the cam,
peign.
The rebels have fed, and We push
on towards C~en,reville. We see tbs
abandoned eartbworks thrown up BY
Beauregard, with cannon perpiug
from the embrasures. The rebels, We
conclude, have spiked their guns and
fled. Up the hill in advance Of tbs
skirmishers rush the correspondents
in til .ir eagerne.s to get news, to find
that they are quaker guns-lugs Of
wood with "painter holes" to repre-
sent the muzZies. The enemy Is not
there. How delightful is this going
to Richmond to the music Of orass
bands!
When we went back to Richmond
did not stand or the order of our
but went! Of course We all
wanted to get back to send the news
to Cur readers, aild we went as fast al
II legs WOI!lO carry u.s.
I recall William H. Ru sell, Of the
London Times, ealiug his lunch un-
der the fence by the roadside, at Cen.
treviIle, who made all possible haste
to get back, and who had not been
near the battle field during the day,
but whose lette1 had a great effect
upon The British public, doing more
Than anything else to make Great
hosti g to the North.
Memory recalls the scene On the
field ut the Henry house whed
made his appearance. l beheId
Il from the roof of q house near the
Stone br.dge. Two great C. lumns of
'ulphurOus smoke rise above The two
l see the struggle al the
house. the falling back of the
line. the advance of the Con-
ederates. Leaving my position ran
Col. McCook of the Second Ohio
md t Id him of the charge. A con
Used hun came TO us from the dl-
ection of the Mathew house. A
uouent later there was y rush of
ugitlves. 1 see q hack containing
olue Congressman from Washington
Knocked into kindiing wood by a
cannon. what uas happened
do not know, but that tuere has
cen disaster is plain. An absence
# body just at the moment is as es-
entail as presence of wind, for up
Trough the woods sweeps u body of
ava ~, aud l make III. bt ST time
till [ all beyond Bull Run.
+ lamentable il as a cOnical scene
white about the lips, painting
or bre ath, running as fast rs tnelr
rgs "a carry tnen-baggage wagons
Iacks, cannon, anlbulauces, citizens,
Oldier>, horses, all in a hur'y.turIy.
hat is the way we |, it the fl Id. We
TERED III opinion about -olug or to
richmond to the music of the pand.