Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-11-14
The Second Bull Run.


w. E. Crockett furnishes the Boston
Globe with his recollections of thesecond
Bull Run battle:
How we'll rember the circumstances
and events Immediately preceding the
last Bull Run battle. The fight at Slaugh.
ter mountain; the great number of killed
and wounded; tho midnight retreat
through the streets of Culpepper court
house that at that time 30 strangely re-
minded me of the often quoted line, "On
with the dance;" the allnight rumbling
of heavy teams; the tramping of the
horses, so suggestive of anything but
success; the crossing of the river at early
morn and the short halt made at the
Sulphur springs, 80 famous as pleasure
resort; the little fight at this point, where
both sides, having the opinion that the
enemy's sharpshooters occupied the
hotel buildings, began artillery practice
upon the spot, until soon the targets
looked like anything butfrst-class hotels;
the few days we remained at Rsppahan-
mock station; the confusion and general
disorganization of the army-it all seems
as but yesterday so plainly does it come
to mind. Two or three days beforethe
second Bull Run battle I happened to
be at Catlett's station and had nv bit
and sup with the headquarter teams of
the seventy-third Ohio regiment, the
wagons of the entire division being
parked there just to the northeast of the
stone bridge which crosses the Occoquan
at his point. We had been blessed
with an abundance of wet weather for
number of days and had had irregular
old-fashioned storm to wind up with.
It was in the height of this fearful rain
that We heard the first alarm of the at
tack on Pepe's headquarter encampment,
which was about one mile from us
directly northwest, the railroad running
between our camps, with the railroad
station at point about half way. A more
disagreeable night can hardly be imag-
ined, and everybody was doing his best
to keep dry. At the first rifle crack our
camp was on the alert, and questions
were many and answers few. ItumDled
out of the comfortable shelter had
secured for the night and ran towards the
quarters of our quartermaster, Weston.
had notproceededa hundred yards be-
tore
RAN SLAP BANG INTO A TORNADO,
it seemed to be. but proved to be half
dressed man, who was trying to beat the
best time on record as runner. Very
much excited, and completely busted up
az tohis stock of wind, 1 had hard work
to make out his standing. I took him
along with ne to the quartermaster's
quarters and there we managed to get
the following: The rebels had run pell
nell into their camp, lad found them all
undressed and comfortably tucked away
for the night, 50 far away from the front
and so confident of quiet that they had
prepared much like home folks for q
happy nights rest. His story was:
'Tne first l heard was rumbling sound
like unto thunder, then the order, For
ward !gallop! charge! and they we're
among us. It was every man for himself.
l started for my horse, had my saddle in
hand, when two men stood at nv side
and two pair of strong hands grasped my
shoulders. l said, All right, boys, I've
got this Yank's horse They both
dropped me. and was less than a econd
dropping that saddle and less in dropping
cut of that neighborhood, and here am
just ahead of the confeds, for thew are
coming, don't you forget it." It took but
moment for the man to tell us the
above, and then ali was action. WEI mus
tered our wagon guard and all the camp
olloWers, making about twenty all told,
and, under command of Weston, marched
towards the scene of action. We had got
only as far as the railroad and about q
hundred yards from the bridge, when
we became aware of the approach of
the enemy and very quietly halted.
This quiet had been observed in all
our movements, as we wished to have
the advantage of seeing our visitors
before they should know of our being at
home to receive them. We halted in
line across the railroad and almost Inn.
mediately saw the shadows of several
horsemen. Then the word from Weston,
who goes therea" and the prompt an
ewer from
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