The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-12-29
BULL RUNS PANIC.
LOW CHANDLER, WADE AND OTHERS
HALTED THE STRAGGleRS.

arephic Description of the Event an Re-
10, of Frightened Human Cattle at
Bay.
In his life of Ben Wade the Hon. A. G..
psiilo. OF Washington, modestly omits all
,sn.ion Of his own part in the battle of
ri Run, and the other evening | called
non him to obtain his recollections Of it,
~.Do ] remember ity' he exclaimed with
smile II should think did, for a letter
wrote 10 my wife giving an account OF
NV experience or that day got into The news
,soers through the careleSsness of a gentle
nan 20 whom IL was given TO read and
.sus,l my defeat for congress at the next
.letion ! was in congress at Che time, and
De reason went 70 the battle was tins: The
Cleveland Crays, commanded by Gen. Alex
,nler Mcdowell Mcyook, we're at the front,
an it was tAc finest company in the finest
ngimont Of the entire army. | had prom
XII 70 30 TO the front and join them in
ee.r first battle, and in pursuance Of this
u-omisc, two carriage loads of us, knowing
tat there was TO be fight on that memor-
.Ne Sunday. left Washington about 3
o'clock in the morning 10 SEQ it.
CoNGREssMEN AND CITIZENS.
There were Senators Chandler and
Wade. ConcreSsmon Blake, Morris and my
Al. all from Ohio Mr. Brown, tho sergeant
n arms OF tho senate; Maj. Eaton, OF Michi-
Fan friend OF Mr. Chandler; and Tom
B-,.n Of tho treasury department, friend
n gr Wade. We got breakfast at Fair
hxC.a. House, and reached the hcadquar-
tersa ilo army at Centcrvilo about day
r-ht. r.1ilcd with passes from Gen. scott
Ne would tako Us everywhere. At Con-
tr ! found that the Grays were IN the
advances. on The sk.lmish line, and of course
m'i not Join them. as / had hoped and OK
,s,tI Iaaeyor We left our teams ut q
irrro.a.r hospital near Centervilc, and
wen, ODD. walking into the line Of battc.
krrra,.niic, when we supposed the battle
WIS over We went back TO the hospital,
where ,ge had left the teams, thinking that
The Union troops had been victorious, and
tl,-. found several hundred soldier stray
o.r, Gathered around There were num-
br az concrcssmen and citizens in the
crowd. end among them Congressman Ely,
Of New York, who you remember was taken
pris0nor and sent 20 Richmond
"'Well. as | said. we supposed that the
battle was over and our troops successful,
and were doing what we could to assist the
wounded. whom to our great surprise,
plendid column of the famous Black Horse
cavalry. Of which you have read 50 much,
came charging down upon us. At first we
IMPOSED they were our troops but soon saw
they were rebels. and made a rush for
biz, stout six-rail Virginia fence near by
good many who had guns and revolvers
whipped them out and as the cavalry
stopped and poured a volley into Us we re-
turned it with some vigor and effect, for as
thew rode Off after that first vOlley we could
So several riderless horses. Ina minute the
Place was deserted By all except our arty,
AMI ve then got into our carriages and
started toward Washington.
As we moved along the woods on each
ale of the road appeared TO empty them
selves of soldiers. who were all running as
fast as they could. and pretty soon the road
became blocked by teams, army wagons,
nlerlcss horses, wounded men, cannon and
arvthing that had the power OF motion,
a. pllling and hauling, and shouting and
climbing over one another IN the greatest
excitement and confusion. Soldiers were
throwing away their guns their knapsacks
and unloading themselves for fight. Army
teamsters were cutting loose their horses
from the wagons, aru.erymen were doing
the same, and You never saw aad no one
can imgaine a wilder or more bswilderlng
spectacle Everybody seemed to have gone
crazy.