The National tribune., 1900-07-26

mand was ordered to move over into Nir-
rinia, preparatory TO the movement on
Manassas, OF, as the papers of the day
had it, "On to Richmond
After crossing the Potomac by way of
the Long Bridge, and going into camp
on the 'sacred soil'' of the Old Dominion,
the battalion was made part of the brl-
gade of Gen. Andrew Porter. Slow
marches during the first 10 days Of July
brought us to Gen. McDowelrs army, at
Centreville, distant from Washington
about IS miles. Here the army Of $4,000
men camped for a week.
Side by side with the Regulars at Cen
treville was camped n battalion Of Ma
rines from the Washington Navy Yard.
The then old Regulars of the sos thought
they had in their time been put through
the mill in drill and discipline, but in tfat
line, at least as far as drills were con-
cerned, the army Regulars were left in
the shade.
Two o'clock on the morning of the
memorable July 81, Sunday at that, found
the army ready for the march on Manas
sas, under command of Brighten. Irwin
Mcdowell. Arrived at the famous stone
bridge over Bull Run, POrter's brigade
filed off to the right, taking the Sud.ey
Springs road for a distance of q mile and
a half, when it sharply filed to the left,
moving due south for the battlefield.
BURNsIDE's FRENZY.
Within half mile of the actual field of
strife Col. Burnside was met, riding at
full speed and shouting to Go right in,
as his command, the Rhode Islanders,
pearance created n little stir in the ranks,
which caused Maj. Sykes to turn in his
saddle and command:
Steady, men; pay no attention to that
mamie is crazy"
Going onto the actual field, a skirt of
II II.
full sight of the enemy, Lieut.. Latimcr,
of my company, sent me a short distance
to the right to find out what it was that
was making the long weeds wave in such
a calm, sulky day. On approaching the
spot l found Col. Jones, 4th Ala, badly
wounded through the hip and famishing.
! gave him water from my canteen, after
which he asked me to unbuckle his belt;
said that | could take his revolver, but
to leave him his sword and belt: all of
which | did. On return TO Lieut.. Lati-
mer, he went to see the Colonel, and had
a few words of conversation with him
the one from Alabama and the other from
South Carolina.
All this took but Il few moments time,
but did some little good to 4 fallen enemy.
The Colonel dropped into our hospital q
prisoner later on and in the leaving of
the field to the Confederates through the
culpable negligence of Patterson and
irS
with number Of Union wounded. AT
any rate. when the Union wounded found
themselves prisoners at Richmond they |
were released and sent North through the |
influence of the same Col. Jones, because
of the kindness shown him while q pris- |
Oner in a Union hospital.
But what a rout the field of Bull Run
proved TO be when our forces could no
longer stem the tide of battle, Over |
whelming forces were brought on by
Johnston from the Valley, when Patter- |
son could have stopped the movement if
he would.
no PANIC THERE.
Sykes's Regulars originated with this |
battalion, which left the field of Manas- |
sas in compact, orderly column, GOV
ering the retreat of the army to Centre |
vile, when all else was utter rout and |
confusion, and it seeming to be every man |
for himself and the devil take the hind |
most"
The morning of the 23d found the Reg
ulars approaching Arlington in good or
der, but with spirits somewhat dampened |
by heavy downpour. The following day |
the President came over from Washing |
ton, accompanied by Secretary Seward |
and Secretary Cameron. and inspected the |
battalion in its camp. The President con- |
graduated the command on its military |
appearance, and remarked that he thought |
the man who marched the slowest from |
the field of strife came out the best
A day or two i'll this camp, and the |
command was ordered TO Washington for |
provost duty. 1t was pandcmonium in the |
city because of the great influx of dis |
organized army, the men of which were |
dissatisfied with anything and everything |
Officers had no control over them; conse
quently the Regulars were called in to |
bring order out Of chaos. Gen. Andrew |
Porter was made Pro~ost-Marshai and |
the eight companies of infantry, a squad |
ron OF cavalry and two batteries of artil- |
lery, all Regulars, were placed at mis- dis
posal. This force patroled the city day |
and night, by detail, until every one of
the 9O-day men were gathered up and |
taken to their regiments for transporta-
tion to their several States.
MUTINY.
A few days afterwards, when every
thing was thought to be settled and quiet |
restored, a new feature broke out in the
camp Of the 18th n. Y.
1t is understood that the enlisted men
of this regiment understood that they
were in for three months, and wanted to
90 home, whereas the officers wished to
convince them that they were sworn in
Tor two years and must serve it out. To
this they would not listen, and broke out |
Immediately. To quell this disturbance
the Regulars, horse, foot and artillery,
the 10Th, and surrounding it had the regi-
ment paraded without arms and the ring
leaders of the mutiny then and there ar
rested. They were afterwards tried by
general court-martial and sentenced TO a
number of years at the Dry Tortugas.
After that the regiment settled down to
the inevitable fact that they must serve
out the long term, as the enlistments of |
the men showed 1t. The Colonel of the
regiment was a Cameron, q brother of the
then Secretary Of War.
The duty of the Regular infantry that
Fall and Winter, In addition to its several
other duties, was to patrol the city by de-
tail under the supervision of field OFF,
Ger detailed from day to day by the Pro
ost-Marshal-General. From then on the |
Regular regiments began to arrive from
the frontiers, for, as said before, but five
companies of the 3D., two of the I'd and |
one Of the Sth were home for the battle
Of Bull Run. Among the first companies |
Of the ID Infantry to arrive were B and |
ID, the men of which had fought with the
lamented Lyon at Springfield, or Wilson's |
Greek. Gen. Lyon, who fell In that battle, |
although Brigadier-General Of Volunteers,
was at the time the Captain of Co. b, I'd |
U. S., the Captain of Co. u being Fred :
Steele, afterwards Major General Of Vol |
unteers and commanding in Missouri and |
Arkansas.