Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08
W. Mclean; Sd New Jersey, Col. George M
Taylor; 41st New York, Col Leopold Won

eral army)-Col. Dixon S. Miles.
First Brigade-Col. Louis Blenker: sth
New York Volunteers, Lieut.. Col; julius
stahel; 10Th New York. Col. Adolph Won
Steinwehr; 39th New York (Garibaldi
Guards, Col. f. D. DUtassy; 9th Penn
sylvania, Col Max Einstein; Battery A, "a
United States Artillery, Capt John I. IIu-
ball; Bookwood's New York Battery, capt.
Charles lockwood. Brigade loss, Killed.
16 wounded, 96 missing-11S.
Second Brigade-Col Thomas A. Dawes
10th New York. Lieut. Col; samuel Marsh.
18th New York Col. W. A. Jackson; 3lst
New York Col. c. E. Pratt; 32d New YORK,
Col. r. Matheson; Battery q, I'd United
States Artillery. Lieut. o. d. Green Bril-
gade loss. wounded. 1 mlssing-5
The total loss to the federal army was
AGO killed. 1124 wounded, 1872 captured or
missing-2. 500.
The strength of the Union army engaged
was $50 officers, 1876 enlisted men and "a
guns.
The Confederate Army.
The strength Of the confederate forces
engaged was:
Army of the Potomac-Brigadier q. l.
Beauregard: Rank and file. infantry. $40;
cavalry 1000; artillery, 2SS; stan, ~; 9''lo
Number of guns ~
Army of the Shenandoah-General Joseph
E. johnston: Rank and file, infantry, ,6s4;
cavalry. 800; artillery $50; stan o. S'oto.
Number of guns, II. Grand total OF the
confederate forces engaged, 1908
Confederate loss-3e7 killed, 1.os2 wounded,
Is missing-1 ,9S2.
In the armies Of Beauregard and john
ston there were many commands that were
organized and mustered, one might say, with
propriety, within sight of the Capitol These
were the list Virginia. Major +. G. Skinner;
I'd Virginia, Col. j. w. Allen; 4th Virginia,
Col. j. F. Preston; 9th Virginia. Col. Ken
ton Harper; 7th Virginia, Col. j. l.. hemper;
9Th Virginia, Col. Eppa Hunton; 10th Nir-
ginia Col. S. b. Gibbons; 1lth Virginia,
D,l Nirrri r,fn
P. Hill; 18th Virginia (Alexandria), Col M.
d. Corse; 18th Virginia. Col. r. E. Withers;
10th Virginia, Lieut.. Col. ]. B. Strange; 2ith
Virginia, Lieut.. Col. P. Hairston, jr. 9TH
Virginia, Lieut.. Col. John Echols; 2sth Vir-
ginia Col r. T. Preston; Both Virginia, Col.
R. C. w Rodford S3d Virginia. Col. A.
c. Cummings; 49th Virginia, Col. William
Smith; Alexandria Battery, Captain Del
Kemper; Loudon Artillery, Captain Arthur
L. Rogers; Lathams Virginia Battery, Cap
tain II. G. Latham; Shields Battery, Cap
tain ]. c. Shields; Purcelfs Battery; LIST
Virginia Cavalry, Col. ]. E. B. Stuart. and
the LIST Maryland Battalion, Lieut.. Col
George II. Steuart.
1.-THE Star" in War Time.
The Evening Star of Monday, July %,
1861 was crowded with news of the battle.
At the top of the editorial column The
Star of that day said:
The Army of the Potomac will be i'm
mediately reorganized upon basis of over
100000 men. Regiments are offering and
being accepted with such rap:dity as to In
sure this being accomplished in very few
days. General Mcclellan has been sum-
mOned by the government from West Nir-
ginia to take command of the Army of the
Potomac at Washington. Reinforeements
telegraphed for last night are now on
their way hither from various directions in
In another editorial. published July %,
The Star said
Our army suffered a heavy reverse, but
by no means such an overthrow panic
stricken civilians and the soldiers who fled
in advance of the retreat imagine and
allege. The great body of troops
slowly retreating today in remarkably
good order, recovering most of the NUM-
lions, baggage, etc, thrown away by those
stricken with the panic. The army viii
again occupy the positions from which it
started out last week, in an around the
intrCnchments and forts constructed for
this city's security on the other side of the
Potomac.
The Capital Safe.
I'm the belief of General Scott they are
impregnable. and this city is as secure from
the enemy as it was fortnight ago, quite
notwithstanding yesterdays disasters at a
point twenty-eight or thirty miles west
of us.
We may not appropriately add that at
pm. yesterday the victory was clearly
ours. The retreat movement is ascertained
to have been caused by an accidental and
trifng panic in one of the regiments to
which it spread from confusion among its
own teamsters.
The fresh troops under General Mans
field and those of General McDowelrs re-
serve not IN the engagement together make
an army quite as large, we apprehend as
that under General Mcdowell in yester-
days engagement.
From sunset last evening up to this
hour they have been steadily getting into
g
We have ascertained that measures have
been taken to concentrate here still an
otner great army, now scattered at various
points distant less than twentv-four hours
from us by rail. They will doubtless COM
mence pouring into Washington within a
few hours.
According to the most reliable inforrna
ton received at headquarters the enemy
made no effort whatever to pursue orr re-
treating army"
Walt Whitman's Story.
Walt Whitman in Specimen DAVIS and
Collect" thus describes conditions in Wash
ington the day and night Of July %:
THE defeated troops began pouring into
washington over the Long bridge at dav
Ight on Monday, 22d day DRILLING all
through with rain. The Sunday of the bat
lie had been parChed and hot to an ex
layers, sweated In, followed by other law
ers, again sweated in, absorbed by these
excited souls-their clothes all saturated
with the clay powder filling the air. stirred
up everywhere on the dry roads and trod-
den fields by the regiments swarmfng
wagons, artillery, etc. All the men with
this coating Of murk and sweat and ra in
now recoiling back. pouring over the Long
bridge-returning to Washington, bafHed
Inundated, panic-struck.
he sun rises. but shines not The mon
appear. at first sparsely, then thicker in
the streets Of Observation-Disclosures In Penn
sylFania avenue and on the steps and base
ment entrances. They come along in dis
orderly mobs some in squads stragglers
companies. Occasionally a rare regiment
In perfect order, with it's officers (some
gaps, dead, the true braves marching In
silence, with lowering faces stern weary
TO sinking, all black and dirty, but every
man with his musket and stepping alive
Out these are exceptions
Downcast Troops.
Sidewalks of Pennsylvania avenue 14th
street, etc. crowded tammed with citizens
darkies. clerks. everybody, lookers-on, wo
men In the windows, curious expression
from faces, as these swarms of dirt-covered
soldiers there twill they never end move
py; but nothing said. no comments (half
our lookers-on 'secesh of the most ven
omOus kind.