Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-12
Some Facts and Figures o4bom the
First Battle of Manassas, JaD21, 1861

but Colonel Slocum. who commanded the
regiment and who came on behind, dis
covered him in the bushes. Attempting
to draw his pistol he said: Your life,
you rebelp For some reason he could
not get out his pistol easily, and seeing
DeJarnett level his musket at him, he
cried out: Don't shoot But the Georgian
did shoot, and killed him, too. saw
Slocum's grave today in little cabbage
garden by the roadside and also found
there Major Ballou of the same regiment,
who had his leg shot off.
There is still another fact I cannot
forbear to record. After the terrible fire
to which the Eighteenth Georgia had been
exposed and which they received with
the immobility of a marble statue, Cen
eral Beauregard passed the little rem
nant of the regiment that was still left
and which was ready to strike yet another
blow, and raising his cap with undisguised
admiration and sympathy, he said:
Eighth Georgia, salute you
The Canadian Press on the Battle Of
Manassas.
The Quebec Chronicle has the fol-
lowing: THE New York press VIII
be doubtless sadly downcast now. For
ourselves, we have not exulted over
the much Wanted northern victories. and
see no great reason to rejoice In north
war should cease, and that we should
be spared the spectacle OF seeing brothers
in race and language In mortal combat.
Neither the north nor the south can sub
tugate the other. Let them agree to what
we call a separation de bieus, and be at
peace. There Is room enough on this
great continent for three great nations
a union Of the British colonies-a union
OF the northern states, and Confederacy
of the southern republic" The Montreal
Gazette has the following: 1.-THE grand
army that was to exterminate the SOUTH
erners Is in full retreat upon Washington.
utterly beaten by the superior tactics OF
the southern general, which has enabled
him to man HIS troops as to do what the
northern general intended-oyerwhelm the
enemy. 1t was not a pleasant thing for
philosophic minds to see that the defeat
Of the northern army was received rather
with satisfaction than regret by people
on the streets here. The north has brag-
ged so much and so loudly. has been so
insolent in its tone, not only towards
the south, but towards Britain; IT has
Dragged so much about thrashing Great
Britain, and crumpling up poor little
towards, that sympathy has been alien
ated from the braggart and bully. The
south has been hemmed in by the great
masses of troops. a portion Of her terri
tory wrested from her-her ports blockad-
ed-her every effort jeered at-her pros
poets Of successful fighting for her own
territory turned into ridicule, until no
one could help feeling some desire to see
the braggart worsted. and the much
abused south. driven to bay, achieve a
success" ] take the following from the
same paper: Stories set afloat by the
black Republican press Of the barbarous
treatment of the wounded by the Confed-
crate troops Is denied by The Baltimore
American an administrative paper.
From troops passing through here, and
particularly from the members of the
Michigan regiments, who have a large
number of wounded with them, we learn
that every attention was paid to the
wounded which the, most humane could
have deserved; one soldier affirming that
he called upon a man who had shot him
down, for some water. and that the Con-
federate supplied him from his own can
teen" No country produced more hui
name type of men than did the south.
A lieutenant of our own city. when fall
ing back under the tremendous IRE at
the battle of Gettysburg, was appealed to
by a Yankee officer for help-when, with
out moments hesitation, he stopped