The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-10
MIMIC WAR ENDED.
Major General Cerbin PrOcIaims
Peace at Manassas
BELL sEEKI~slY Tie ,lCT0F

srswn ARR Pashes the Blue Bach
From Bull Ran--Fieree Battle a
stone Hrid5s-Entire Detachment Of
Grants Army Wiped Out.
Corps Headquarters, Gainesville va.
Sept. 1o.-The final day Of the maneu
yers was begun at midnight. At thai
hour the forces under General Bell, the
aggressor in the movement against
Washington, were pushed forward to-
ward the lines Of defense. The tread
Of the infantry as they marched to
orders delivered in hushed tones in the
dark, the shifting Of the field guns and
the click Of the cavalry horses hoofs
against the stony roads all combined
to invest the historic Bull Run battle
field with spectral return Of civil wal
days When the FIRST glimmer of da.
came, however, the specter vanished
and in its place was all the hustle and
hustle of modern warfare.
Hostllities began early. A shot at
the blue uniforms was the first desire
of the browns, and the fight was taken
up practically where it had ended the
night before on the Wellington pike
near Pageland lane. The brown force
seemed more inclined to push the blue
with greater vigor The waiting game
which had been played by General
Whit with his blue force was not SO
easy to maintain. General Bell was
eager to locate the main defense line
When General Corbin brought The
maneuyers to a close General Bell had
advanced across Stone bridge. pushing
General Grant back, and also had
swung a large part Of his force from
the left wing to the entire right flank
Of General Grant and put them across
Bull Run at Sudley Springs. The ma
neuyerlng on both sides was pronounc
ed Of the highest order. Genera
Grants plans were not fully developed
on account Of tile desire on the part III
General Corbin not to put too long
strain on the militia. The spectacular
feature Of the days work was the bat
tie Of Stone Bridge. General Grant
had strong line Of defense On tile
east side of the stream, consisting OF
Prices brigade, including two battaI
ions Of the Alabama and another ii
the rear and d detachment Of engl
neers.
New Workers In Thick Of Fight
The brown force which had al
preached the bridge contested Of Barry's
and Regan's brigades. The attack was
made by the Second Massachusetts, ano
Twelfth New York. They were driver
back twice with great loss, after IA
vancing under heavy fire. Just AZ thet
came up for the third time the Ninth
regulars succeeded ia fording Tho
stream below the bridge and came III
in the rear Of the blue force. This
movement was executed So cleyerly
that the blue force was not aware n
their danger until the infantry wa,
within twenty yards Of them Tbe
umpires ruled out all Of the blue fore,
at this place as either killed or can
tured.
Previous to this the browns hae
brought up two machine guns witbir
range Of the rife Gre Of the blues AM
numbered for action. As this move
ment was not covered by any 6re 4,
any kind the guns were ruled out II
action. The umpires ruled that III,
bridge was blown up BY the blue armv
and the brown troops which. wer,
brought mp in force at this place N
had to ford the stream.
Blues Almost Surrounded.
In the meantime the brown fore.
which had crossed Bull Run at snd
lev bad made it's way down ID IN,
blue side. A blue line was formeS
back Of the bridge and was being nusb
ed hard by the brown force. which als,
had formed in skirmish line far M
vance. Just as these two lines were
becoming actively engaged the brown
force from Sudley poured an enfIadino
fire Into the blue line from its ripht
and had not Colonel Wagner chief NM
pire, sounded cessation the blue line
probably would have been completely
surrounded BIZ the brown force
Still farther back and 10 the rohi
the remainder Of the brown forc,
which crossed at sudley was making
a desperate effort to cut of Grants
communications from the rear. i wae
on train was reported as captured, NM
a squadron Of cavalry came dashina
within sight short distance to TN
right Of General Grant and his star
at his headquarters on the pike d min