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| sas Junction, to move upon Centerville
at dawn, stating to him the position of
our forces, and that severe battle
would be fought that morning, the 29th.
With Jackson at and near Grove
| ton, with Mcdowell on the west and
the rest of the army on the east OF him,
while Lee, with the mass of his army,
was still west of Thoroughfare Gap,
| the situation for rs was certainly as
] favorable as the most sanguine person
could desire, and the prospect of crush
| ing Jackson. sandwiched between such
| forces, was certainly excellent. There
| Is no doubt had Gen. Mcdowell been
with his command when Kings Divi-
sion of his corps became engaged with
the enemy, he would have brought for
ward to its support both Sigel and Rey-
| nolds. and the result would have been
| to hold the ground west of Jackson at
least until morning brought against him
also the forces moving from the direc-
ton of Centerviile."
Pope's Crowning BIunder.
Gen. Pope was now to throw away all
of the immense advantage which he
had gained by his successful and rapid
! movements. He had sent Gems Nc
| Dowell and Sigel to Gainesville to OBJ
serve Thoroughfare Gap, and above all
| things he should have kent them there.
When he marched to Manassas Junction
to deliver battle to Jackson he found
all the Confederates gone except A. p.
Hills Division, which had been left to
watch the smoking ruins and see that
the destruction was complete. Kearny's
and Reno's Divisions were sent against
Hill, who withdrew across Bull Run
and tOlled them off on false scent to-
ward Centerville. Pope WAS completely
deceived. He became POSSESSED of the
immovablc conviction that, jackson was
| making to retreat thru Thoropghfarc
or Aldie Gaps. or to move, around his
right and escape by the way of Occo-
guam. Pope wasted the. morning of
Aug. % in making new dispositions to
pursue Jackson across Bull Run and
attack him at Centerville, and he is
sued the fatal order to Mcdowell to
withdraw from Gainesville and march
to the right to join him in this attack.
Mcdowell, who had seen from the first
the Importance of blocking the way
thru Thoroughfare Gap, and the juno
ton of Lee with Jackson. protested
against this. and left Ricketts, to watch
the Gap. In the meanwhile Jackson,
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tack simultaneously. but delivered 1t
atter Grover had been driven back. He
led 1t personally, and was supported bv
stevens. Hills Division had suffered
greatly In the previous fighting. and
hearnys attack was so sudden and un-
ueniaDle that it at first rolled Hills line
UP, lnfllctlng severe loss. Two brigades
of Ewelfs Division rushed to Hills as
sistance, and striking our troops as they
were exhausted by the force of then.
attack, drove them back over the hardly
Won position. Finally Mcdowell came
up with Kings Division, now command
ed by Hatch. Pope and his Generals
We're still ignorant of Longstreet's ar
rlvaf, and under the firm impression
that Jackson was retreating Hatch
was rushed in to accelerate this retreat.
ana, IL possible, convert 1t into a rout
and at $50 cOllided with Hoods piyf-
sion, coming out to meet the attack.
For ttree-quarters Of an hour a des-
perate struggle at close range ragged be-
tween these two divisions, which ended
with Hatch's Division retiring in good
order. leaving one gun in the hands of
the enemy, which. Col. Law says, con-
tinued to fire until his men We're so
near 1t that the powder burned their
faces. Gen. Reynolds renewed his at
tack while this fighting was going on,
but found the enemy's artillery fire too
u
this time, 1t must be remembered, Por-
ter was lying idle.
Pope Claims Success.
Thus ended the battle of Groveton.
which had been fought piecemeal, but
with determination rarely seen upon
any field of battle Neither the Union
nor Confederate troops ever fought bet
ter, and the losses were simply terrific.
Gen. Pope estimated his loss at 5000 or
5000 men and that of the enemy twice
as great. This was an error, however,
as We were the attacking party except
in one instance, the collision between
Hood and Hatch, and the enemy had
the advantage of position. Gen. Pope
made the mistake of thinking that he
had really won a victory, and sent the
following dispatch to Washington:
Headquarters Battle, near Groveton,
Va, a. m.
I'VE fought a terrific battle here yes
terday with the combined forces of the
enemy. which lasted with continuous
fury from daylight until dark, by which
the enemy was driven from the field,
which we now occupy. Our troops are
too much exhausted yet to push mat
ters, tho I shall do so in the course Of
the morning, as soon as Gen. F. ]. Por-
ter comes up from Manassas. The enc
my is still in our 'front.' but badly used
up. We have lost not less than 5000
men killed and wounded, but from the
appearance of the field the enemy lost
at least two to our one. He stood strict
ly on the defensive. and every assault
was made by ourselves. The battle was
fought on the identical battlefield of
Bull Run, which greatly increased the
enthusiasm Of the men. The news just
reaches me from the front that the
enemy is retiring toward the noun
tainS I go forward at once to see We
have made great captures. but + am
not able yet to form an idea of their
extent. Our troops behaved splendidly.
John Pope, Major-General
MAI. Gen. Halleck. General-in-Chief
(To be continued.)
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One of the Youngest.

Peter Moran, Sergeant. Co. c, 37th
N. Y, SO Penn St, Brooklyn, N. Y,
tells very pretty story of a claimant
that he presents for the honor of the
youngest soldier of the war. While the
37th was in camp of instruction in Oc-
tober or November, 1861, very nice
little boy, named Bob Welsh, came into
camp to see his father. His father was
angered at his presence, and tried to
make him go home, but the men, who
had taken a great fancy to the boy, per-
suaded him to let him remain while
they were in camp. The boy took read
lily to soldering, was a good piper and
bugler, and also handled rifle as well
as anybody. When the regiment started
for the front, in March, 1862, the faith
er again tried to make Bob go home,
but the men were eager that he should
go with them. The Drum Major par
ticnlarly pleaded for the boy, and final
ly the Colonel. s. b. Hayman, Regu-
lar Army officer, who was much pleased
with the boy, mustered him in as a
drummer. He was with the regiment
on the Peninsula, and on the third day
of the seven-days' fighting a piece of
shell broke little Bob's drum. He then
came across Duryee's Zouave, 5th N
Y, lying dead, with his short rifle and
Sdoer pay onel Dy MS Sioe, ana q red fez
cap. All this pleased Bob's fancy; he
took a gun, and went into the tight,
where he received two severe gunshot
wounds and was taken prisoner He
was kept down South for nearly year,
and when he was relieved the regf-
ments time was up and he was mus
tered out. He went back to school, and
upon reaching manhood was appointed
Customs Inspector for the Port of New
York. He died few years ago from
supposed to result from
his old wounds
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ing him to be with his command) and
also direct to Gen. King several times
during that night and once by his own
staff officer to hold his groundf,at all
hazards. to prevent the retreat of- jack
son toward Lee. and that at Daylight
our whole force from Centerville and
Manassas would assafl him fram the
east, and that he would be CRUSHED be-
tween us. I sent orders ALSO to Gen.
Kearny at Centerville to move forward
cautiously that night along the War
renton pike, to drive in the pickots of
the enemy, and TO keep as closely as
possible in contact with him during the
night. resting his left on the Warrenton
pike and throwing his right 70 the
north. if practicable, as far as tie Lit
tie River pike. and at daylight next
morning to assault vigorously with his
right advance, and that Hooker and
Reno would surely be with him shortly
after daylight. l sent orders to Gen.
Porter. who 1 supposed was at Manas-
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jackson began to evacuate Manassas
Junction during the night (27th). and
marched toward Centervilie and other
points of the Warrenton pike west OF
that place. and by IL o'clock next
morning was at and beyond Centerville
and north OF the Warrenton pike. j
arrived at Manassas junction shortly
after the last of Jaekson's force had
moved off. and Immediately pushed for
ward Hooker, Kearny and Reno upon
Centeryille. and sent orders to. Porter
to come forward to Manassas Junction.
also wrote Mcdowell the situation,
and directed him to call back to Gaines
vile any part of his force which had
moved in the direction of Manassas
Junction and march upon Centerville
along the WarrentOn pike with the
whole force under his command 10 in
tercept the retreat of Jackson toward
Thoroughfare Gap. With Kings Divi-
sion in advance, Mcdowell marching
toward Centerville, encountered late in
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the afternoon the advance of Jackson's
Corps retreating toward Thoroughfare
Gap. Late in the afternoon also Kearny
drove the rear guard of Jackson out OF
Centerville. and occupied that place,
with his advance beyond 1t toward
Gainesville. A very severe engagement
occurred between Kings Division and
Jackson's forces near the village of
Groveton, on the Warrenton pike, which
was terminated by the darkness. both
parties maintaining their ground. The
conduct of this division in this severe
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wagons off the road TO make way for
the artillery. Col. Myers also testified
that he could have gone on with his
train that night. and that he drew off
the road and parked his train for rest,
and because OF the action of Hooker's
Division In his front, and not because
he was prevented from continuing his
march by darkness or other obstacles.
lat O'Clock on the night of the 27th,
satisfied of Jackson's position, l sent
orders to Gen. Mcdowell at Gainesville
TO push forward at the earliest dawn of
day upon Manassas Junction. resting
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TIE OF GAINESVILLE.

ing the greater part of the night in the
immediate vicinity of Porter's Corps,
and from nearly every part of the COM
pass. The plea of darkness and of the
obstruction of a wagon train along the
road Will strike our armies with some
surprise in the light of their subsequent
experience of night marches. The rail-
road track itself was clear and entire
ly practicable for the march of infan-
try.
According to the testimony of Col.
Myers, Quartermaster in charge of the
train, the train was drawn off the roads
and parked after dark that night, and
even If this had not been the case 1t is
not necessary to tell any officer who
served in the war that the infantry ad-
vance could easily have pushed the
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engagement was admirable, and reflects
the utmost credit both upon it's COM
manders and the men under their COM
mand. That this division was not re-
inforced by Reynolds and Sigel seems
|unaccountable. The reason given, tho
it is not satisfactory, was the fact that
Gen. Mcdowell had left the command
just before 1t encountered the enemy,
and had gone toward Manassas juno
ton, where he supposed me to be, in
order to give me some Information
about the immediate country in which
We were operating, and with which. of
course, he was much more familiar
from former experience than I could
be. hal left Manassas Junction, how
ever, for Centerville. Hearing the sound
of the '-rns indicating Kings engage
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ment with the enemy, Mcdowell set off
to rejoin his command, but lost his way,
and / first heard of him next morning
at Manassas Junction. AS his troops
did not know of his absence, there was
no one to give orders to Reynolds and
Sigel.
1.-The engagement of Kings Division
was reported to me about 10 o'clock at
night near Centerville. 1 felt sure then
and 80 stated, that there was no escape
for Jackson. On the west SIDE of him
were McDowelrs Corps Il did not then
know that he had detached Ricketts,
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RELATIVE POSITIONS OF FORCES Ar SUNSET AUG 2s 1as,

his right on the Manassas Gap Railroad
and extending his left to the east. ]
directed Gen. Reno at the same time to
march from Greenwich, also direct on
Manassas Junction. and Kearny to move
from the same place upon Bristoe Sta
tion. This move OF Ksarny was to
strengthen my right at Bristoe and
unite the two divisions Of Heintzelman's q
Corps.
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SigePs Corps and Reynolds's Division,
all under command Of Mcdowell. On
the east Of him, and with the advance
OF Kearny nearly in contact with him
on the Warrenton pike, were the corps
Of Reno and Heintzelman. Porter was
supposed to be at Manassas Junction,
where he ought to have been on that
afternoon.
Il sent orders to Mcdowell (suppos-
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Comrade John A. Ward, Co. B, 2sth
Iowa, Box "a, Conroy, Iowa, writes that
his mother, So years old, lives with him,
in good health. on the place to which
she removed in October, 1867, from
Ohio. where she was born.
Comrade C. G. Stevens, Albion, N. ".
wishes copy of the song. my Old
Kentucky Home"
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IeaVing Hill to continue to lead Pope
astray, had taken up Il position be-
tween Sudley Springs and Groyeton, be-
h1nd the high embankment of an un-
finished railroad. For day he gave
his foot-sore troops a much-needed rest
In anticipation of the struggle that was
before them. At the same time Pope
was wearing out his men by exhaustine
marches hither and yon, as he followed
one 1alse lead after another. The pace
was so hard tnat every regiment was
greatly reduced in strength by the num-
bers who were absolutely unable to
keep up. Jackson had the supreme
good fortune to capture courier con.
veying dispatch from Gen. Mcdowell
to Gems. Sigel and Reynolds, which re-
vealed Pope's intention to concentrate
on Manassas. While Jackson was rest
ing, Lee and Longstreet We're making
forced marches to come to his assist
ance.
A Wasted Opportunity.
There was much excuse for Pope be-
ing misled and puzzled as to Jackson's
movements, because his cavalry could
not keep In touch with the enemy. He
had only small force, anyway, and 1t
mad been absolutely worn out by in
cessant exertion and lack of food. The
horses We're sore-backed and barefoot,
famishing for want of forage. and the
men nearly dead from lack of sleep.
SCOTS and McClellan's opposition to
the organization of cavalry had deprived
the army of this invaluable adjunct to
military operations. If Pope had had
any servlceable cavalry he would have
found jackson in his new position and
attacked him at once, with every pros
pect of success, as Pope's army was in
admirable position to strike both OF
Jackson's fianks and his center all dur
Ing Aug. %. Jackson himself was puz-
zied by Pope's movements, tho not
nearly to the extent that the latter was
by his.
The Battle of Gainesviile.
Believing that all our troops were in
full retreat for Alexandria. Jackson de-
termined to make an attack to harass
and demoraiize them. When Gen. Nc
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TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW It

Weak and unhealthy kidneys nre re-
spouSible for more sicknesa and suffer-
ing than any other disease. therefore,
when through neglect or other causes,
kidney trouble In permitted TO continue,
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Most people do not realize the alarm
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Of kidney disease. While kidney dis
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Pope,s Indictment Of Porter.

Pope's Indictment of Porter.
He neither obeyed them nor at
TEN pied 10 obey them, but afterwards
gave as a reason for not doing so that
his men were tired, the night was TOO
dark to march, and that there was a
wagon train on the road toward Bris-
toe. The distance was nine miles long
along the railroad track. with wagon
road on each side of it most of the way,
but his corps did not reach Bristoe Sta
ton until 1880 o'clock next morning,
six hours after daylight, and the mo-
ment he found that the enemy had left
our front he asked to halt and rest his
troops OF his first reason for not COM
plying with my orders it is only neces-
sary to say that Sykes's Division had
reached Warrenton junction at IL
o'clock on the morning of the 2Ith. and
had been in camp all day. Morell's Di-
vision arrived later in the day at War
rentOn Junction, and would have been
in camp for at least eight hours before
the time it was ordered to march. The
marches of these two divisions from
Fredericksburg had been extremely de-
liberate, and involved but little more
exercise than is needed for good health.
The diarie of these marches make
Porters claim of fatigue ridiculous. To
compare the condition of this corps
and its marches with those of any of
the troops of the Army of Virginia is a
sufficient answer to such a preteXt. The
impossibility of marching on account of
the darkness of that night finds its best
answer in the fact that nearly every
other division of the army, and the
whole of Jackson's Corps, marched dur
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By JOHN McELROY.

self, began with his sending of the or
ders on the night of Aug. q to march
from Warrcnton Junction at 1 O'Clock
4. m. and report to him, Pope. at Bris-
toe Station by daylight on Aug. IS. Gen.
pOpe saws:
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The Battle Of Gaine.vIlle.

Believing that all our troops We're in
full retreat for Alexandria. Jackson de-
termined to make an attack to harass
and demoraiize them. When Gen. Nc
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ly. Hooker shall be close behind you.
Extend your right well toward the
north, and push forward your right
wing well in the attack. Pc sure to
march not later than 1, with all the men
you can take.
John Pope. Major-General Command
ing.
'Maj.-Gen Kearny"
He also sent an order to Heintzelman
to move Hooker's Division to Center
vile, and thence by turnpike to where
at 3 o'clock a. m. the following order
was sent to Porter at Bristoe Station:
Headquarters Army of Virginia, near
Bull Run, Aug. 20, 1862; 3 a. m.
General: Mcdowell has intercepted
the retreat of Jackson. Sigel is imme-
diately on the right of Mcdowell. Kear-
ny and Hooker march to attack the
enemy's rear at early dawn. Maj-Gen
Pope directs you to move upon Center
vile at the first dawn of day with your
whole command. leaving your trains to
follow. 1t Is very important that you
should be here at very early hour in
the morning. A severe engagement is
likely to take place, and your presence
is necessary.
II am, General, very respectfully, your
Obedient servant,
George ID. Ruggles, Colonel and Chief
of Staff.
maj. j.-Gen. Porter"
An order was also sent to Reno to
push forward toward Gainesville in sup
port of Heintzelman. This order was
puzzling to Porter, since it prescribed
that he should march upon Centerville,
when, as he knew. the enemy was west
of Bull Run. However, he obeyed. and
had reacGa,. Manassas Junction when
he learned that he was intended to
move upon Gainesville instead Of Gen.
terville, and Immediately counter
marched his column for that point.
After issuing the orders of the even
ing before Pope had heard with surprise
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