The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-08
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
s. ByM Ia HENRY A.LONDON

just in time and with other reinss-.
ments the C~onfederates made
eral onward movement and in = -
time drove the Federals in rou, f-,-,
the battlefield After the rout bar--
the Federal army, or the greater -.-s
OF II. became a demoralized mol vtr.
out organization and utterly pa
stricken, In their flight the FEEDER =
threw away all encumbrances. khan
sacks. accoutrerpents. guns and ,.-
perfluous clothing. No such rout
Cured in any other battle OF the var
Among the prisoners captured VIA
Congressman Ely, who with many 9th
ers from Washington had ridden or.
to see the Federals whip the deteSt
ed rebels and could not escape n
the general stampede.
This glorious victory carried 10, n
the South and many thought it would
end the war. 1t inspired our peopls
with the confident hope of our lnde-
pendence being speedily acknowledge
and great was the rejoicing. Many
papers severely Generals
Johnston and B~eauresard and Press
dent Davis because our army was not
rushed on to Washington and capture
that city. This was, however. i'm
possible. AS stated by Gen. Beaurc-
gard in his official report, Ar army
which had fought as ours on that
day, against odds. under /
July sun, most of the time without
water and without food except 1
hastily snatched Scanty meal at dawn.
was not in condition for the toii OF
an eager. effective pursuit of an en-
envy Immediately after the battle on
the following day an unusual heavy
and unintermitting fall of rain inter
vened to obstruct our advan with
reasonable prospects of fruitful re-
suits IN this connection it is proper
to quote what General Johnston said
on this subject. as follows:
"The apparent frmness of tho
United States troops at CentrevilIe.
who a not been engaged. which
checked our pursuit; the strong forces
occupying the works near Georgetown.
Arlington and Alexandria,; the Ger
tainty, too, that General Patterson. il
needed. would reach Washington with
his army of 10000 men sooner than
we could. and the-condition and mad
equate means of the army in ammu-
milton, provisions and transportation
prevented any serious thoughts Of adj
vancing against the capital. It IS
certain that the fresh troops within
the works were in numbers quite stuff
cient for their defense. If not, Cen.
Patterson's army would certainly re-
inforce them soon enough
"a liz dl StIeId IcPcI Ith q i1Hf
of 4S1 killed. and 1.O11 wounded. and
Gen. Johnston reported a loss Of 375
killed and 1,489 wounded. He also
reported the capture Of % pieces o.
about 5000 muskets. nearly
5 90, 900 cartridges. a garrison flag and
ten colors, besides ga artillery horses
with their harness, &c wagons and
much camp equipage, clothing and
other property abandoned by the Fed
erals in their flight.
In this battle the Sixth North car
DINA regiment rendered conspicuous
service. When it arrived on the bat
tlefield. after a forced march. the Con-
federates We're r~etreatinS. but his reg
iment with other achievements at
once turned the tide of battle, but at
a heavy loss. The gallant colonel or
the regiment Charles F. Fisher) WIS
shot dead when leading his men into
action, and among others killed vas
Lieut.. Mangum, a son Of ex-senator
Mangum.
So complete was the Federal de-
that no further advance on Rich
non vas attempted that year. and
the next spring the Federal army was
to the Yorktown peninsula.
with Fort Monroe as its base. and un-
successfully attempted the capture Or
Richmond from that direction.
A reunion Of some of the survivors
Of the battle of Manassas viii be held
the Die battlefield next Friday. that
day being the fiftieth anniversary OF
battle, and meet former foes with
greetings.