Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-30
DEAD AND WOUNDED LAY
IN HEAPS At MANASSAS
Scenes on Field Following Second
Battle Arc Described in
Graphic Manner. q
MARCH TO EDWARDS FERRY
Having Fordcd the Potomac River.
ConfcdcratcS Bivouack at Town
of pou!cSviiIc. and Campaign in
MARYLAND Thus l. Begun.

y Having been untitled for service by
an fitness OF several weeks, which
. woll-nigh proved fatal, and separated,
in consequence from my regiment, it
meanwhile marched from A;iocs sta
tion not far from Richmond. on the
campaign against Pope. Having been
thus left bchiud for few DAYS, / was
not permitted 20 share in the cNcit-
ing dash In the darkness on Catletrs
Stat on and the capture of General
Ropes coat ;ud orderhooll: hut, nev-
ortheless. il fell to NIX lot TO secure
The book, ana ! have II still as q
souvenir Of The occasion, when the
Federal commander was said to have
called 10 the engineer of q train at
the station and ready to move: "fiur-
~ up! Hurry up. They've got my
headquarters. and if you don't hurry
they'll yet my hindquMters!" l also
escaped tho raid "a Manassas Iunc-
ton. when Popc's immense stores OF
provisions Tor his army were captured
and burned
On. August - set out to ovcrtallc
our army, by w@y OF LOUISA court
house. Culpepcr, Courthouse and Thor
onghrare Gap. having as companions
my brother Robert, Gavin c. Taliafcr-
10. John Sturuan and later Colonel
Joseph Mayo and Captain William Il.
Newton. After reaching Culpepcr
Courthouse, we were on the track of
the two great armies as they moved
towards, Manassas preparatory TO the
Second bloody battle on that memo
rablo Held As we rode through Eau
duier County, courierS bearing dis
patches, men slightly wounded and
81 her persons who had followed the
army were met, and they told us OF
the Bloody baltic, and how signaliy
tho victory had been on our side As
We. unprecedented closer TO the field the
lncluncholy signs of the strife be
came more frequent MaiorGencrh
,ralhlferro was seen badly wounded
With his two attendants. making his
way painfully back 10 a hospital, and
other officers from colonies down to
jicutonants were met with bandaged
heuds, legs and arms, AL showing tho
deadly work i'll which they hhd hcch
engaged.
on the right OF the road, beneath a
grove Of oaks. shady and cool, such
az arc frequently TO be seen in Prince
William County, we came upon Il heid
hospital with hundreds Of wounded
m8n lying on blankets, spread under
tho trees, and attended by surgeons
and their assistants. No tent as yet
had been put up to shelter any or
ihrrn in case OF rain. II was a sad,
sad sight. rhat large asscmblngc or
brave men, wounded in every possible
way, and many OF them dying. out be-
meath the trees, away from tho sound
Of :, wo!nan's voice or ministry OF her
hand.
Near the SPOT OF ground By the road
side q fine horse, perhaps 4 surgeons,
which had been tied 10 4 stake, sue
coedcd III pulling the stake from the
ground just as We We're passing, anu
II. IL. ~ lsaN IN
II dangling at his side. rushed hlindiy
into the grove among the wounded
men. turning this way and that and
whirlng the stake fuiiouslv as he
ran. We could sec the connection
created. hut were helpless to avert the
harm. aud FASTENED on without learn
ing what INJURY WAS done.
BODIES OF TIE DEAD
SCATTERED OVER FIELD
Worry soon after this We were on the
battle ground Of the previous day,
moving where the hehL!ng had been
ycl.v heavy. The dead were lying lust
tas they had fallen. We rode through
n, body ol TIMBER near the edge OF
Which The Federal infantry had made
an obstinate stand, firing from beh!no
the trees Beside nearly every tree on
t}its line We saw dead soldier lying,
ana in some instances more than one.
1)ecper in the woods here, there and
yonder, The fallen lay on ihc ground,
some facing the eVer-arcninG branches
Of the trees, other wl,a. their faces
turned to tho cjritlf,' and yet others
having their eyes gazing towards the
right or left--all With deaths glarcd
and p,ha:stly stare.
or This field and the turiously con-
tested struggle which took place on
II, General jackson SAID Eagerly
and ticrcrly ala each brigade press