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WEEKLY
REPUBLICAN,
i By F. W. Biaxiß,
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SAVAiNAAH, GA.
Saturday morning* Sept. 13, 186*.
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Chas. J. Ingersoil, recently arrested for sen
timents uttered in a speech in Philadelphia, has
been die charged from custody.
Gen. Pillow —The Chattanooga Re! el learns
that Gen. G. >t. Pillow has beer, restored to com
mand. He ha gone to Richmond on business.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says the Cupt.
Phinizy killed in one of the late bittles in \ ir
ginia, was Capt. Pliinizy, of the Eighth Georgia
regiment, and not Capt. Pninizy of Augusta.
The town of Washington, was wrested
from the Federals last week, but the gunboats
having appeared, cur men were compelled to
evacuate the place.
Off to the Seat of War. —President Davis
and ex Governor Enoch Louis Lowe, of Mary
land, left Richmond on Monday, for the seat of
war. The Examiner expects soon to hear of a
proclamation, made at-the head of our armies,
calling upon loyal Marylanders to rally' to the
Southern standard.'
We regret to learn (says the Augusta Chroni
cle,) that Captain Augustas C. Jones, of the
Baker County Volunteers, was killed in the re
cent battle. Captain Jones was a native of
Columbia county, and well and favorably
known throughout this section of the State.
Mr. John M. Cutliff, of tho same company, was
wounded.
General Lee Injured.—The Richmond D.s
patch of Monday snys:
General R. E. Lee was accidentally injured a
few days ago by his horse. lie was holding
his horse, when he became frightened and jerk
ing suddenly, throw liim to the ground, break
ing one of the bones in his left hand and sprain
ing the right wrist. His injuries are painful,
though not serious enough to detain him from
dnly In the field
Funny. —The Washington Star, of the SOlb,
concludes some remarks on the* 4 * situation ”of
affairs over the river as follows:
On the whole, as we stated a day or two
since, the prospect now is rendered doubly
sure that there will soon be few rebels in arms
in Virginia.
The knave who wrote this probably intended
it to bo interpreted that they would all be in
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
In consequence the appearance of the
small pox at several points, General Jones, the
commander of the district, has ordered the
Provost Marshal of Atlanta not to grant pass
porta, and the ticket agents in that city not to
sell pickets to Faifburn, Palmetto, Newnan and
Grantvllje, and the intermediate stations along
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, nor to
Jonesboro’, Fayette and Griffin, on the Western
and Macon Railroad.
Another Oglethorpe Departed.— We re
gret to learn, from a note received yesterday,
that private G. M. Snead, ot the Oglethorpe
Light latantry, Company B, who recently re
turned from captivity, died on Tuesday, the 2d
instant. We believe he was from Berrien
county.
Thus are these noble young men passing
away in the heyday of youth, and all from the
inhuman treatment of their brutal Yankee cap
tors. Thank God! there is a day ot .reckoning
coming. ‘
Gun New Master. —Northern papers say
that Major Gen. O. N. Mitchell is assigned to
tire command of the Department of the South,
lie will immediately repair to Hilton Iliad,
S. C. •
"This is the same creature who was expelled
from Buell’s army in North Alabama for the
outrages permitted ami countenanced against
unoffending inhabitants. We hope he will
come inland far enough for us to get a sight of
him.
The War Steamer at Mourns.—A corres
pondent of the Charleston Mercury says the
new steamer that recently came in at Mobile
was the Ovieto, now Florida, Capl. Maffltt.
She passed within sixty yards of the blockading
fleet, and received any quantity of grape and
shrapnel in her sides. Gao eleven-inch shell
passed through her side anil lodged in a coal
bunk. She is not iron clad. The Florida did
not tire a gun, all her crew being sick. She
had one man killed and two wounded.
Gbn Kershaw's Brigade in Maryland.—
The Charleston Courier says : lieu. Kershaw’s
Brigade was not engaged in the battle of Ma
nassas Blevins, ina letter to his father in this
city, dated Manchester Hospital, Sept. 6th.
Private A. B. Mil'er, of the Palmetto Guard, a! j
Regiment, S. C. V., says :
“I leave lor my Regiment on Monday. The
old 2d is now in Maiyland. God bless it. It
was not in the late battle. This I believe to he
reliable. A soldier who arrived from there say*
he left them in Maryland under the command
of Generali) 11. llill."
Bora’s Captured Pa riftsT—it.e New York
Times says that the haul which General Stuart
made at Catlett s Station, on the Change aud
Alexandria Railroad, the other day, ol Pope’s
papers, was worth ten millions of dollars to the
South.
The Central Presbyterian, published at Rich
mond, says: “ There is now a captured letter
of Geu. Pope’s to Gen. MeCiullan, in the ctiiee
of our Secretary of War, in which he informs
him that ot the (iO.OOO soldiers in his army,
20,000 were, last week, in sneb a state of disaf
fection that they could not be tiusled in a
tight.” __
Avruopos.—'The substitution of the word
•* Atm for Creek, by the Virginians, is a source
ol no little annoyance to the Yankees. Bali
Kuu wili Ui ever fresh iu their memories,
whilst their avrsnm u> ihe term has actually
induced them to change the scene of a late battle.
In which considerable ” sked Udllng ” was ese
cutca oh their part. r a „n Cedtf- Run to
** Slaughter Mountain The most significant
and curiouJ fact, though, in this connection
remains to ha told. Ia the large r.up 0 * Yir
gini* the reader will dad a small stream emtpy
ingiato 13uU Run, not far from Centr t vi\i e ,
which rtjotww in the singularly appropriate
title Of ** IVpc't Run P
It is presumed that General Lee was more or
jOss influenced hy these (to the Yankees) disa
greeable coincidences in chacg ng the theatre
of war to other States, where things are called
by their oltMuhioccd paium-
riEEG slv WEEKLY BEFUELICALT. Sio.TIJRDA T ANARUS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1863.
Fxemptlous from Military Service.
We observe that various religious classes
have applied to the government for exemption
from the ordinary military duties required in
time of revolution. The Quakers, some time
since, applied to tho Secretary ol Vvai to ie
kept out of the army proper and assignt
hospital and other duties not
actual taking up of aims and of blood
They allege that war is opposed to out of tho
tenets of tiieir peculiar faith, and this fact they
make The basis of their application; in other
maK , . are conscientiously opposed to
L 0 ™ 8 * The Secretary, wc believe, granted
Iheir request, at least for the present.
1 more recent application for exemption
comes from the theological students of various
ecclesiastical institutions of the Confederacy.
We are not apprised of the particular reason
assigned in this case, whether it be conscien
tious scruples against taking up arms, or that
they are more useiully employed for the coun
try where they are—perhaps both.
As the government is likely to be annoyed no
little by appeals of this character, it would be
well for it to fix, at once, upon some rule for
its guidance in making so important a distinc
tion between citizens. It must be an extreme
case, one of which we confess our inability to
conceive, that would justify the throwing of a
common national burthen on one class of citi
zens, and wholly, or even partially, exempting
another class, who have equal physical ability
to bear it. Our own opinion is opposed to all
exemptions for the reasons specified above.
They are. unjust, and have no truly logical basis
to stand upon. We hold that war is a political
state that imposes its burthens on every citizen
of a country. Especially is this the case in a
war of invasion, waged for the subjugation of
one people to the rule of another. The rights
and the homes of all are threatened alike, and
every man, whatever may be his faith in morali
ty or religion, expects his government to de
fend him and his. Indeed, he would con
sider it a peculiar hardship did the govern
ment withdraw its protection from him or
his property, so long as it is able to rendei it.
He expects that in order to afford this pro
tection fighting must be done by somebody,
and it is a very convenient scruple that would
not only justify but demand fightiug in others,
and at the same time hold that the party enter
taining it would be wrong in taking up arms !
We have very little use for thi3 sort of cant,
and thick the government would do well to
torn all such applicants from i's doors.
When the country is invaded by enemies, it ie
the duty of every citizen, without exception, to
lend his aid for their expulsion. Protection
and service are reciprocal, and as wars will con
tinue until the end of time, we think no man
religiously opposed to fighting has a right to
claim citizenship in a country that respects its
rignts and has the spirit to maintain them.
Self defense is as much a principle of the blble
and of true morality as the duty of love and
charity towards all men, and people- who hold
a different doctrine should ail emigrate to some
large island of the sea, whose waters are sever
whitened by the sails cf hostile or commercial
iieets, and there erect for themselves their
government cf love and quiet submission to all
the wrongs that others, who find them out-the
Yankees will be sure to do it—may put upon
them. They have no claim to S place among a
people whoso relations are coextensive with
the globe, and with whom, at some day or
other, offenses must arise.
We cannot perceive a solitary good reason
why theological Students should be exempt
from military service, especially at a time when
the exigencies of the country call for ail the
military lorce at its command. There is no
pressing demand for their early entry upon the
work of the Ministry, for there are already
thousands of good preachers ont of employment
who would be most happy to get churches tfcat
will afford them a competency. Nor is there
anything in war opposed to the sacred obliga
tions this class of our citizens have taken upon
themselves; they do not pretend that there is.
It would be inconvenient, it is true, for them
to suffer a suspension of their studies, but this
plea is of little avail inyiew of the fact that war
creates suspensions in everything, and in some
things of far more weighty importance. On
the other hand, theological students are, for the
most part, young and vigorous men, with all
the spirit and elasticity of youth about them,
atul presumed, from the very nature of their
caiting, to be imbued with those high principles
of honor, fidelity and truth that constitute the
very highest type of !ho soldier. In fact, it is
just such men and their influence that the
graceless spirits that abound in our army so
much need, in order to restrain them from
wickedness and point out the path of rectitude.
In view of these considerations wo hope Con
gress will turn a deaf car to all such applicants
for exemption and to the various ecclesiastical
journals that arc so vigorously urging their
claim.
In conclusion, we repeat that it is the duty of
every able-bodied citizen of the Confederacy to
aid to the lull extent of his power in defend: g
our firesides and expelling the enemy from out
borders. There are two classes that constitute
exceptions, and should be exempt, in sound
policy, not from service, but from actual duty
in the field. The first of these comprises offi
cers of the government, State and Confederate,
without whose aid the ordinary operations of
government cannot be carried on and the wel
fare of society secured. The second class con
sists of those who already occupy industrial
posts where they are really of more service to
the country and do more to further the cause
of independence than they would do with mus
kets ou their shonlders. In this latter class are
embraced artisans engaged in the manufacture
of the materials of War, conductors of the
Dress, which is the backbone of the revolution
and indispensable for the transmission of army
orders and news, the successful resistance of
usurpation, and keeping the spirit of the people
up to the demands of the crisis, together with
a variety of other employments which we need
not mention in detail. The country is far bet
ter served by keepii g such men where they
are, and hence their exemption from the ordi
nary duties of the soldier. When these reasons
do not obtain, there is no just ground of dis
charge from the highest of ail public duties—
the defence of one’s country.
Cincinnati iu Anticipation other Fall.
The following despatches from “PorkopoHs" will
give some Idea o( ihe trepidation that seized upon the
pork and lard dealing Yankees upon the first news of
the proximity of Kirby Smith:
TUB ENRMY WITHIN TWELVE MILES OF CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, Sept I—2 P. M — Sewn Ins .fast boon
received here that the advancing Confo'Wi Us have
seized ara head tram at Independence. K , t- ive
miles lom ihi< city. They ure said to bo 15 000. iron.;
the excitement with ns is me easing. Sew regimen.s
have crested ovi r Into Kotilu ky.
KXCITINO NEWS
Cincinnati, Sept. B—do o'clock r. M.— The oxcito
ment has been high all the afternoon. Toe citizens
are errolling thtnuelve' rapidly in ihe different wards,
and la-go numb, rs are working on ihe lot lid cat ions on
the Ke> lucky ai l.
6ov. Tend arrive i this aft-mom. and is in commu
nicatim with the military authoniies, and the mm:,tt
exertions are bting tna e to delead the city.
•I he . nemy is state t in be ir m 20,090 to ;?d,COO
it ,' g, and is reported al Boyle’s Sutton, thirtv-aine
miles irom the city. The* are ex pec led to arrive op
site the tonifications on Thursday.
The 45. h an >99 h Ohio are la ling back to Cos .iug
*°u. Om pickets a-e i nm b s out.
l 1 !' - steamboats aro ordered to remain on the
Uhit> sivlo of Ute river,
©en. Gilbert’s command, which fell back from Lex
■igion, rescue 1 Prank; n .M. U hg relievingX m.x
--1 i* lr ' a < g ■ N0 teiegrapaic comoiuu-.cati n
bv U'.h ol ta.uu>uU)a
Accident to the Great Eastern.— The "i)
ship,” as the Great Eastern is commonly cal ed
in England, met with another accident on her
last voyaguto New Y ok. It apj cars that while
off Monlauk Point off the New Jersey coast
she ran over a sunken rock, doing considerable
damage to tin oub r skio, and <aus;og the ves
scl to leak badly By meat's of the steam pump,
However, the injured compartment wa* kept
tolerably free ot water, but when the vessel ar
rived at her anchorage ground in Flushing bay,
and f..0 pumps were s. ppedfura short time, "it
was obsrrvoo that she was settling by the stent.
How to get at the Uak appears to puzzle her
command cr. At all events nothing can be done
t ■ .vi eve ter uitial be cargo is discharged.—
i-- en it cu i. u:ay be h: : os?ible to rtpa r her,
ami her agents may find ii necessary to send her
nomeiu her pr, *, • t ky condition. A con-
VnrkwK h of repairing ter at New
!5? b . ul nothing definite could be
amted at until the discharge of the cargo. j
In Heaven’s Name, Forbear !
It really appears that, a portion of the Geor. j
gia delegation in Congress have conspired to
firing the Confederacy into contempt. Two
ecclesiastical gentlemen, one in either body,
arc sorely exercised over the horrors of tho
war, and appear to evince an intense anxiety
lest somebody should be hurt, or something be
done that is shocking to their nerves.
Some days ago, Mr. Wright, of the House,
introduced resolutions for the appointment of
a commission to proceed to Washington, and
there, in solemn conclave with the Yankee
rulers, agree upon terms for conducting the
war. Was ever a more ridiculous proposition
introduced in a deliberative body ? Why, even
the degraded government of Lincoln would
treat such a commission with contempt. They
would point our agents to the rules laid down
for the government of nations in a state of war,
profess their willingness to abide by them, qnd,
with a dignified turn on their heel, bid the com
missioners good morning. The rules of civ
ilzed warfare are known to all enlightened ra
tions, and there is no interpolation of the code
necessary. A negotiation for the purpose of
agreeing to terms that are already obligatory
between the parties, is simply an absurdity.
The Yankees understand them as well as we do,
and if they will not abide by them now, they
will prove faithless with ten thousand special
agreements on their consciences. We know
very well on what terms the Yankees are con
ducting the war, and this is enough for our
guidance. The President and our commanding
generals have often and over protested against
their barbarities, their violations of all public
law, and reminded them of their duty, with a
threat of retaliation if they did not perform it.
What more could we do with a commission in
dealing with a people by whom we are outlawed
as traitors, and denied the common rights of
belligerents ?
Another objection to the proposition—if in
deed the question be worth argument at all—is
that after the Yankees have desolated our coun
try and committed every species of atrocity
upon our people, the tables are about to be turn
ed. The theatre of war is about to be changed
from our soil to theirs, and for the future it
will be our bull that will gore their ox. Of coure e
they are now prepared to agree upon the mild
est and most benignant terms of warfare for the
future. For, one we are for dosing them with
their own physic, for a while at least, and until
they shall learn by sad experience something of
the enormity of their own actions whilst among
us.
The other measure to which we refer, is a
resolution introduced in the Senate on Wednes
day, by Mr. Lewis of this State, declaratory of
the objects of the war on the part of the Con
federate States. If possible, this is more ridicu
lous than the resolution of Mr. Wright, and is
well worthy the statesmanship of a Railroad
Superintendent. We are in a sad condition
indeed, if we have been fighting two whole
years without understanding definitely, or hav
ing understood by others, what we are lighting
for. We ara fighting to whip the Yankee in
vaders and secure our independence, and in or
der to do the latter c-lfectnal%, wc should crip
pie the enemy until they shall be unable to
molest us. Everybody understands this; a dozen
declaratory resolutions would add nothing to
the public ir formation.
The exact terms of Mr. Lewis’s resolution are
not given in the despatch, but to cover all pro
bable grounds, we desire to express our uncom
promising opposition, after what is occurred,
and at the present stage of the war, to our gov
ernment’s taking any action that would imply
that we are particularly desirous of peace. Af
ter they have desolated our country, and we
have driven them back to their own borders,
we are unwilling to stop the war just there and
let off the vandals tße very first moment their
own people begin to suffer. Above all thingf
we are opposed to any more propositions for
peace coming from our side. Let them come
from the enemy, and be entertained only when
we shall have it in our power to dictate fair and
equitable terms.
Significant Correspondence,
The following correspondence will illustrate
the thoroughness of the enemy's defeat in the
battle of the 30th. It bears date, as will be
seen, of the next day :
Centerville, Aug. 31, 1562.
Sir: Many of the wounded of tins army have been
lelt on the field, for whom l desire to send ambulances,
wilt you phase inform me whether you consent to a
truce until they ere cared for V I am, sir, your obe
dient servant, Jons Porn,
Msj. Sen. U. B.A, i om.
Commanding Officer Confederate Forc.s, near Grove
ton.
Headquarters Army op Northern Virginia, )
August 31, 1562. j
Moj. Gen, John rope, U. S. A. Com'dg, etc.:
Sir: Consideration lor your wounded ind ce9 me to
consent to your ten ting ambulances to convey tnem
within your lines. I cannot consent to a truce nor a
suspension of military operations ot this army. If you
desire to send for your ounded, should your am u
lances report to Dr Outlet, Medical Director of this
army, he will give directions for th ir transportation.
The wounded will be paroled, and it la understood
that no delay wi 1 take place in their removal.
Very respectfully, your obd’t servt,
(Signed) R. E. Lee, General.
The following letter, received at a still later
date, shows what a vast number of the enemy’s
wounded still lay upon the field of battle—lour
days after the engagements—notwithstanding
the efforts made by Pope’s officers to remove
them under the permission granted by General
Lee. The answer of Gen. Lee to this applica
tion of Dr. Coolidge has not been communi
cated :
Centreville, Ya., Sept 3,1562.
Gen. It. E. Lee, Commanding corfederats Army :
General: Medical Director Guilet, of the Confeder
ate Army, and Medical Director AlcFariin, of (he U.
S Army, have ju-t arrived here from tho battlefield,
ii< ar v a assas. The accounts they give arc far more
serious than any previous infonna ion had led me to
believe. Our wounded soldiers, to the number of near
tbr c thousand, many still bing on the field, suffering
for food I have no commissary stores, and my sup
plies of medical comforts are wholly Inadequate. With
every kindly intention and tff rt on the part of those
under your comm .nd, tie loss of life roust be very
great unless food and means of transporting the
wounded within our own lines are prompt y supplied.
I know of no source of adequate supply nearer than
Washington.
If, Genera’, you can, consistently wi'h duly, permit
supplies off od ad tr nsport wagons tor worm- ed to
pass through your lines to and r turn from -the ba'tie
field, you will save very many lives and much suffer
ing. If jou cenn t do this, I beg that 'ou will, lor
humanity sake, point out some other way in which the
needful relief ijiiy be obtained.
I am with.n your does, and, of course, cannot pro
vide the necessary relief wiihoat your permission.
I have tlse honor to bo, very respectful’}’, your obd't
Eerv’t, Kioiiabo II Coolidge,
Medic 1 1 Inspector U. S Army.
Death of Col. W. T. Wilson.— We learn,
with deep regret and pain, that Col. W. T. Wil
son was killed at the late battle at Manassas,
having been shot through the hips while at th'e
head of the gallant Seventh Georgia regiment,
which he so oltea ltd on to victory over the
foe. We have no lurther particulars of h s
death. Col. Cowart, we are told, who has just
r> ti-.ri”- . from Richmond, confirms this mclin
ch elligcnce which reached here on Sun
d y A.:rrooou, and which has spread gloom
ovirour ci:v. Col. Wilson vras a citizen ol
Atlanta, ia which his family resides, and Id
which li-- had many devoted friends. He was a
brave and a gallant gentleman. Deeply do we
sympathise with his widow and family. Born
in Virginia, he had made Georgia bis home.
Upon the fits; opening of the war he went into
Hie service as Quartermaster of the gallant
Seventh Georgia, and was afterwards elected its
commander. He has been in every conflict in
which that regiment has bscn engaged during
the war. We have now to mourn his loss. He
leaves, however, behind many a brave spirit
who will avenge his dea b. This he met 1 kb a
soldier —like :■> hero who had conquered i :
many ab; ve charge upon the* enemy in his
fastnesses and upon the held, and had driven
them before him. Long will his tneKlory be
rhcrirhed iu this community and throughout
Georgia. Peace to his ashes ’ —[Atlanta Intel
ligencer.
Tiie Panic in Washington.—a gentleman
iu this city Im iceeived a letter from his bro
ther, in Washington, D. C., dated last Tuesday,
tie says m i: mat the greatest consternatii n
and alarm existed among the government of
ficials on account of the advance of our army,
and that they had begun to remove from the
government arsenals to New York all the small
arms, ordnance and powder, and that, in con
st'laence, work in that department bad stopped.
A:so, that gunboats from even where had been
ordered to Washington, and that there was a
continuous line of them ia front of the city,
and as lar down as Alexandria, Va.
OvEit the PoTumac —a gciiLivuinr. who pass
ed through our city yesterday, stated that ht
saw the C nlederaie army oa the banks of the
Potomac, getting ready to cross ever.
1 Augusta Constitutionalist, 10th.
The Ohio, Tennessee ana Cumberland riv rs
are about as low as they ever get to be. Tin
Upper Mississippi is tailing, with six feet in the
chancel to Cairo.
ARMY CORRKS?O3SBENuE
Of the Savannah Repuhlioan.
Battle of iHanassas fio. Twj.
Bcvimeff anti Improved I'.tiillou*
Another Brilliant Victory—Enemy Routed at all
Points—Heavy Loss- Bartow and Bee A.c.iged
—McClellan and Halleck on the PUid.
Battle Field of Manassas, Aug. olst.
Auother great battle has been fought on the
bloody Plains of Manassas, and once more has
Heaven crowned our banners with the laurel of
victory. The conilict opened Friday alteruoon,
and last night not a Federal soldier remained
on the south side of Bull Run, except the pris
oners v/e had taken end those who sleep the
sleep that shall know no waking until the great
day of Judgment. The people of the Confed
erate States—those at home no less than the
invincible heroes in the field, and the friends of
justice and the lovers of liberty everywhere—
assuredly have cause for rejoicing and thanks
giving. Never since Adam was planted in the
garden of Eden, did a holier cause engage the
hearts and arms of any nation ; and never did
any people establish more clearly their right to
be freemen.
I did not t rive in time to witness the battle
of Friday, the 29th. Leaving Gordonsville at
9 o’clock that day, on a freight train, I reached
Rapidan Station, the present terminus of the
railroad, at noon. There I took horse, forded
the river; struck for the Rappahonnock—forded
that river also— got to Warrenton at one o’clock
yesterday—rested my horse, 'and then took the
turnpike for the battle-field, fourteen miles
distant, where I arrived in one hour and fifteen
minutes, and just in time to witness, for the
second time, the triumph of Confederate arms
on these ever memorable plains.
I cannot undertake to give the number of
men engaged on either side. It is not probable,
however, that the enemy had more than 75,000
troops on the field. Our own forces were con
siderably "less, a large part of the army not hav
ing arrived in time to participate in the fight.
Longstreet ’> corps d'armee held the right, 'A. P.
Hill’s and Anderson’s (late Huger’s > divisions
the centre, and Jackson’s veterans the left.
Jackson was the first to reach the plains below
the Blue Ridge; Hill came next, and then Long
street, who entered at Thoroughfare Gap.- The
enemy occupied the Gap with a full division,
and seemed disposed to dispute the passage of
our troops; but Toombs’ and Anderson’s Geor
gia brigades, which led the corps, made a bold
dash and soon drove them away with but little
loss. That was on Thursday, the 28th. Jackson
had brought the enemy to bay between Gaines
ville and Groyeton, two miles from the old
b ittle field, on the Warrenton turnpike. Know
ing this, Longstreet pressed forward, Wind suc
ceeded in getting into position on the right of
i lie turnpike, in time to hold that part of our
lines while Jackson engaged the enemy on the
left.
It should have been stated that Longstreet
played the enemy a clever trick before he left
the south bank of the Rappahannock. Jackson
and Hill having moved around by Sperryville
above, he made feints at several fords on the
Rappahannock as if he would cross over, and
thus drew the. attention of the enemy to those
points, whilst be put his forces in motion and
marched rapidly to the northward and around
to Gainesville. So successful was the manoeuvre
that a late northern paper now before me con
gratulates its readers upon the brilliant victory
achieved by the Federals in driving us away
from the fords!
The enemy advanced to the attack on Friday
He was probably aware of Jackson’s compara
tive weakness. He soon discovered, however,
that a heavy Confederate column (Longslreet’s)
had got into position on the right, and imme
diately commenced a retrograde movement.
The battle, which was hotly contested for a time,
in which the artillery took a prominent part,
continued through the afternoon,and resulted in
the repulse of the enemy along the entire line.
Jackson’s forces were chiefly engaged, and be
haved with their usual gallantry. The scene
of the conflict was just in front of Gainesville
and on the left of the Warrenton turnpike as
you look towards Washington.
The enemy were driven back to the edge of
the old battle field ol Manassas. The Confed
erates slept upon the field, and there awaited a
renewal of the attack on yesterday. They were
not disappointed, for the enemy again advanced
against our left at 2 o’clock P. M., and engaged
Jackson first. By three the engagement became
general, and the battle was joined. Gen. Lee
was in command, having come to the front
some days ago. But a word ot explanation in
regard to the field and the position of the com
battants.
The Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike
runs nearly eastward, and the road from Sud
leyfordon Bull Run to Manassas Junction north
and south. These highways intersect each other
in the centre of the old battle ground. Advanc
ing down the turnpike, our forces faced to the
east and in the direction of Washington, while
the enemy faced to the west, but not exactly
towards Richmond. The line of battle, about
three miles in length, extended across the
turnpike almost at right angles and nearly
parallel with and just west of the Sudley road.
The battle of Manassas was to bo fought over,
and the point to be decided was, whether we
should advance upon Washington or the ene
my upon Richmond. This was the issue, and
this the battle ground.
We learn from prisoners that Ilalleck, McClel
lan and Pope were present. McClellan had
brought up his old United States Regulars,
eighteen regiments, under Filz John Porter,
Heintzman’s division, and other corps of h' L -
James river army. It was evident that, the ene
my were confident of victory. They were aware
ot Jackson’s weakness, and of the "fact that not
more than half of our army had come up ; and
by precipitating the battle, they hoped to
avenge their shameful defeat on the same ground
a little more than one year ago Indeed, we
near ibat McDowell, the most civilized officer
in the Federal service and the commander at
Manassas, last year, made an urgent appeal to
his troops to wipe out the disgrace which then
befell their arms, and never to leave the field
but as conquerors
As I have already stated, the enemy opened
the battle by an attack upon our left. A heavy
column, with a full complement of artillery,
was launched against Jackson’s veterans, but
there, as elsewhere, (hey encountered a “Stone
wall” a3 immovable as the Blue Ridge. The
onslaught would have been fearful to any other
but Confederate troops struggling for the dear
est rights known to man. The attack was re
pulsed, however, and the enemy forced to re
tire. ..
In the mean time a heavy force was moved np
against A. P. Hill and Anderson in the
centre, and Lcngstreet’s splendid eorp3 on the
right. The attack upon the centre was not
characterized by much vigor, but on the right
it was made by McClellan’s Regulars, and wa3
furious. After the first movement against the
the left was repulsed, Jackson found but little
difficulty in advancing his lines. The infantry
were very reluctant to engage the stern chief
tain again, and their artillery alone resisted him
with spirit. But on the right the conflict raged
with great violence for more than an hour before
we had made any impression upon the serried
ranks of the Regulars. When they did yield, it
was slowly and in petfect order. It could
hardly be called a retreat; we pushed them, as
it were, from one elevation to another, gradu
ally following them up and firmly holding the
ground they had been'forced to abandon.
Ia this way the contest continued until near
sunset, the retrograde movement of the enemy
growing more rapid and k-ss orderly as the bat
tle proceeded. Jackson pressed forward vigo
rously on the left; Hill and Anderson did the
same in the centre ; and as the foe retired faster
in that part of the field than on the l ight, our
line finally assumed somewhat the form of a
crescent.
Jackson at length bent his line around to the
Sudiev road, near the church of that name, and
abouUbesame time the centre and right reached
the old battle ground. Then followed as spien
did fighting on the part of the Confederates as
the world ever saw. As the fact broke upon
them that they agiin stood upon that glorious
field, and that the enemy sought a renewal of
the decision rendered there one year go, they
swept on as if they were bon e onward by the
fiat of fate. The eye grew hr ghter, the r.rm
waxed stroeger, and catching the inspiration of
the place, and ot the children of glory who
sleep upon Us hills, they sent up shout after
shout, that rose high aboie the mighty din and
uproar and sounded in the ear ot the already
retreating foe like a sentence of judgment.
About the same time Gen. Toombs, wno had
been absent under orders, reached the lieid at
the top of his horse’s speed. His appearance
was greeted with the cheers of ten thousand
Georgians in Longstreet’s corps. The shouts
were caught up along tie valley'and over the
bills as his splendid form swept across the field
in the direction of his brigade He found it at
length and led if immediately' forward in the
thickest ol the tmfit. Dashing oowu tfi hill
not far from where Bee and Bartow fell, he got
within forty paces ct a Federal brigade, which
-aluted hitn and his men with u terrific lire.
The men called to him to dismount, as other
wise he would certainly be killed. His only
reply, uttered in trumpet tones, was : “ Presi
dent Davis car, create generals ; God only makes
the soldier—ONl” . . _
Finally our entire line crossed the Sudley
road and swept past tiie stone house at the
intersection ot the roads, the iitrnr\ and. L.ewi~
houses on the rient, on towards Bull Kun. But j
ih-' enemy bis artiurry Wiih sm i
ind judgment. His firing wr.s superb and 1 .
must admit, superior to our owe. Hts bal.e
---j , 6 were pegged at commanding points, and |
nab’ed him to cover the n feat of bis infantry
oy delaying our advance. Night, too, came .o
nis rescue, ami to Nature and not his own
arms, was he indebted for his escape from utter
destruction. The pursuit was kept up until j
dai knees prevented further effort, and the order
to halt was given.
The enemy escaped across Bull Run during \
i:io night, and morning found him in a hurried !
retreat, lor the second time over the same road
and from the same battle field, back to Wash
ington. Thus the issue has been decided for
iiie second time in our (avor, and the judgment
of July, 1861, stands affirmed before the world
The battle of Manassas has been fonglit over’,
and a gracious God and our own light arms
havo given us tho victory.
Gen. Stuart advanced to Centreville and be
yond this morning, but saw nothing of the
eneftiy, except stragglers who were waiting to
be taken.
It is too early to enter into details, either as
to the part performed by individuals or the ex
tent of the victory. Gen. Drayton was not en
tirely successful in bringing his excellent
brigade into action in time, but otherwise, the
bailie was a complete success. Every officer and
man from Gen. Lee down to the humblest
private, with exceptions too unimportant to
justify particular notice, performed his whole
duty.‘But our triumph however, has been pur
chased at the cost of meh precious blood. Our
loss has been heavy ; not less, I fear, than six
or seven thousand. The casualties of the enemy,
including killed, wounded, and probably fifteen
hundred or two thousand prisoners, will not
fall much short of ten or twelve thousand men.
Among the slain on the part of the Federals, is
Gen McDowell, Col. Webster ot Massachustts,
and many other officers; at least such is the re
port of prisoners. On our side we have to la
ment the death of Gen Ewell,* who was wound
ed yesterday and died this morning. Gens.
Mahone and Jenkins were wounded —not dan
gerously ; whilst a number of field officers were
killed, including Col; Means, (formerly Govern
or) of South Carolina and Col. Wilson of the
Seventh Georgia. Gen. Pryor was captured, but
soon effected his escape.
Among our captures, are several thousand
stand of small arms thrown away by the flying
foe, some eighteen or twenty pieces of artillery,
many wagons, a large amount of stores and
other valuable property. It is reported ttiat
Stuart destroyed 17,000 pairs of shoes, by a
sudden descent upon Manassas Junction on
Friday, and that Jackson destroyed several rail
way trains loaded with provisions, after filling
hisown wagons, tho day bciore.
The strategy of the enemy was Cover, and
deserves attention. He had attacked Jackson
on Friday, and was repulsed. He icnewed the
attacked yesterday, and thus sought to create
the belief that bis chief object was to turn our
left. Having, as he supposed, produced this
impression upon Gen. Lee, he suddenly precip
itated upon our right a very heavy force, in
eluding the old .United States Regulars and
other picked troojrs, under Fitz John Porter
and Heintzlernan. Ilia object doubtless was to
turn our right, throw us back against the Blue
Ridge, keep open his communications by the
Alexandria and Orange railway, and with Fred
ericksburg, and his gunboats to the south, and
cut us off' from the base of our supplies. The
conception was excellent, 'out the execution was
faulty.
Bee, Bartow, and others who fell on this field
last year, have been amply avenged. The shaft
erected over the spot where Bartow perished
has been removed by the vandals, but the
ground around the place is marked by the Fed
eral dead. The Henry house, which was rid
died by the artillery shot of the enemy last
year, aud where its aged owner, Mrs. Henry,
was killed, has also been removed piecemeal
by the enemy, and probably sold as rel es ; but
before its very doors, and within us demolished
walls, sleep to day the miserable myrmidons of
the North.
Batteries were planted and captured yester
day where they were planted and captured last,
year. The pine thicket where the Fourth Ala
bama and Eighth Georgia suff-red so terribly
in the first battle, is now strewn with the slain
of the invader. We cliaiged through the same
woods yesterday, though from a different point,
where Kirby Smith, tiie Blueher of the day,
entered the fight before. These are remarkable
coincidences ; and they extend even to my own
experience. In the road way where I relieved
a wounded Irishman from Wisconsin late, at
night last year, I to-day found another Irishman
crying for succor. As I rendered it to the first,
so I gave it to the second.
Is not the hand of God in all this ? Who but
He brought us again face to face with our ene
mies upon these, crimsoned plains, and g ive us
the victory ? When before did the same people
ever fight two separate battles, upon the same
ground, within so short a period? For the
second time the God of Battles has spoken by
the inouLh of our cannon and told the North
to let us go unto ourselves. Will that ill starred
people require Him to repeal the command
alter the manner of Pharoah and the purblind
Egyptians ? We shall see. P. W. A.
♦ln a subsequent letter our correspondent corrects
this statment and reports Gen. Ewell doing well —Edr
Fnr’Uer from tlto hute Battles.
In front os Fairfax C. H., {
Sept. Ist, 1802. j
I have not yet been able to send off my letter of
yesterday, ft is sixty-five miles back to Rapi
dan station, the nearest available postoffiee, and
I have found it impossible to obtain the services
of a courier to go eo far, though I have offered
fifty dollars for one. For the. emu; reason, I
have not been able to send von a telegraphic
account of the late battle. Thu vires and all
the railway bridges from the R spiifan to this
point were destroyed by the enemy, and it will
require some time to replace them, especially if
the present management be continued. In this
statement you will concur, when Xtell you that
the officer charged with the duly of rebuilding
the bridge at the Rapidau eiaiion, goes down to
Gordonsville at night, a distance of eighteen
miles, to sleep!
The battle of Saturday, the 30lh, was em
phatically a pitched battle. The enemy selected
his own ground, chose his own time, and de
liberately advanced to the attack. A large part
of our forces had not arrived, and consequently,
while we were In a condition to accept battle,
we -would in a few days have been better pre
pared to offer it. It was a short battle; and
yet it was long enough to be violent and bloody
while it lasted, and decisive in its’ results.
True to their lying proclivities, the Federal
officers as late as five o’clock Saturday after
noon claimed the battle as a victory, and so
represented it to their government. The Wash
ington Star of that date contained a telegram
from Pope, giving an account of the engage
mt nt on Friday with Jackson. lie informed
the Geneial-in-Chief that he bad badly whipped
“the rebel Jackson,” and that with the rein
forcements then at hand, he should crush ou’*-
the whole army the next day. Saturday. A
subsequent telegram, dated st five p. m., two
hours after the battle commenced, said that the
Federal arms ind everywhere been successful
up to that hour. The statement was not true
at five o’clock, and three hours later it was an
unblushing falsehood. One part of the des
patch giving the result of Friday’s fight, may
be true, viz : the admission that his losses ou
that day would reach 8 000 men. If such were
his casualties on Friday, they must have been
twice as heavy on Saturday.
I find that I must correct the statement made
upon the authority of prisoners, that Halleck
and McClellan were present on Saturday. Hal
leck certainly was not there, nor is it believed
that McClellan was. Halleck came out to Cen
treville Sunday, (yesterday,) and possibly Mc-
Clellan, who, it is reported, has been assigned
the chief command in the field. Nor did the
enemy retire inyiradiaiely to Arlington and
Alexandria. He remained at Centreville until
this afternoon —at least a heavy rear guard did—
and was overtaken three hours ago by Jack
son’s corps two miles in advance of where I
now write. A heavy artillery fire was the first
intimation we had here that" our advance had
encountered his rear guard. Our wounded are
now being brough’ in, while the cannonading
still continues. But let us finish up one battle
before we enter upon another.
My position during the light was somewhat
on the right, where the battle seemed to rage
with the greatest violence, and this led me to
believe that cur left and centre had a compara
tively easy thing of it. It now appears how
ever, that the contrary is true, anil that the ene
my fought with great resolution for two hours
both on the left and centre. Jackson was
pressed very hard at one time, and found it
necessary to atk for assistance; but instead of
sending it to him, Gen. Lee created a diver;ion
in bis favor, which answered the same purpose,
by pretsmg forward our right under Longstreet.
The effect was soon perceptible ; Jocks >n was
not<snlvrelieved, but was etftbled to move
forward and drive the enemy bark in disorder.
The advance cf oar right and left compelled the
enemy to fall back in the cen’re a so, and thus
our wuole line moved forward as the adversary
retired. Thu principal fighting, however, after
So’leock, was on the right, where Helnlzli
man’s and Burnside’s corps and a heavy force
ol U. S. reguiars contested our advance. Upon
the fall of Gen. Ewell, Brig. General Lawton,
whose brigade composed a part of his forces,
took command of his division, and handled It
with great judgment and energy.
Had every part of our line on t le right v een
fought with equal energy and resolution, the
victory would have been more decisive even
than it was. The timely appearance of Toombs’,
and the brilliant charge he made, had a con
trolling effect upon ibe fortunes of the day —-
Col. Bra rg, an officer of rare merit, bad
charge of toe brigade until bis arr.vsl. Had
Drayton promptly co-operate 1 iu the charge,
the enemy’s line would nave be;n more com
pletely broken, and he would have been driven
back uponßallF.ua an hour sooner than he
was. As it was, one hour of daylight was all
we required to utterly disperse the Federal
army and capture in ;ny guns and thousands of
prisoner.-. Jackson had already reached the
Rua above, am Hood and Toombs’ who held
the extreme right ot Longstreet’s corps, w c re
withiir a lew iTucCreu yards of it below, when
darkness prevented further pursuit. Napoleon
defeated me Austrians at Austerlitze because,as
he said,they did not know the value of an hour.
The prisoners we did take, were paroled to
dav, and sent North by W3y of Harper’s Ferry.
We have two reports to-night. One is, that
the whole Federal army remained at Centreville
yesterday and up to 2 o’clock to-day.. The
other is, that the main body continued its re
treat towards Washington, and that only a heavy
rearguard, disencumbered of wagons and bag
gage, remained behind to cover the retreat. It
was this rear guard,according to thelatter report,
that we encountered this afternoon. It is not
improbable that McClellan, who is now in com
mand, will seek to conduct the retreat as he
did at Richmond, by fighting ns late in the
aud retiring at nigbt. Tc-morrow will
SSSnaen Jamcs rivcr army, he may feel
bti ong enough to give us battle.
sJL YnY. (mid ' l ,‘o bt ) raining, and has been for
fO r f T L<! a i' rny aas not llad a mouth
ful of bread for four days, and no food of any
kind, except a little gre-.n corn picked up on
the toadside, for thirty-six hours. Tbe pro
vision trains are coming up, but many of the
troops will have to go another day without any
thing to cat. Many of them are also barelooted
I have seen scores of them to-day marching
over the flinty turnpike with torn and blistered
feet. They bear all these hardships without
murmuring, since every step they take brings
them that much nearer to bleeding Maryland.
As for tents, they have not known what it was
to sleep under one since last spring.
I have made but slight reference to the battle
of Friday, where Jackson’s corps alone was
engaged, because I have been able to learn but
little about it. The battle of Saturday was fol
lowed by a rain yesterday, and the army having
been put in motion, I have been almost con
stantly in the saddle ever since. For the pres
ent, therefore, I can only say that the battle was
more violent and destructive than I had at first
supposed, and added new lustre to the arms of
the veteran followers ot Jackson. The loss on
both sides was considerable, but I am r.ot pre
pared to offer any estimate of them. The pre
vailing opinion to-day in official quarters was,
that the enemy’s loss in killed on both days was
twice as heavy as our own. Our troops seem
to have shot with fatal precision.
Some sixty or more citizens of Washington
city, who came over to witness the battle, were
captured, and have been sent on to Richmond.
They had been deceived by Pope’s despatch,
and came over under the impression that. Lee
aud Jackson were about to be “wiped out.”
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 2d.
The affair last evening referred to above, con
tinued through the rain storm until it. was quite
dark. Our advance under Jackson encountered
what we suppose was the rear guard of the
enemy, and fin ail v stampeded it. Mrj. General
Kearney, of the Fede'al army, was killed, un
der circumstances, if correctly reported, quite
discreditable to his character as a soldier. He
was leading a regiment to the attack, and came
suddenly and unexpectedly upon the Forty
ninth Georgia. He threw up his hands and
called out, “Don’t shoot, I surrender’ ’ —then
putting spurs to his horse, attempted to effect
his escape. The base trick did not succeed ; a
well aimed ball from a Georgia rifle hit. him in
the back and brought him to the ground a dead
in an.
I am uninformed as to the loss on either side.
It was inconsiderable, however, on the part of
the Confederates, probably not exceeding two
hundred—and fell chiefly upon Gen. Branch’s
(North Carolina) brigade. We took a score or
two of prisoners, including a few officer?. The
army is again in motion.
The fall of General McDowell, currently re
ported two days ago, is ho longer credited. A
splendid saddle and bridle, marked to General
Siegel, was captured on one of the trains at
Manassas last week.
The report of Gen. Ewell’s death is untrue.
He was doing well yesterday morning.
P. W. A.
Casualties in Wriglit’s Brigade.
In the Saddle near Drainsville, (
August 3d, 1862. )
Fortunately I have just come up with Gen.
Wright, cn route to Drainsville, and he has been
good enough to instruct bis Adjutant to furnish
me with a list of the casualties in his brigade,
which you will find enelosed herewith. Jackson
reached Drainsville at noon to-day; other corp3
are moving in the same direction. The town
is about midway between Alexandria and Lees
burg—a little nearer perhaps to the former
place—and some two or three miles-only from
the Potomac.
The route of tbe paroled prisoners has been
changed from Harper’s Ferry to Alexandria.
Gen. Lee is quite willing for them to tell all they
know. Some 250 negroes has been sent in the
opposite direction. We captured about 260
prisoners near Fairfax in the' affair of Monday
evening, tho larger part of whom were
wounded. P. W. A.
List of. Casualties in Brig. Gen. A. It. Wright's
Brigade, Anderson's Division, on the 30#A day sf
August, 1562, at Manassas.
HRIGADE FIELD AND STAFF.
Lieut. W A Wright, Ordnance Officer, son os
Gm Wright, wounded, (leg since amputated.)
3d OA. REQT. —MAJ. A U. MONTGOMERY, COM’DG
Field and Staff—Wounded—Mnj A B Mont
gom :iy, slightly in right thigh.
Company A— Woun ’ed : Lieut D J Wright,
slightly; Private G E Gllsson, severely.
Company B—Killed: R A Dennis. Wound
ed-Lt W O’Brien, sligh’ly; PrivateH C Jones,
severely.
Company C —Wounded : Lt Saunders, slight
ly; Lt Ilillyer, in hand; Sergt Chapman, in leg;
Private E B Chaney, in leg; B F Barnwell, in
back.
Company D—Wounded : Win Hall, in thigh.
Company F—Wounded: Lt Allen, severely;
Lt Royal, slightly ; Sergt Finney, slightly ; Pri
vate T Amr.son, severely.
Company F—Wounded : Sergt F Chambers,
severely; Privates 8 P Flair, severely ;J T Hat
field, shoulder.
Company G—Wounded : Privates J Price, A
R Jones, slightly. *
Company fl—Wounded: Privates W A Cook,
L W Jarman, G 3 Cowan, slightly.
Company I—Wounded : Private G C Taylor,
slightly.
Company K—Wounded: Corp’l Sam Hays,
severely ; Privates McKenzie, severely ; J L
Rice, slightly; J D Durham, severely; Sergt W
II Martin, severely.
Company L—Killed : Private Redman.
Several who were struck and might have been
reported at first are left off this report, as they
have returned to duty. Lieut. Ilillyer, though
unable to use his hand, is stiii here for duty.
Recapitulation — Killed, 2; wounded, 20; mis
sing, 1. Total, 32.
22d ga. regt—col. b. h. .tones, com’do.
Field and Staff— Youndffd : Lt Col Jos Was
den, in leg.
Company A—Killed : 21 Lt S M Smythe ;
Wounded: Privates C Jenkins, R Langston,
Wrn Maxtvpff, David Dickey, slightly.
Company B—Wounded : Oapt Geo II Jones,
slightly, Private M Smith, slightly.
Company C— Killed: Private John Rose.
Wounded: Privates G W Holland, severely;
Juo Slniard, J 11 Grog m, J M Duncan, MV
Shelton, D Sanders, J M Echols, slightly.
Company E—Killed : Privates J If CrisJer, T
J Edmondson. Wounded: Corp’l D Crider,
mortally; Privates R S Manning, Richard Rod,
J If Chimes, B F Crider, T J Crisier, John
Smith, John Lawson. J McAllister, T J John
son. slightly ; A K Johnson, severely.
Company F—Killed: Seig’t Wm Grissom,
Corp’l J B Bussv, P ivate Win Cook,
Company G—Killed : Corp’l F L Ellis. Pri
vate W W Ligon. Wounded : Lieut 8 B Tread
away, mortally; Privates L Tucker, TJllunt,
mortally; 11 F Loyd, severely; J D Fuller, A
J Thomas, f lightly.
Company ll—Killed: Ensign J A L Ileatb.
Wounded : Lieut J L Sherlcy, slightly; Pri
vates B English, B B Bkeliy, severely; W F
Lassiter, slightly.
Company f—Kiih-d : Private A Lee. Wound
ed : Seig’t J 2alum ; Private J J Slater,
slightly.
Company K —Killed : Capt J T Albert, Pote
E Boyd, L Hanley. W< uraU-d :Serg’t J M Bow
en, severely ; Private- L If Thompson, A Wil
son. 11 W Clark, J B Cook, J McGarlty, slight
ly ; B F Peru 11a, mortally ; W Hinton, mortal
ly ; II George, severely; J Townsdcn, slightly.
Killed, 14; v- ur.d.d, 17; -missing none;
’ otal G 1
4STU GEORGIA I.FCi’T COL. WM. GIII ON, COM’DG.
Field aid Buff— Wounded : Col. Wm. Gib-
son.
Company A—Killed : Cap*. Alien Kelly.—
Wounded : Corp’l J Denton, Privates W Davis,
W W Moat, Ii Rayburn, J '■ Ik r, 8-J Brrd
dy. M.-sing : J Hovel]
Company ii—Killed : P/iya;c \\ l* . kits.
Wounded; Privates A W Bil.le, A J Ivey,
E Carey, L P Dozier, Wra Reese.
Companv U—Wounded : Privates J Ware, W
W Scott, J J Price.
Company D—Ki led : Private E Andrews.
Wounded : Private II Heath, G Utley, E Ilar
reil.
Company E—Killed ; Privates W A Dunn, T
J Ver.l. Wounded : Lieut W A Sp’er, Privates
J K Coleman, L B Tarver, L B McDonald, J H
Fields, Jas Peeties.
Company F—Killed : Private J Neal. Woun
ded : Sergeant A 8 Paul, Corpora! J S Ro
land, Privates Thos Gains, J A Pallet, L Ricks
Mi-sing—Corp’l River.
Company G—K lied: Serg’t B G McCord.
Woanaed : W Gordmac, Privates J R
Anbell, 8 F A-bell, Jas R gcr., J Bruies, Geo
Bateman, John U nion, Thos O’Neil.
Company ll—Killed : Private S B Johnson, B
CL I l*; ii. Wounded :L : eoi a C Fiannrrs,
Private Robt Lewis, Win Boyd, D H Smith, Ii
B Thompson. .Jas Coleman.
Company I—Wounded: Corp’l J Matthews,
G P Thompson, J Traitor, T Burch. Missing :
Ii Kent.
Company K—Killed : W Whaler. Wounded :
R B Tantteislev, A W Paiham, D Ramsey.
Mi-sing : W F Philips.
Killed, 10; wounded, 51; missing, S. —CO.
44TH ALABAMA REG’t, COMMANDED BY LIEUT.
COL C. A. DERBY.
Company A—Killed: Private K F King.
Wounded: Corp’ls J E Jenack, Zachariati
Roland, privates Jos Roberts, II L Gunn, Wm
Watly, Jno Watly, J C Trawick, Henrv God
win, Jno llar'’Y
Company B—Killed: Private M Nolen.
Wounded: David Stevens.
Company C—Wounded: Privates J McNa
mee, W D Purifoy.
Company D—Killed : Capt Wm T King, pri
vet e W Large.
Company E—Wounded: Private J W Dod
son, Henry Mimis.
Company F—Wounded : Private'J Tendrew,
Jos E-q>y.
Company G—Killed : Capt Thos C Daniels.
Wounded : Private R II Shivers.
Company ll—Wounded : Serg’ts J S Gardner,
F M Faneher. private J Fnlgrnm.
Company I—Private J L Mitchell.
Company K—Wonted : Private W G Harris.
Missing : Privates \V N Parker, J M Hender
son.
Killed, C ; wounded, 22; missing, 2.—30.
RECAPITULATION.
_ . Kllle'l. Wn’d. Missing. Total
Brigade Field and Staff 00 1 00 1
3 Georgia Regiment 2 29 1 85
22d Georgia Regiment 14 47 00 61
48 h Georgia Regiment 10 51 5 66
44th Alabama Regiment ... 6 22 2 30
32 150 8 190
3d Georgia regiment carried into action 300
men; 22d Georgia, 172; 48-h Georgia, 200;
4kh Alabama, 145. Total, BL7.
N. J. B. Guardy,
Capt and A A General.
A Second Sire at Victory on the Fields
of ElannsKss—-Gallant Conduct of
Gen, Toombs and Ills Brigade.
[From another Correspondent.)
Battle Field op Manassas, )
August 31st, 1862. j
Mr. MUtcr: We have halted, for how long I
do not know, upon the already historic plains
of Manassas, within four hundred yards of tjie
Stone i ridge. Availing nayself of the pause,
and assured by Gen. Toombs that an opportu
nity for mailing letters will soon be afforded, I
will endeavor upon this bloody sheet, found in
a Yankee’s knapsack, to give you an imperfect
account of yesterday’s battle.
In consequence of sickness I was detained in
Richmond, and did not reach the field until
victory had perched upon our banners. I must,
therefore, give the account as I got it from
those who participated.
Longstreet’s forces fought the battle. There
was more or less cannonading all day, bat by
the middle ot the afternoon the engagement
became general to the west of the old battle
field. Hood’s Texas brigade, and Kemper’s
and Jenkin’s South Carolina brigades were en
gaged in the centre and right, and fought gal
lantly, charging batteries and routing superior
forces. All the troops engaged, so far as I can
learn, did their whole duty, except a few offi
cer?, who skulked behind logs and in hollows,
instead of leading their brave men iuto the ac
tion.
About 4 P. M. the enemy brought up large
reinforcements against Kemper and Jenldns,
when General D. li. Jones’ division, consisting
of Generals Toombs’, Drayton’s and Colonel
Anderson’s brigades were ordered forward at a
double-quick. They made the distance (a mile
or more) in a vei v short time, running regi
ment after reg.in .t of the Yankees from the
field, taking sew; .batteries, how many I do
not know certainly. As Gen. Toombs’ brigade
advanced under a most deadly artillery fire,
over broad plains swept by grape and canister,
the frightened Yankees gave back without ma
king any stand. This division, as soon as the
woods fully covered their movements, was re
lieved by fresh troops, who lay concealed until
we came up within forty yards, when they
turned loose upon us a solid volley, which did
us very little damage. Then the fight became
desperate. Oaf brave boys are complimented
very highly for their coolness and presence of
mind. Many of them fired eighty rounds, and
very few came out of the action with any cart
ridges. About the time our ammunition was
exhausted, another brigade came in and re
lieved Gen. Toombs. I passed over the ground
thi3 morning occupied by my brigade, and
must say, in justice to the brave men compos
ing it, that they did their duty, while the
ground is dotted here and there with grey and
brown uniforms, tho blue coats outnumbering
them two to one. The enemy suffered ex
tremely. Their loss is very heavy, but I can
not. now give you the numbers.
I must here relate an incident, of a part of
which I was an eye witness; which will, I trust,
set our gallant and popular leader, General
Toombs, right in the eyes of Georgia. I learn,
through a friend, that hi 9 bravery has been
questioned, which grieves me. But no reason
able person will longer doubt tbat Gen. Robert
Toombs is a truly gallant and brave man after
reading the following incident, the truth of
which will be attested by five thousand Geor
gian's, and by thousands of soldiers from other
States.
Some ten or fifteen days since he was arrested
by General Longstrcet upon a charge of “ usur-
authority,” for relieving the Fifteenth
Georgia from picket duty, when the brigade was
ordered to prepare for an immediate advance,
without orders from Gen. Longstreet. There
was a brigade on post at the same point. He
then rode over to Gen. Longstreet’s headquar
ters, to ask permission to lead his brigade in
the expected battle. Ilis brigade (then moving)
getting a glimpse of their pet general, vocifer
ously cheered him. Gen. L. hearing this, or
dered him under arrest again, upon a charge of
“breaking his arrest.” General Toombs had
previously written to General Longstreet, re
questing to be restored to his command. On
Thursday or Friday a courier brought him an
order restoring liitn, and ordering him forward
to lake command ol his brigade.
Yesterday evening as I was pushing on to the
battlefield I was pleasantly surprised to see Gen.
Toombs and his staff rushing forward at full
speed Every Georgian who saw him raised bis
hat and lustily yelled, “ Hurrah for General
Toombs !” Far iu advance ot his staff he dash
ed or through the storm of lead and iron hail
until he came to Drayton’s brigade, which
cheered him, and as he dashed along down the
line each regiment took up the shout of wel
come until lie came to his own brigade. It is
said the burst of enthusiasm from the soldiers,
as they beheld thtir beloved leader, was wild
beyond description. The General acknowledg
ed the compliment by bowing and waving his
hat to his delighted and devoted followers.
He rode down the whole line uncovered,
amidst lira heaviest fire. None but a truly
brave man would thus make himself so con
spicuous a maik for the enemy’s sharpshooters.
Will his defamtrs consider this anil cease to
slander him t
Our regiment suffered severely, havingjf.cn
killed and ninety one wounded. What the
casnalties of the other regiments of the brigade
are, lam unable at present to say. Capt. Bird
and Lieutenant Culver, of the Fifteenth, were
slightly wounded. Lieut. CummiDg and Thos.
Beman of the same regiment were killed. The
latter was the son of Rev. C. P. Beman, of Mt.
Zion, for many years the head ol the celebrated
Beman Iligh School ol that place.
Capt.. ‘Augustus C. Jones, of this regiment,
(17th Georgia,) was killed while gallantly lead
ing his company, the “Miller Greys,” into the
action. He was a noble, kind-hearted gentle
man, and an excellent officer. He leaves a wife
and little children, and a large circle of devoted
friends to mourn his lots.
Major J. If. Pickett was seriously wounded
by a minnie ball in bis left side, hut not dan
gerously, it is thought.
In my own company, the “Decatur Guards,”
three were killed —Owen If. Johnson, Corporal
Td George and B. G. Gainous. They all fought
like veterans. A little blank book was found
by Sergeant Darby, of Cos. “G.” which was dis
covered to have belonged to Corporal George.
In it are written these words:
“I expect this is the last of me. I hope and
trust Gpd will take charge of me. Tell mother
and the'family to meet me in heaven. I have
died the death of a soldier.
Steam Mill, Decatur county’, Georgia.”
The last is bis father’s post office. This little
book I will by the first opportunity send to his
family. He was shot in the side and evidently
lived a short time.
I will be able a a few days to furnish you
fuller detail?,:' are not kept constantly upon
the march. nkees were totally beaten,
and driven J. r ■. ad the plains.
To-day thir fo-en heavy cannonalin
south of here, ,it meaus fam unable
to say. Ido > where Stonewall is. It
is supposed th . Joe Johnston is advanc
ing ft m Fredeinkr urg with Smith’s and D. II
Hill’f Divisions. If so, the entire Yankee
army is surrounded, and must either surrender
or be cut to pieces. This, however, is merely
conjecture.
Col. Benning led the brigade (Toombs’s) into
the light in gallant style, and Mrjor Pickett,
assisted by Capt. John A. McGregor, command
ed the 17th Georgia. V. A. 8. P.
A Report. —While on a visit to Bridgeport
yesterday, we were informed that a body of
confederate cavalry bad made a descent on the
rear gnard of the Yankee forces lately skedad
dled from Stevenson, at Tnlahoma, and cap
tured some two or three hundred prisoners and
tour engines. We are rather inclined to give
some credit to the report, but fear the engines
cannot be retained in a very eervicable condi
tion, as an important bridge this side of Tula
homa, bas been destroyed by the Yankees.—
What cavalry rendered this important service,
is r.ot known.
We are, in addition, prepared to assert that
not a Yankee is between this place and Mur
freesboro’ unless some have lately arrived from
McMinnville, which is doubtful.
Ciiattanooga Rebel, ~tb.
Many Yankees that lied irom the North to
avoid the draft have run into the yellow lever
at Havana.