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Flash full in his eyes the blue lightening of steel, And stuu him with eannon- bolts, peal upon peal ! Mount, troopers, and follow your game to its lair, As the hound tracks the wolf and the beagle the hare !
Blow trumpets, your summons, till singgards awake!
Beat drums, till the roof of the faint-hearted shake ! Yet, yet, ere the signet is stamped on the scroll, Their names may be traced on the blood-sprinkled roll !
Trust not the false herald that painted your shield : True honor to day must be songht on the field ! Her seuteheon shows white with a blazon of red, The life-drops of crimson for liberty shed !
The hour is at hand, and the moment draws nigh ! The dog-star of treason grows dim in the sky ! Shine forth from the battle-cloud, light of the moon,
Call back the bright hour when the nation was born !
The rivers of peace through our valleys shall run, As the glaziers of tyranny melt in the sun ; Smite, smite the proud parricide down from his throne,-
His sceptre onee broken, the world is our own !
For the Connecticut War Record. The Three Months' Volunteers. Continued. THE THIRD REGIMENT.
There is no sight so sublime as the spon- taneous uprising of a great people in defense of their rights or in support of a grand idea, which moves every heart with one single Frederick Frye, Capt. ;
impulse. Not seldom in such a popular commotion the resources of the people, as ; they are thus suddenly evolved, surprise; Woodhouse of Hartford, as Colonel, and Nel- even their possessors.
Such was the spectacle on the issue of the first call for troops. Before the First to the Fifth Regiment, and Major White to regiment left New Haven for the seat of war, the Fourth, now the First Conn. Vol. Artil- or tho Second was fully organized, sucht pro. ; lery. Other changes were afterwards made, gress was made in the formation of & third ; thus :
regiment, that on the 20th of April it went!
First Lientenant Charles W. Spalding, re. into rendezvous in Hartford. Owing to de- signed, May 20, and John E. Ward of Nor- lays caused mainly by the unprecedented and
the eamp was soon established on the race- course, about two miles west of the city. The organization of the regiment and the
was as follows :
FIELD AND STAFF. John Arnold, New Haven, Colonel. Allen G. Brady, Torrington, Lieut. Colonel. Alexander Warner, Woodstock, Major.
Frederick J. Peck, New Haven, Adjutant. Richard E. Holcomb, Granby, Quartermaster. John McGregor, Thompson, Surgeon. Matthew T. Newton, Suffield, Asst. Surgeon. Joseph II. Alexander, Enfield, Q. M. Sergeant. William E. Brady, Torrington, Sergt. Major. Leonard B. Farren, New Haven, Drum Major. William R. Miller, New Haven, Fife Major. COMPANY OFFICERS. Co. A .- (Rifle.)
George N. Lewis. Capt. :
Jno. Brennan, First Lient ; - all of Hartford.
Lucius S. Bolles, Second I.t. Co. B.
Daniel Klein, Capt. ; Fall of New Haven. Win. K. Schmidt, First Lt. ;
Chas. Rose, Second Lt. Co. C .- ( Rifle.) - all of New Haven.
Samuel J. Root, Capt. ; Lewis C. Allen, First Lt. ; Jos. S. A. Baker, Second Lt. Co. B .- (Rifle.)
Jared R. Cook. Capt., Meriden ; Frederick J. Peek, First Lt .. New Haven ;
Asa S. Cowdry, Sceond Lt., Meriden.
Co. E .- Rifle.
Jno. A. Nelson, Capt. ; Harry Finnegas, First Lt .; Fall of Hartford.
Win. Wright, Second Lt. Co. F .- Rific. Albert Stevens, Capt .;
all of Stamford.
Wells Addis, First Lt. ; Isaae L. lloyt, Second Lt. Co. C.
Jas. E. Moore, Capt. ; Sam. J. Bailey, First Lt .: Charles II. Hoyt, Second Lt. Co. D .- (Rifle.)
all of Danbury.
Edward Harland, Capt. ; Chas. W. Spaulding, First Lt .; Call of Norwich. Wm. W. Barnes, Second Lt. Co. A.
ali of Norwalk.
Donglas Fowler, Capt. : Gilbert Bogard, First Lt. ; Step'n D. Byxbec, Second Lt. Co. D.
all of Bridgeport.
Elliott M. Curtis, Second It. 1 Sylvester HI. Gray, First Lt. ; The regiment was first organized with Levi perior disciplinarian and drill master, and
devoted himself to his work with ardor.
son L. White of Danbury, as Major, but sub-| His successor, Col. Chatfield, like Col. Ar- sequently Col. Woodhouse was transferred nold, long connected with the State Militia, was unsurpassed as a drill officer. Under these and other officers, scarcely their in- feriors in military, the progress of the men was rapid, and their attainments thorough.
Tho regiment had been here only eight days when the First left them and marched to Virginia, and on the 16th of June the
wich, was appointed in his place. Col. Ar- increasing demands on tho Stato Quarter- nold resigned May 29, and John L. Chat- Second also moved, leaving the Third sole . master's Depariment, about a fortnight field, of Waterbury, Lieutenant-Colonel of ocenpants of Glenwood, as the locality of elapsed before the regiment could be fully the First Regiment, was appointed as his the camps was called. On the morning of
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two hundred and seventy-seven; lleventh, two hundred and sixty-seven ; First Light Battery
son, of Danbury, was commissioned in his stead.
From the 29th of April, when the regi- ment went into rendezvous, to the 20th of May, about three weeks, the men were en- gaged in mastering the theory and practice of military science, including the ordinary duties of eamp life, which they had better opportunities of practising than either of the two former regiments, their eamp ground being farther removed from the distractions of a town, and they having a longer period in which to perfect themselves in their du- ties. Their arms-the Springfield smooth- bore muskets, flint locks altered to percus- sion -- were received about a week before the regiment was ordered away. The quality of these arms was, of course, inueh inferior to those issued to the two other regiments, and some dissatisfaction was expressed by both officers and men, but they were the best that could then be obtained.
On the 20th of May the regiment struck tents and marched into Hartford. The regi- mental celors were presented in front of the State House, by Governor Buckingham, and the men marched at onee to the depot and went by rail to New Haven. They em- barked the same night on board the Cahaw- ba, and sailed immediately. Arriving in Washington Wednesday night, they slept ou board the steamer, and the next morning, the 234, marched to their camping ground, in close vicinity to that of the First and See- ond, by both of which they were warmly weleomed. It seemed next to a visit to home friends to see the members of a regiment just arrived from Connecticut. So far as camp rules would allow, the men of the three regiments improved the opportunities for an interchange of visits. At once after establishing & camp, the men applied them- selves diligently to the drill. The regiment was favored with excellent officers, who took pride in perfecting the men in the minutice of military practice. Col. Arnold was a su-
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that day, which was Sunday, a melancholy ded, hoped that some settlement other served compliment to the behavior of the accident occurred in the Third Regiment, than that of the sword would be the re- Third Regiment in his official report : which cast a gloom over all. A member of sult of the first great battle, but all ex- " The gallantry with which the Second Co. A, (Rifle,) Richard Howard of Madison, pected a fight as the first consequence of Maine and Third Connecticut regiments sat in his tent reading his Bible, when an-'a " movement."
other, playing with a pistol, seeing a tiy on . Howard's breast snapped the cap of the the evening of Sunday, June 23d, tents weapon at the insect, not supposing the chamber to be charged, and shot Howard through the heart. His body was sent home for burial, in charge of Lieut. Bolles of his company.
The ordinary routine of drills, with occasional nightly alarms, caused gener- sition of the other Connecticut regiments ally by the too-suspecting vigilance off abont two o'clock in the morning, where the guards, or their want of experience, and sometimes by the attempts of delin-
i grounds of the Second.
From henceforth battalion movements and skirmish drills occupied nearly all
At that time the knowledge of the the hours of daylight until the 16th of plans of the rebel leaders and the re- July, when began the march to Bull Run. oure es of the rebellion was very meagre. That march has been so minutely de- and conjecture and rumor assumed the seribed in former articles that I shall place of fact to a large extent. Especial- omit any account of it here, or of the battle of Bull Run in general, merely re- ferring to the part taken by the Third assume form and probability so as to | Regiment in the scenes of the conflict.
ber of empty saddles. On leaving the field the regiment brought off' two aban- doned pieces of artillery, one caisson, several baggage wagons, the wagon of the sappers and miners, with all the tools, and twenty horses, a pretty good evi- dence of the absence of all panie or dis- order in their ranks. In faet each of the Connecticut regiments marched from the disastrous field and back to Centreville fin perfeet order. Reaching the camps at Falls Church towards morning, the Third for two days labored with the First and Second in saving the military prop- erty of the Government, after which the brigade moved toward Washington, ar- riving at night of the 23d. Here they remained nearly a fortnight, when they were ordered home, and arrived in Hart- ford by the steamer Elm City from Am-
ly was this the ease in camp, where a sur- mise, however absurd, would rapidly deceive the most cautious. Before the On first reaching the field of battle the regiment came under a severe fire, but marched promptly against the enemy and erally believed in camp that they had routed him from his position. Advan- cing from the left of Sherman's brigade they were again received by a murder- ous fire from a battery of eight pieces, First Regiment had been a week in Vir- ginia it was currently reported and gen- been in a serious engagement, and that crossing into Virginia was equivalent to entering a battle field to face the enemy at once. It was supposed that no sooner ; and from a body of infantry sheltered by would the regiment reach the " sacred la house, log hut, fence, and a piece of boy, N. J., on the 9th of Angust. Pre- woods. The issue of the battle seemed ! ceded by an escort of military and fire- men, they marched into barracks at the Arsenal, where they were soon paid off
much plansibility in these opinions. By gallant Sixty-Ninth N. Y. regiment had | and mustered out of the service :
invading the territory of a sovereign
been repulsed. The Third Connecticut state was considered doubtful if not crim- land the Second Maine were then ordered Ist Reg't, Killed -- Wounded 8, Miss'g 9, Tot'l 17. 2 inal, and it was believed that it would be up and moved forward up the ascent 2d Reg't, followed by condign punishment mponiabout one hundred yards and then by 3d Reg't, 4 13, " 18. " 35. The "missing " were mostly taken = 5, “ 9, " 16. the invaders. It was also the general | command lay down, to allow the enemy's belief that the rebel army in Virginia was ! fire to pass over, but at a word they were prisoners on the retreat. They were kept large, well appointed, and composed of | up and onward again. They gained the | by the enemy for periods varying from the flower of the South-" the chivalry "
-ardent, fired with the sense of fancied the battery and drove his sharpshooters wrongs and flushed with the brilliant from the shelter of the buildings, but the destructive fire of the overpowering in-
who, however conscientiously, had nev- ertheless very reluctantly left family and business to act for a brief time the sol- dier, All at the North, the sollier inclu-
General Keyes pays the following de-
charged up the hill upon the enemy's ar-
Orders emme at length ; and early in tillery and infantry was never, in my opinion, surpassed. I was with the ad- vancing line and closely observed the conduct of Cols. Jameson and Chatfield, which in this instance and throughout the day merits the highest commenda- tion."
After the retreat liad commenced the Third twice repelled charges of the ene- my's cavalry. Capt. Lewis's company, the men bivouacked by the roadside ntil daylight, when they joined the others especially, was closely pressed by a body of horse, but by a well-directed volley quents to obtain entrance to the camp and made their camp in a pleasant grove sent them to the right about with a num- without danger of arrest, made up the , of oaks and other decidnous trees next the
life of the men while waiting impatiently the orders to march, which were daily expected.
soil " than skirmishes would take the place of drills and nightly attacks suc- Int one time to depend mainly on the cap- ceed nightly alarms. And there was ture and retention of this position. The thousands at the North the policy of tried to take and hold the point, but bad
The casualties at Bull Run were as fol- lows :
ridge, compelled the enemy to remove | four to twelve months. Some remained in Richmond, some were sent to Salis- bnry, N. C., Tuscaloosa, Ala., to New Orleans, and other places. Two mem- fantry support of the rebels stationed be- bers of the New Haven Grays, made prisoners at the battle while aiding a wounded rebel officer, were released on their arrival at Richmond by order of Jefferson Davis, and were supported at a hotel until opportunity was offered for their return.
victory over Major Anderson, and a handful of men in Sumter. At the same time the Union army was made up of hind breastworks checked the onward men from every condition and calling, movement, and the retreat having com- meneed in other parts of the field they were ordered back from their exposed position.
were struck, baggage packed on the wagons, and the regiment started, just as the Second had one week before, ou a weary march through Washington, aeross the l'otome, and over rough roads, ar- riving to within a mile or two of the po-
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List of members of the Third Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, since become Officers in the United States service, with changes by promotion, resignation, or death, to Oct. 17th, 1863.
NOTE .- " Resigned " denotes discharge for disability or resignation for other causes.
Former Company.
Former Rank.
NAME.
Present Regiment.
Present Rank,
Residence.
Remarks.
F. nnd S. Sergt. Major.
Alexander, Joseph II.
8th.
Quartermaster. Enfield.
Resigned.
A, ( Rifle. ) Private.
Abbey, William HI.
.25th.
Captain.
Glastonbury.
C, (Rifle.) Ist Lient.
Allen, Lewis C.
6th.
Captain.
New Haven.
F. nud S. Lient. Coloael Brady, Allen G.
17th.
Major.
Torrington.
Now Major in the Invalid Corps.
A, (Rifle.) Ist Lient.
Brennan, John
12th.
Captain.
Ilartford.
A. .
1 st Lient.
Bogart, Gilbert
12th.
1st Lieutenant.
Norwalk.
A.
2d Lient.
Byxbee, Stephen D.
12th.
Captain.
Norwalk.
B, (Rifle. ) Private.
Bassett, Julius
:15th.
Captain,
Meriden.
C.
Ist Lieut.
Bailey, Samuel G.
23d.
Captain.
Danbury.
Died July 30th, 1862.
D.
Private.
Braneh, Joseph W.
10th.
Captain.
Sprague.
A.
Sergeant.
Craw, John W.
17th.
Ist Lientenant.
Norwalk.
D.
2d Lieut.
Curtis, Elliott M.
9th.
Captain.
Bridgeport.
D.
Private.
Crawford, Richard R.
U. S. A.
A. A. G.
Bridgeport.
B.
Sergeant.
Dietrich, Nicholas
11th.
Ist Lieutenant.
New Haven.
C.
Corporal.
Daniels, Milton II.
17th.
Captain.
Danbury.
A.
Captaia.
Fowler, Douglass. Fiske, Wilbur D.
14th.
1st Lieutenant.
New Britaia.
D.
Captain.
Frye, Frederick
9th.
2d Lientenaat. Major.
Bridgeport.
D.
Private.
Fowler, Royal A.
10th.
Quartermaster
Enfield.
Resigned.
E.
1st Lieut.
Finnegas, Harry
U. S. A.
1. A. G.
Norwich.
D.
Ist Lieut.
Gray, Sylvester II.
7th.
Captain.
Bridgeport.
B.
Sergeant.
Hoppe, Robert
6th.
1st Lieutenant.
New Haven.
D, (Rifle ) Captaia.
Harland, Edward
8th.
Colonel.
Norwich.
F, (Rifle.) 2d Lieut.
Hoyt, Isane L.
10th.
Captain.
Darien.
F, (Rifle. ) Sergeant.
Hobbie, Charles A.
17th.
Captain.
Stamford.
F, (Rifle.) Private.
Ilarvey, John
17th.
1st Lieutenant.
Stamford.
C.
Sergeant.
Jackson, Frederick W.
Stlı.
Captain.
Danbury.
B.
Captain.
Klein, Daniel
6th.
Captain.
New Haven.
B.
Private.
King, John
6tlı.
2d Lieutenant.
New Haven.
F, (Riffe,) Private.
Kellogg. Enos
17th.
Captain,
.
New Canaan. Ilartford.
A, (Riffe.) Captain.
Lewis, George N.
12th.
Major.
C.
Captain, Private.
Main, John N.
23d.
2d Lieutenant.
Redding.
D, (Rifle. ) Corporal.
Moore, James R.
8th.
Captain.
Norwich.
D, (Rifle. ) Private.
Maples, William L.
U. S. Navy.
10th.
2d Lieutenant.
Resigned.
F, ( Rifle. ) Corporal.
Moorehouse, Joseph E.
17th.
2d Lieutenant. Darien.
Newton, Matthew T.
10th.
Surgeon.
Snffield.
Nichols, James R.
14th.
Captain.
Norwich.
Nelson, John A. Quien, Henry
17th.
Ist Lieutenaat. Captain.
Norwalk.
Resigned.
1), (Rifle. ) Sergeant.
Rogers, Joab B.
Ist Cavalry.
Captain.
Norwich.
D, (Rifle.) Private.
Ripley, Eleazur II.
Sth.
Captain.
Windham.
A, (Rifle. ) Sergeaut.
Seaver, Heber W.
16th.
Captain.
Hart ford.
A, (Rifle.) Private.
Smith, Henry C.
20th.
Captain.
Hartford.
A, (Rille.) Private. A. Private.
Smith, George W.
10tl.
Ist Lientenant.
'New Canaan.
Resigned.
C, (Rifle.) Corporal,
Stanley, Henry F. Stoddard, Henry
Gtlı.
2d Lieutenant. New Haven.
D, (Rifle.) Private.
Shalk, Frederick E. Sever, Philip
14th,
1st Lieutenant. Norwich.
B, (Rifle.) Private.
Thompson, William W.
15th.
1st Lieutenant. Meriden.
C, ( Riffe. ) Private.
Townsend. James L.
14th.
Captain.
New Haven.
C, (Rifle.) Private.
Thirlkil, Thomas II.
22d.
Ist Lieutenant. . Windsor. Colonel. Meriden.
B, (Rifle.) Private.
Vorra, John H.
Stlı,
2d Lieutenant.
Meriden.
F. and S. Major.
Warner, Alexander
18th.
Lieut. Colonel.
Woodstock.
Resigned.
A. ( Rifle. ) Sergeant.
Wright, Leverett
7th.
Ist Lieutenant. ; Hartford.
Resigned.
A, (Rifle.) Private.
White, John L.
22d.
2d Lieutenant. Hartford.
A. C.
Corporal. Sergeant.
Weed. Thomas S. White, Charles II.
11th.
Ist Lieutenant, Danbury. Colonel.
D, (Rifle.) Sergeant.
Ward John E.
8th.
Norwich.
D, (Rifle.) Private.
Whittlesey. George W. 13th.
9th.
Captain.
Hartford.
Waterbury, Marens
17th.
Captain.
Stamford.
F, ( Rifle ) Private.
Whitney. William M.
2Sth.
Ist Lieutenant. Darien.
Resigned. Resigned.
C, (Rifle.) 2d Lieut.
Baker, Joseph S. A.
19th.
Ist Lieutenant. |New Haven.
D, (Rifle.) Private.
Breed, Charles A.
8th.
2d Lieutenant.
Norwich.
Resigned.
Died Oct. 30, 1863, of wounds ree'ed at Gettysb'g. Resigned.
Killed at Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863.
B, ( Rifle.) Private.
Resigned.
C, (Rifle. ) Private.
Foote, George A. Jr.
14th.
La. Col'd. Regt. Lieut. Colonel.
¡Hartford.
Resigned.
F. and S. Quartermast'r. Holeomb, Richard E.
1 st Louisiana,
Colonel.
Granby.
Killed at Port Hudson, June 14th, 1863. Resigned.
Now Brig. Gen. Vols.
C.
Moore, James E.
17th.
Captain.
Danbury.
Killed at Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863.
E, (Rifle.) Corporal,
McKew. George Miller, Theodore
10th.
2d Lientenant. Stamford.
F. and S. |Asst. Surgeon D, (Rifle.) Private. E, (Rifle.). Captain. C. Private. Sergenut. A.
Colored Reg't.
Colonel.
Hartford.
Danbury.
Russell, James S.
Sth.
Resigned.
Accidentally killed by a falling tree, Jan. 28, 1863.
Sackett, William H.
11th.
Captain.
Hartford.
C, ( Rifle. ) Corporal.
Resigned.
F, (Rifle. ) Musiciaa.
28th.
Ist Lientenant. Stamford.
B, (Rifle.); Sergeant.
Upham, Charles L.
15th.
Sth.
Ist Lieutenant. Norwalk.
Resigned.
E. (Rifle.) 2d Lient. F, ( Rifle. ) Sergeant.
1st Lieutenant.
Norwich.
Resigned.
Wright, William
6th.
2d Lientenant. : New Haven.
Norwich.
Simsbury.
Resigned.
F. (Rifle.) Sergeant.
117th.
Lient. Colonel.
!Norwalk.
Guilford.
D, (Riffe. ) Private.
Gates, Horace P.
Died March 20th, 1862.
Resigned.
Seventy-three Officers from the Third, being nearly one in every ten, of which a very large proportion-sixteen-are Field and Staff Officers, and one a Brigadier General, speaks well for the material of the regiment. Each of the three first regiments has furnished the service with a Brigadier General, a fact of which the State may well feel prond.
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Resigned.
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CONCLUSION-INCIDENTS, &C.
In my account of the Battle of Bull Run I referred to the fact that Beaure gard was well informed as to the inten- tions of MeDowell. In looking over Col. Estvan's "War Pictures from the South," (himself at the time holling a command in the rebel service,) I find this corrobo- rative evidence: "General Beauregard was perfeetly well informed of all that was going on in General MeDowell's army, and of the intention of the enemy to force their way to Richmond." Again : "This plan of operations [Gen- eral Seott's order of battle] was no se- eret to us." "General Beauregard re- eeived the very earliest information from a friend of his in Washington and had plenty of time to make all his prepara- tions." " From the very commencement of operations the Confederates enjoyed a decided advantage on the score of intel- ligenee; and so it now happened that while we were informed of every pro- jected movement of the enemy, Scott and McDowell on the other hand were ahnost completely ignorant of our plans and in- tentions." In speaking of the behavior of the men opposed to Longstreet, among whom were the Connectient regiments, he says : " As soon as the enemy's col- umns had deployed under a heavy fire from their guns, which they dil with great coolness, although it was probably the first time these regiments had been under fire, they were formed into an at- tacking column, and with a loud cheer rushed on Longstreet's position."
Here, however, is an extract from the book of the candid Colonel of a some- what different character. After mention- ing the panie and confusion attending the retreat he says : " A giant Texan throwing away his rifle took ont his bowie-knife. With one blow he split the skull of a wounded man who had fallen to the ground ; and this became the sig- nal for a general butchery. Like wild beasts the incensed soldiery fell upon their victims, (the Federal wounded.) hewing, stabbing, and slashing like mad- men."
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Such is the not very attractive picture its dreariness. Here one so bedraggled of " our deluded and erring Southern, that his clothing was insufficient to iden- brethren " by one whose prejudices, tify his arm or regiment, was hokling judging from his chosen position, would forth to an awe-strnek group on the ter- be all in favor of the rebels. Splitting | rors of the fight, and there a no less for- the skulls of prostrate wounded men with lorn musician, bearing a dented, mis- bowie-knives, hewing, slashing and stab- bing the helpless wounded and dying,
zied savages, rather than the warfare; magnificent army which four days before waged by " the chivalry" par czeclence. had marched forth in all the glory of an- The narrow escapes on the battle field ticipated trimuph, and each winding up his narration with the assertion, " and I alone ain escaped to tell thec." Ladies stood in the rain at the corners, offering hot coffee and catables to the miserable men in uniform, most of whom should have been with their commands across the Potomac, instead of receiving sympa- thy and food in Washington. are not among the least interesting and surprising ocenrrenees in actual warfare. J. W. Burgess, a member of Co. A, First Regiment, had a Minie ball strike his watch and bed itself completely into the works, yet the glass erystal remained unbroken and the wearer received no in- jury. A member of the Second was whirled around with the velocity and precision of a top by a shot or shell which took the eap pouch from his belt and tore a liberal hole through his blouse. Sergeant Benjamin F. Prouty of the First, now captain in the Sixth, was taken prisoner near Cub Run, while on the retreat, by two cavalry men. While being led to the rear he shot one with a pocket pistol, and then dodging into a thicket escaped from the other and re- joined his regiment.
From the day of the march toward Centreville and Manassas the interest of the thousands congregated in Washing- ton from all parts of the country was manifested by an unusual degree of ex- citement, much increased when on the Thursday before the battle of Bull Run the guns of Ayres' battery at Blackburn's Ford could be plainly heard in the me- tropolis. Hundreds chartered vehicles- hacks, wagons, and anything which would carry-to convey them to witness the unusual spectacle of a real battle between : contending armies, and on the Warren- ¡ton pike these carriages could be seen bearing gleefully curious seekers after excitement, of which probably they got their fill before their return.
On the Sunday of the battle the city of Washington wore an aspect of quiet or ominous silence which properly imaged the deep solicitude and anxiety which noise could not dissipate. Before the evening had given place to night rumors of disaster were dismally whispered about and few slept well. The next morning was rainy, and the groups of worn out, ragged, dirty soldiers, here and there, some without coats and some without shoes, made the day almost suicidal in
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