Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman ki-^ii-wuhkly \ ol mx salisbury n c august 25 1861 numbeii :>::. i 1 i;i:i hi i ill and proprietor i terms h < ui i i ho ' i i hn oflicial reports of the h-h-i lie iii mhoanshn n pap ■ 1.1 in j u ihe illiii.il i i-i.'ii ol th ked i \ , i m in i i las i ', lo i'ai mel low il i n.ti'lls iliiuk it necessary to n i ss ith i porta i ecial ni rest in lliem i nl the i ml | i - from tin in i ||) hl isii in i i l inkl 1 1 1-1 n i i i man's i 1 i'k iai itel'i rt h i i \. ss volk i ii " i , s datmiged hy i ol 1 bint i it ss ii ill that ss in n i i lliotl with an a imi i ' gi i i i i iii rn a i sue i nigbl up that the fight ss a i d combal is confirmed by th i of i - i i inl el man t hat a i s baiter r , posted in au opi n i was taken aud retaken three iitm i i . n ained in th hands ol tin i ,. i eintzelmnn as - under tits command was i in irchiug ni i'i w ith i ill tllell ll i s . i inn ii halt pa-t i \. m . the brigade of < ol i ng followed by those of c •!- i \\ i toward at < leutre i i we found the road filled ss it h iroops i hours to allow tbe i if i leueral is ler and ' lolotn 1 1 i followed willi my di 1 s ision m i di il iy in tho rear ol tin il tor i li tweeti two and three miles beyond [ en i the warrenton turnpike i i counl ry t oad on the t igbt h captain w'righl accompanied the imad i , hu titer's .•" iiiiin ss ith directions i a i . ktl w , cb turned into ihe l i i . : across hull run about half way i tween the point where sve turned ii i from the turnpike and sudley'a springs at i which latter point col elunter'a iisi-nuih was to cross no such road was found ' > i exist and about 11 a m we found onr 1 - •-■- at sudley'a springs about ten mil 1 from centre vi he with one brigade ot ( ol i hunter's division still on our bide ol the h read ing ' his point the battle i had coin u euced wo cu ild see ihe ni"k i left from two loinls a mile i l ut i vi ii cloilda i dust ss , le i . how ids ance ol troops !: otu i ol manassas i at 5 n spring whilst waiting ihe p ,-■ ige of the iroops of the division in - front i ord fed n rw nd lhe first bi ■_ ade to fill iheir cante as before this waa , unj ii idiug regiments ol 1 ii hunter's di ision became engaged mel ' • a ||, m ii ticcompauied by his : ;,.,.- n a shorl lime belore si nt . - ipt wright of tl eugini ers and . v howell i of his aids with or ••■ end forward two uegiinents to lhe i neiiiy from outflanking tin m lin wright l d !' award tbe mitmesot i lefi of the road wliich • d ti run ai this point major mc i ' well led the k evetil ll massachusetts up id 1 tic • mil am d tin uegltllellt ■ g i i - for i fie remainder ol the to follow with the excepli n of battery ss hich supported by lhe first michigan was posted a little below in crossing of the run as a reserve at a little in i than a mile from lhe • upon the battle field liick ett's battery was posted on a lull to the ; hunter's division aud to lhe right he road after firing boiue iwenty ites at a battery of the enemy placed ' beyond lhe crest of a lull on their ranee left the distance being considered ,-. it was moved forward to within / 1,000 feet of tbe enemy's battery here the battery was exposed to a heavy of musketry which soon disabled it franklin's brigade was posted on the right a woods near the centre of our line ami ground rising towards the enemy's po m in the meantime i sent orderajor the zouaves t move forward to support itickett'a battery on its r'n/hk as soon as tlii-s s.iiii up | led tin in forward again t i an alabama i ' . i n . r 1 1 , pm;!s . t , .-.■.. 1 <-. i i in h clump ni i in ill imi in nn old bold i at tin first in they broke nnd lite grri il i ei portion ol them fled to tin rear koup hill 1 ii it i i iii iii i,v i i i ll ili'llii'a ill | ********************* i to i i kii ii nl ii limit ; at t lie am inn i nn til liny wcto ' lllll'ged i's i i'niii|i aiis nl i i ioii i n ill \ en t ion nn ss im i in i | i'i h i nl ih run ■ 1 1 i wo si rip f woods on i i oil i i-mi'i in i ie lit i ho iii .■ i ' 1 io ■ z.'ii.is ' i li-iil il foil i and won titled ouo di i ' ''■ ■ i llil'lll i llo .||- , llllltill ■• n < is.'iis i i ss.i i"in |,;, i ,[ |,\ || til i in i i|.l i i i luill's i'"ii.|,;iiis of 1 tut i st i ,-,., i i i which killed and wounded several i i ol 1 ai nil mi wiih some ol i.i • i ■ ■ i u 1 1 i in ti i'.li.n , <| gall mt i , bill tin nunniit i i j mm ft v it h 1 1 1 1 i im ul ', o in it i fi i it r | i again un thi jicld m.ns ol tl un n i i joined olln i r and did " 1 ■ • i i i silo na ku uu-lmi i l 1 up the m i i li ■ i ; t i'.'_miii nl which wus ttlxo r fiilsul . i i imi i el i red in tolerably t order i i i i i i i si i s no in tin u h on our ri u hi i i tl ink imi was among ihe lasl to i'i . i i moving off ihe field wiih the lliird i , s i i in i.ii 1 1 1 s . nexl ss a i 1 fur ward tin i'irsl i i michigan which v/an at an rejtulsed i wi'itirnt in consideruhli confusion lies | iss'ie rallied ami helped lo liuld the ssi.'.l i i on tin 1 1 ht lhe brooklyn i mi i mil llien i i appeared on tliu ground coming t t >\ ■• i . i i i iu gallant style i led tin in forward lo i ith left ssl,,-n the alalnima regiment l •• . ■ i i i in i-n ported in the earl \ pari action i i had now disappeared bill ti . in i i in si o hi id ilio 1 1 no i t i ticmy draw up i li i i il clump id ti soon aflei i i i ho firing commenced l lie regimen i broki i hi'/.i run j consideri i it useless to ut i 1 1 ni jit to rally them hie want ol disoip i i inn in these regimeuts gn il that i i n ni ot lie men would run from tins i lin several hundred yards lo r an t i i i.iii inn l iii f i m it"is lot ti ' bravet i i '. - very li ii "- i i '-'■ in front in retreat during ti.-h i time uieki-ll's ball had been taken i i i . iik i three tinm i un but '/•..'.*• i ■"//;/ h h/o.vi ui ut tin horses having bo n kill d i i — captain liicketl being wounded ami i i i i lie m ' mill i rani ay killed 1 ' , i i k it i behaved very gallant ly anil succeed i heil in carrying ll oue caisson i '" lore in i i heavy ol the i h were distinctly seen approaching by tss..l i i ' el extending and u i k ug us ' ''' i i 1 ■ lit jol stewart's bri id imeoti t lo 1 i field at this time having been detained hy i i the general as reserve ihe point s n -. h h we left the turnpike 1 look post i li i o ii our right and rear and for i'im-1 i liiii gallantly held the enemy in slick i 1 1 bad ti i uu p.in s i cavalry v ■■ - ■ ■ i i division which was joined during tin-h by ihe cavalry ' f col stam ■ ton's ilisi-iimi major palmer who com i im imlo'l tiu'iii ss is anxious engage ■ i loins the grouud b ing unfavorable i i nt tiu'iii back out of range of fire fun it nyw iiiijinssi/ilc to rally any regiments "'' m i our retreat about ball i - *-*- h i there was a fine slmit il i imi in tiie i i 1 hoped lo tnakob i , jitand with a section of arnold's i'.-i't.-ryb i tl u s cavalry il i could rally al i h ss ri oiuieir i-.t'-iiitrs . iii this i nt-u i ■:'•/ - >""' retreat i n the road we iiad advanced m in the i iiiiiiu ' 1 ii forward my tafl officers ti rails 1'iin roops beyond tin tun but l/,..,'o company would form 1 slopped ll a few moments al ihe hospital to sv hat aii.tttn'i-tin nt c'liill be made to save i tlm ss.ii.n '• ■:. ill few ambulances that i were there were filled uud started i ibe i rear | he ( h which was hospital with ihe wounded nnd some i tin surgeons s i after feel into the bauds lot the secession cavalry that followed us h ( ./,,„/,/. a company of cavalry crossed b lie i ii ainl i/"'l an ambulance full i v nmlc.l capt arnold a ive them l,',,'i of rounds i f canister from bis l-.,!i"ii of artillery which sent them scam i|"miil away and kepi ibein at a respectful i ili-iiim.-e i during i remaindei of our re i treat at tin point nm-i of the sttagglers lss,'i advance of us having reason to i'.-ar a s ili'.iti.n pursuit from the enemy's itv'-h troops i was desirous of forming a i strong rear guard ltit neither the efforts i ,.(' urn dlii-i i ofthe regular army nor i the coolness of in regular troops svith me b •„.//./ induce them to form a single com b /../»',. we entirely for our protec tion on one section of artillery ami a few b.-..mp.-iim - of cavalry most of ihe road b was favourable for infantry but unfavorable fl for cavalry and artillery about dusk as we appr.'it.-lied tbe warrentou turnpike i sv heard a tiring of rifled cannon on our liidit and learned thai ibe enemy had es a battery enfilading the road flcn-'l arnold with his section a artillery attempted to run the gauntlet and reached i i ho bridge over • ub i lin nhoui two mi i i from centrevillo but found it oh m i i with broken vehicles ami win inpell d i tu abandon in | • ihoy ss "• undei i lil fiio nf ihese tilled chiinoii flic caval i i , turned to the left nnd aftei pa--m ■ i th rough a strip of wood riid held . i i t i in l a i ol which h'd in in tn iio i i iiuj upicd hs mi troop ui th morn i i j i o ■ 1 1 ih camps ss o hoi e,'ipiei in tin morn i iii ii i i i i ,. , ' i i i l i i " i ' is iii i i s a i.e 1 1 it short distance bey omh eiitrevi i i i n io third l tin mill i s n i i base been mdi an i al i i or n en r t li / 1 i never witnessed before .\ o vfl'ort < > w / / m i induct ii ingli regiment / form tiji i tin i i reti'd.tt rum t uctd *[|| isi'.t !< ind i d ish n i i i id un i i lin brigade under my command i i com m on with lhe i • ol illusion le 1 1 1 i washington al 8 p m on tuesday july i i i ;, encamped thai nighl al i,t u m ; i i occupied fairfax com i house and i i camped 1 here on wednesday on thurs i i iv july iv proceeded lo ' m ns ill i issio i ss ' remained i'll sunday t . i . i-i.ii.-_r i i i 2 1 , when t h whole aims look up tli i i mi , i iii.ii li lo 1 lull i mil i n'uili ing of moment occurred till lhe ar i i ns ai nt tiie l : s i ion at the en i i ■ it i i half i'.i-i nine o'clock wbeli iu i i telligcnce was receivi i i it the enemy was i lin front with considerable force 1'hu la i i i o j was ordered to hall for supply nl i iss.iti'i an i temporary rest mmi isanl an i | advance movement was i iio i sloclum of ll •■ > ii otid ithode inland i i regiment was ordered to throw out skit lim-ioi upon flank at t ii,,ni.l | i „, - . by lhe | in forces nnd the head ol the brigadi i h : ii,i itself iu the presence ol lhe fov i i i ; , , ■ *- . i , , ■ . i i ' , o m i lihode island vol h luiii , i - was nn no 1 it is -' nl tut ss aid ss n h i lit ham is of ai 1 1 is and 1 1 i m hu : i ithe brigadi was foim«d in a field to i iriglitoftheroad i i i i'i mi thi report wc loam thai the 2 i 1 1 1 1 s i - i " 1 1 went i u lo bat t li ci i . - 1 ,- 1 n > i ss i i h i i ss i'll | h | h h it ssa in ails four o'clock i m .. ami i ith i an bad continued for ahnobl i i . '.■- since the time when the second bri i i o i,l had been engaged with everything in i i favor of our troops and promising a nm-l l-.s victory when some of lhe icginiciitsh icier the 11 111 \ upoll the e\t i i lie i i i mhi of our i im broke and large numb i i i'i disorderly hy my brigade tin i hdiassii up in the position which they i-tl i held the ammunition had been issued i i ; ,: ■ . s io n 1 was ordered to protect llmh lr.tie.it th seventy-first n \ mk stal.-b i militia ssa formed between the retreating i i columns and lhe enemy by colonel mar 1 i till am the -' cond regiment uliode 1-lamlb i voluuteers ly lieut col wheatoii th.-b liiist regiment rhode island voiunteersb i moved nut into the field at th bottom nil i ... gorge mar the ford and remained li'l i fifteen mi mi tes until a gem ral retreat ssa-b i niiiei.'l the regimenl then passed on ml i the top of tbe hill where it was joined by i the remainder of the brigade aud formed i into latu'e bodies ol stragglers were passing lllong tile rnad atnl it ssa found iillp i hi tn retain the order which otherwise i would has been presi is 1 i el the ii i gade sm ceiled 111 retiring in comparative iv u'niid cninlition with arnold's battery i t am is and capt armstrong's com pa i nv of dragoons bringing up the rear ihe i ret-vat continued thus until the column i ssa about emerging from the woods and i em i im upon il warn-nton turnpike i when the artillery ami cavalry went tothe i front and the enemy opened lire upon lhe i retreating ma ul men upon the bridge i crossing the l'uh kuil a shot look eftecl i up ai the horses ofa team that ss.i cross i 1 r tho wagon was overturned directly i i tl ih ceutre of the bridge and lhe pas i age was compli tely obsti ucteci i bo eu i , my continued to play his artillery upon i the tram carriages ambulances and anil i lery wagons that tilled the road and these i were reduced to ruin the artillery could i not possibly pass and 6ve | ieces of the i rhode island battery which had been i safely brought off the field were here lost h i report of the chief of artil lhe following extract taken from the i report of win f barry major fifth at tillery gives an account of the cavalry i charge that was made upon the zouu we were booh upon tbo ground de igna i i 1 no i if t ss ii i 1 1 1 i ie at once ol noil a i very effective lit upon th enemy's hit i lin moss posit iou i i ncarcely been occu i pied when a t p of the oneiny'h cavalry i debouching from it pieci of woods clo •■ i ii i ni i righl hank charged down n|,<.n i ui new vork nth the zouaves catch ui sight i h cavalry r few mon < ula be i in tie j ss . i up n tin in broke rank to i n.ii degree that the cavalry da lo i i ih rough wlthoul doing rtiucli harm the i ias i , gave i in in a scattering tire ns they i mi ed which emptied five middlci aioi i killed three horses a i ss iiiinul-s aftei wards a ucgimetil of th enem infait i liy covered bj h high feiu'o presented it - i -• ii m ! lin ii the left and front ol the two i batteries al nol itioro than do m 70 yards i distant and delivered n voile full upon i the batteries and iheit supports i.nn'.l l.uii.is it artillery was killed n i capt hicketl l artillery wit u.'iin an i a liuillbel i nn n and hol'ses ss . i <■ i e i oi di nbli i is and w ell i din eled volley i he 1 ith ami i hit lie i •.' 1 1 i.-i it -, in tantls broke mul tl • • 1 in ei u - 1 fusion to tii rear und in spite of i ho re i i uii'd n.'i i n t ' - 1 ' lib 1 1 of i nl 1 1 mi i el mall with i in tt i . hlld tns it ss il h the i i inner refuaod lo rail and return to 1 1 < • - i bsiipi'.i t of ihe batteries lhe enemy sei i bui the guna ihua ab indoin by i in it sup i i : i t lied upon lliein titiil driving ll i line t iiiinoue.-is who with iheir ilin i l ,, , i i .■' s it tl i | ' ' until ih last i i moment captured mom ten in mi tuber i v lie soiilhi i iu i v hi ik u i a correspondent nf tin t'irntil'1 i i ( a ti ad a i leader answers this ques i itimi as follows i i sir -. permit mo through your col i lilinii.-i to the ' aii.i'iiali i i press gen orally llial when pti ' i ish ing i i a tint icati telegrams t eg.-inl i ng t in i iwar between ti united and i i bcoufederato states which an-re-m hci'ivml entirely through nnrtlieinm hs.'iii ers they should abolish the use i hot the insulting misnomer rebels i i the word is inappropriate /";//< >^/ m i ,'.,,. //, / m reserved i isvliuiii at they under authority \ i llim southern states have 1iii1ktl i i pi oduced lhe great osl btatt stnen and i i heal gen era la that the a mei man i i m i has yel seen at tin declar 1 lat ti i'i independence t majority nt i i states who formed theinselvesi li a unity were southern 1 hey i hc"iii,nt he rebels — they never wen i bin subjection to the northern states i lit tn whom they wished peaceably tn i h separate they were to say t ho lea t i i — perfectly on an equality with the i b.n niih low absurd then to apply i htlie term rebel to a nation innii-l nearly ten millions aud iti-l iiiiiii a country as large as i'.u i i ipe for tlu simple reason that tli ey i i t retire from a partnership i i ., u-!v distasteful that had all b.ei:::tii become not only hateti.l but i i it is due to them also that we in lilie character of neutrals should for i n from tiie u-e of any insulting i.t irritating epithet to the one party i we would it"t apply to the oth lii in support of this viow ofthe 1 may adduce the examples i i the then united states during i i'atiuiliaii rebellion — which in bie.i..'s was a rebellion in speaking i ti.e li'lels the a 1 tie i'iea 1 1 ple styled them patriots subsi r | t'mi s for them and i wi ; of being ultici ally recognized by ithe govt ruiitent the rebels received ial the encouragement from the atiu't u-.iii people directly or indi lie.-tis they could possibly have i.-h'ed under the expectation thai ithm country would ultimately be it in from iis present allegiance and lieenltie oii6 ol theillscl ves it ;.- also due to tho cultivation of limir own interests thai we should ac tho lact of the sonther liu-is possessing the right — hitherto i-n pompously insisted upon by american — viz that the governed lalom possess the privilege of choos bitiu its own form of government i the evident desire of the confed berate states to possess amicable reht itimis with great britain should con bvitiei ns that it is also due to the cnl biivaiiuii of our interests that we islimtild acknowledge the right ofthe southern states to a separate form of < invel litlielit t principal : " in gently in si imi upon hy tin northern states thetnbolvct viz : tin i igld of il.e people t select i heir own ft irni nl ( iilvi'l lltllcllt the evident fjt sire of the ( niil't'd orate state is tn extend c i ercial relations w ith england their mi gcilie.-s tn adopt the i h'ili li :-\ it in ut free trade ; tlieir ahhori enco of i im not i hern mori ill tariff conl rn i more favourably with the sei hs mess and hatred which has invariably been exhibited hy the north ngaini i i iritish iusl ii ntions lit ii i h intero its land i i ii ish manufacl in t i yours l : peel fully i toronto duly lo 1801 i l iii all : n act i lhe e\s orleans / '< i in reft rrirtg in ihe i proclamation nf i resident davih touching it in alien | i atikees | liiiiu tin ( on federate i st ales who do doi intend in comply ssith itln law sas - : i '* under the provisions all citixi ns of the ii nited mat residing in tin south are lin in ex pel i led ssitlnn forty days limn a i proclamation by the president or to give isaiisfaclory proof ni their intention in he lei die eili lis ofthe i nil lei |,| at , slab -. : t |,,] lat th atiie lime to formally acknowledge ithe authority nf the confederate govern i , ni we ssill n t undertake lo bay sslm issill he regarded as citizens of the united isiat.s under th provisions nf this net liintil it precise terms are known it i beeiiaiti however that in more thai me b place our population %> < > 1 1 1 < i hear i judi ious bpnigatinii ssith beneficial results wecan in a afford tn tolerate enemies in nut midst bheea'.'.-e forsooth they tnas has the dis beietinii tn k,,p silelit ami t-i h al lin aims lin their hands i in man nl massachusi tt i't the man <>\' kentucky living ami per i i i i ; i thriving in our midst has no busl ines at this time mi he rruong us if ho 1 llnss a ia asonable suspicion tn exist that be lis not also cordially with us i figh h ok si arve i the poor foreigners in yankee service hums acting a hireling soldiers in tin inva b i ai nf the suiiih have hut one all rnalivo i put i fore them : i " fight nr stai s i h s,i they pardon their peni enliary con ms let mi condition that they slia.l light the h south h \\ iiat in art ean the.-e poor people have hin thi business i we slmiild discriminate in our treat inn nt of foreigners thus subsidized hs star hvation and the full blood native > :' lhe in ith to the former we may accord htimrcy ; to the latter none 1 f we hang i retaliation it mould always be a native i yankee that we uuist hang is perhaps ; am as sse have but tw she imnimii against eighteen sse should ll i l.'ii"'iit three ofthe elieiliv for everv oil i itiis that may suffer one of our people li vvoi tli to us fully three <>( theirs to them i charleston mercury i huzza the n v herald the hi ith inst says that the blockade is him blockade at all ; that the smiths i'll im dvateers have already captured h tti i than twenty millions of dollars iwmili oi'northern property and that sodh more than n hundred liiiillmiis will hs inst to the north by ithe same cause "' ' we did not know that onr priva itci'i had been so fortunate for they li not publish much of their doings li 1 !- obvious reasons l t them keep i n and get the hundred millions i llm yankees can afford to loose ir if t they are throwing away hundred |. : millions on a worse than useless i war i battle in texas the following 1 1 from an extra ofthe houston tel a tinted august 10 there are reports of a tight on itln 25th of july between col ihiv i . ' command and the federal btrenp at hoit fillmore resulting in ithe defeat of the latter with killed intel wounded two lieutenants the killed the southerners h sverc unhurt tho federals land were pursued and the whole command taken prisoners 500 i number the mail to tueson was i cleaned out by the apaches and all i hands killed