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the United States troops on the 2ist with the following brigadiers under him: Generals Burnside, Porter, Wilcox, Franklin, Howard, Sherman, Keys, Schenck, Richardson, Blenkers, and Runyon, while General Beauregard had under him Generals Bonham, D. R. Jones, Longstreet, Hampton, Ewell, and Holmes. General Joseph E. Johnston, who was in charge of the Army of the Shenandoah, rein- forced Beauregrrd on the 2ist, after a forced march from the Valley of Virginia, his brigadiers being T. J. Jackson, Barnard E. Bee, and E. K. Smith. The twelve companies of cavalry were commanded by Colonel J. E.B. Stuart.

In examining my file of papers, the Louisville Daily Courier", I find the following letters in the evening edition of August 5, 1861. The first is copied from the Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy. It reads as follows:

The battle was a decided success, and was fought with distin- guished gallantry by all our troops who participated in it. It is but just to say, however, that the Fourth Alabama Regiment, Colonel Jones, the Seventh Georgia, Colonel Gartrell, and the Eighth Geor- gia, Lieutenant-Colonel Gardner, both under Acting-Brigadier Bar- tow; the Fourth South Carolina, Colonel Sloane; Hampton's Legion, Colonel Hampton; the Sixth North Carolina, Colonel Fisher, and the Eleventh and Seventh Virginia did the hardest fighting, suffered most, and bore the brunt of the battle. Colonel Kershaw'S and Colonel Cash (South Carolina) regiments came into action late, but did most effective service in the pursuit, which con- tinued nearly to Centreville. General E. K. Smith's brigade reached Manassas during the battle and rushed to the field, a distance of seven miles, through the broiling sun at a double quick. As they neared the field from a double-quick they got fairly to running, their eyes flashing, the officers crying out: " On, boys; to the res- cue !" and the men shouted at the top of their voices. When Gen- eral Johnson saw Smith he exclaimed: "The Blucher of the day has come." They soon arrived in front of the enemy, and with a shout that might be heard ftvom one end of the battle-field to the other they launched at the adversary like a thunderbolt. They delivered but two fires, when the enemy began to give way, and in a few min- utes they began to give way and were in full retreat. The brigade is composed of one Tennessee and one Mississippi regiment and a battalion from Maryland. As they rushed into the fight I could but recall with an appreciation, I never felt before the words of Holy writ, " as terrible as an enemy with banners." The artillery com-