F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

Capitolo 19

Then the fight became on so mixed and confused that was
difficult to say on which the victory of side was smiling. Indeed, neither
general could say as things you/they were going. For a lot of time both
armies held to a respectful distance under the evident apprehension,
what someone would be wounded. In short, I was a lot there
the good ammunition it wasted, and a lot of wild and harmless fire
fact. It is in the moment in which we was almost about to proclaim a great victory on the
hostile--for a lot of declared perspicacious people they could see Mr.
Beauregard and his/her men with the fingers of the foot of their boots turned verse
Richmond--a strange chapter of accidents happened and changed the
whole scene. A number of our brave boys was killed, a greater number
found badly, and a still the greatest number was frightened and thought it
tall time to look at their his/her own safety. A movement face back, not
ordered by our general gentleman, it started, and this was clarified soon
in a great run for Washington, where, he/she was thought, refuge and
safety would be found back part his strong. What caused this sudden
I still enliven back face an undecided question he/she remains. Before it was
noticed among a regiment of brave Pennsylvanians that had been
nostalgic for many days, and wanting to go home, started for that
purpose. The example of these brave individuals was followed soon from
our Members of the congress, editors, and city generally, each that leaves his
escort of luxuries, and, indeed, what he had, as a
peace-proposing to the enemy, and it resolved not to be old-fashioned in the
races, especially in a case where you/he/she was done so in way clear that
the discretion was the best part of value. Indeed, these distinguished
not-fighting against gentlemen tried him notably fleet of foot,
and not to be old-fashioned in a run where in danger was the personal safety.
But the worse one of him was that their example immediately was imitated by a
regiment of fierce Zouaves, from New York that he/she firmly believed when