. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . engag^ement of the i Jth was by far the mostbrilliant one of the present campaign. The enemys loss wasvery hea\-y. They lost the following-named officers in killedand wounded: Colonel McAllister, commanding regiment,killed; Brigadier-General Rosser, commanding brigade,wounded; Colonel Aiken, commanding regiment, wounded;Colonel Custer, commanding regiment, w
. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . engag^ement of the i Jth was by far the mostbrilliant one of the present campaign. The enemys loss wasvery hea\-y. They lost the following-named officers in killedand wounded: Colonel McAllister, commanding regiment,killed; Brigadier-General Rosser, commanding brigade,wounded; Colonel Aiken, commanding regiment, wounded;Colonel Custer, commanding regiment, wounded. My loss inkilled and wounded will be about 575. I captured and havenow with me 370 prisoners of war, including 20 commissionedofficers. My loss in captured will not exceed 160. These. Frank J. Manning. 222 Bull Run to Bull Run. were principally of the Fifth Alichigan Cavalry. This regi-ment gallantly charged down the Gordonsville road, captur-ing 500 horses and 800 men. Init was finally snrronnded, andhad to give them up. General Torbert, in his oilicial report, says: In approaching the station, General Custer found theenemys led horses, trains and caissons retreating rapidly inthe direction of Gordonsville and Charlottesville, and he im-mediately ordered the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, Colonel Alger,to pursue, which they did in a very gallant manner, capturingabout 1,500 horses, six caissons, and a number of regiment was soon divided into small parties, taking careof the captured property, and the enemy sent a still strongerforce after them. They were obliged to relinquish their cap-tives, and get back the best way they could, and the greaterpart of this regiment came in. Then Colonel Alger, with afew men, gallantly cut their way through a column of theene
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