Capt. Thomas F. Meagher
--The New York Tribune is responsible for saying that, when Captain Thomas Meagher, of Corcoran's regiment, had reached Centreville, with his retreating men, he made this declaration, in the presence of a number of witnesses: ‘"Boys, they've licked us handsomely; we must run back to Fort Corcoran, and, mind what I say, the Southern Confederacy ought to be recognized to-morrow; they have beaten us, and are entitled to it !"’
