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Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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forces. McDowell hoped inthis way not only to disorganise the Con-federate arrangements, but also to prevent anychance of Johnston from Winchester joiningBeauregard. He had no idea that Johnstonhad already eflFected the juncture. The Northernmen. new to war, turned but drowsily fromtheir sleep. It was night, and, tmvised to thenecessity of quick and silent action, the m.en de-layed and refused to be hurried. Consequently, THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. 97 before Tyler had got his men out of the wayof Hunter, the hour for moving had longsince passed. Tyler intended to attack thestone bridge at four in the morning. It wasnot nntil six that he fired his first gun. Hunterand Heintzelman were proportionately delayed. Johnstons wits had been sharpened to a wonder-ful degree by his border experiences. He suffereddesperate wounds at Cerro Gordo, and againat Chapultepec, was particularly active at VeraCruz and in half-a-dozen battles in Mexico, andat the very outbreak of the Civil War captured
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TIME AFTER TIME THE ATrtMPT TO SCALE THE HEIUnT WAS MADE (/. 99)- Strange to tell, it was Johnstons intentionto attack McDowell that very morning. ThisGeneral Joseph Eggleston Johnston—Beaure-gards superior in rank, and an oflficer of energy,foresight, and initiative, fifty-four years old—besides having served through the war withMexico, had seen much fighting with the RedIndians in many parts of America ; and, as neverwere trickier fighters alive than the Red men. Harpers Ferry. In withdrawing his forcesfrom Winchester to Bull Run—successfully out-witting General Patterson—he gave early proofof his skill in handling large bodies of men andreadiness in rising to the occasion. He andBeauregard had planned on Saturday night tobring about a battle before it would be pos-sible for General Patterson from Harpers Ferryto join with McDowell, which, Johnston felt o8 BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. convinced, Patterson would hasten to do whenhe found that the Confederates had marche

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