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tho !ot aY o. !nly all de,aVH were laf Inc oeno
! 1T OF tho Go'tf"drrat"1. The uhton tsoota ~ere
n srcater h!i''!her thai tt'oso OF tllo chcmy
" siet1 tc %n1" yontsnrn . had Ind tic Euet Of
sxty days actise dft'l, ana "efo az "ei, almen.
t,eaFT ~ ~ VI" .,sneh WIZ .tmen..s oc.a "y
cers Of t'e fG2'iln5 aFny. Nno n.taI"nLaa neeanS
dlstlneotni,ea: Ihoi' there ~efo 1he batteries OF
regular ae.lueIy, noYer su.pann1a ~ Anv gat;io.
field cntn,naaod l1a oY Ayteh, 4lunn'.' ana ~
axo sse - % ",as a,a;1 nov oI avansnt n nnco
1ofce OF loau,ar cavaIy; ane nose.s ,i. prco H.
ooc; s aiean s1 tnr a, ~ sya "aI ,nt orc,ren
Isuaons l.H.m a"i ~ nn - hn,minaae ~
W. Wans & ~ "nI .ei tondo, T1o .,oo. y.
tuo euus. iHs s,1 n.s .t w. ~ t,oi ,arnt.on
an'i III u,cro ars im,nonsc auu,,lics at
~. In,,y ,,,rn,at 1on,,n.,v fnlt ~
Irw 5"' T., Vi roa,s III surpcstiom n Tim want y,
s,,no,1aa ,s, n ~ T., c,,rIry nh;ch w.s II In ,ia
.at - .",,i, " o.ntat1on. H. ,sntnno,Io ~
o. ~, an nncn coun.
y u" ~ f,n ~. -" rn.Ss nasfa ,;,"r,. "a1a
i1,yi;on an mon nu rc"ron. rcaiv md sE,iiiny N
n;v" mi informnt,o, In repoTd to tbo cnuntry
,a r,,;u rnnI - Troa, a;a% anftia ami Wasingitn
nea,InI tf.itar I.m,.t iio,,sn ~, Wodna.d.y ~
| t7sh NJ Imir. trnn f,nnfcnrrntn f}rnnra, i,rm.
Inn, Ind brnkcn IN hi, camp which vas on ,hc
! ";Ia NJ tbc toun toWnr,la VsaI,nrto, III, il.y
! hcforc. IL w.s midday wlIcn ilts 1nion
| troopy enterei tint venerable old Shire
tow, Of Halifax County, where Wasli-
ington, In lis dnv, regnlnriy attended
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hot tho duat was not great; neither wcro tic
trrona in any Of tho columna exhausted by tho
fntigucs Of tie march, Tho mnsn column.
which was accompanied by Mcdowell IN pclnon,
Was in e1cefent condition TN its arrival Mt Falr-
fax Co,srt-IfouAe and, after tAking rationn aud
rest for three hoars could have cnsily been
pushed forward to tho ncigllborlloo.l Of Centre
v,lle, lni that been done tl,o l., Union II; forena
ing dihnster OF tic 18th, at 1''ackburn's
Ford Dut such we're tic ftcxplcabe de-
lays which, ntervoneH, that tho PRINCIPAL
column did not reach Centroylilo until FRI
day night, tic 10TH and 1t won't into camp
| about milo from TINT ntragglng and dllnr-
datod old Virginia village, oil the ejds towards
| Washington. Tho otigiua. plaa was-and tho
order was givon to thai end-to move forward
tho next afternoon. 2uth through Cenre-
vi1le, and camp for tho night in tbs ncighbor-
hood Of Tub hun.~th,lh bringing Tho Union
fortunately, that order, vital. as 1t hos sinco
proved, waB countermauded at tho last moment.
after the tents were struck and the soldiers
fendy to march. Here waa q fatal error. The
noxt tnorn1ng. Bat delay and confusion
weto 1lcceeAarlly Incident 10 a movement
OF snch an hour, anil everything was
consequently behin,ihand with the columns tes-
tined to tho principal attack. TYLER wnB for.
ttnate In having advanced his division 30 as to
| fepl tho Iarge Confederate forcc posted In 1he
neighborisood OF tue stono bridge over Bull Hun,
By lait-past G in the rnornnE But. owing 70
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long distance, the strong columns Of Hunter and
Itcinlzciruan, which wero marching from Con-
, trevIlIo to Rudely Ford. with viow to grand
ilanls attack we1e behind tamo some three
preciouA hours. Had tbeBs columns, thorcfo.o,
been rushed through Consfcvitle the nieft be-
| foro, they could llsve crossed Bull Run batorc
o'clo,k in tho morning, and taken tho enemy
n Gork rh;la Tyirr raa attnckinr him n
Tron, v,fin thc rc.nlt ~ hattlo ~
nftnn b,n,,a m sventnn,ity bovon1 Tho ranch ~
human kop, and uron accidents agalnst which
no human foresight can. guard, still there iR
eyery reason to belieye that II Mcdowell had
hivnuacketi his army. on tue pisht OF tho 20lb.
| beyond Centreyilie, and tl,ree hours nearer tile
onepy. the Confederate army would havo been
uttorly routed before noon on tho 2lst, and long
I,efore tbs advancing columns Of Johnson'a sol
tlierB of tho Army Of The Shenandoah appeared
m Inn fjej of batte to snatch victory from tile
-r ~ .ss ~ doront a. ohIo n,iI;tarv rr;Iic ~
scts Jn"" ~ i1 uI1as. III ~ .nr.a.,.n thn ~ ~"
. the ahtboF couia mo- ial4 " a'itcG'hta tae e9-
tent q tue misfortune T. Nas TO @ sho 1naon nrlny
lad not been moved beyond Centreyitle on tho
ontI, and In says that Mcdowell ht,nsolf