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States artillery. and Lieut.. George C. Strong of
the ordnance department The list includes
some OF the most conspicuous names de-
veIoped in the war.
There are only six Of these generals now
living. viz, Howard, Wright. Franklin Slocum,
McC ook and Reyes. Richardson was killed at
Antietam, September II, 1892 Berry and A. W.
Whipple at Charlottesville, May 8. 1862, and
Strong at the assault on Fort Wagner. Sher-
man, Mcdowell, burnside, Schenck Hunter
Heintzelman, Griffin, Ricketts,, Sykes and
Terry have all died since the war. Howard
and McCook are still in the active service. and
Wright Ii ON the retired list Reyes and
Stahel resigned because OF personal dissatis-
faction during its progress, and Slocum and
Franklin after the close of the war. Nc
Dowell, Burnside, Heintzelman, Hunter,
Slocum, Howard, Schenck. Wright and Terry.
all at different times, became department or
army commanders. Aftor Pope's unfortunate
Second Bull Run campaign, In 1862, Mcdowell
disappeared As Q participant in active field
operations. The Bull Run field was fatal to
him.
And II may not be amiss to remark that Bull
Run va also fatal to Gen. Tyler. who cut but
. small figure In the war thereafter. Col
Dixon 8 Miles, who fell under cloud in this
battle, was killed IN September 1859, 1t the
disgraceful surrender Of Harper's Ferry.
1EcAHE BnIaADRRa
Rcrly.two Union officers Of Ill grades who
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the same ground whip the entire Union force.
The manner of the fight was bad FOR the
federals. No idea Of forming q general line OF
battle and making concerted advance
seems to have entered anybody's head.
When the federal troops discovered that it
was a sort of free-for-ail fight. with everybody
for himself, so to speak. they lost heart. After
these isolated repulses the disorgauized fegi-
ments gradually fell away in further retreat
talking and in great confusion" but this con-
fusion was not caused by. any immediate
advance or counter charge OF the rebels,
though in the meanwhile the balance of John
ston's army had arrived upon the field from
the Shenandoah. Nobody knows where it
began. but suddenly the entire Union army
went to pieces in utter rout. Everything was
flung away that could impede rapid Hight
Many soldiers and some officers reached
Washington by daylight on the morning of the
I'D. In this stampede TO the rear it was
printed at the time and is probably true that
many OF the zouaves did not stop until they
reached New York.
THE RoUT.
There were at least u, 600 troops in reserve
who neither saw a rebel nor fred a gun on
that day. But, incredible as it may appear.
some of these latter promptly joined in the
rush when it reached them, five
miles away, and were many of them first into
Washington. The rebels, fortunately, made
no pursuit to speak of, or tho entire Union
army could certainly have been captured, and
it is probable that Washington itself would
have fallen without the least resistance. The
main fight was covered by Blenker's and
Richardson's brigades and few other troops,
in measurably good order.
The southern public came to believe that a
vigorous advance after the Bull Run victory
would have ended the war, and certainly cap
tured Washington giving them great advan-
tagos. Davis. Johnston and Beauregard we're
in turn severely criticised for what was gener-
ally deemed disastrous error. These three
leaders had controversy afterward about
where the responsibility belonged. which
grew into a rancorous bitterness that was never
allayed
Gen. Mcdowell in his official report. says he
passed over Bull run with .'about - 900 men, ~
The records fix the number at 1882. Tho
Union reports show losses in killed and
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fought. 10 IL indeed surprising to discover
on the map how much Of the war was
fought within a distance from Washington
not beyond the limits of an easy days jour
rev. rs the national capital this city was the
sccne OF events connected with the great war
which have filed many pages of the nations
history. AL around the city. on every hill, are
footprints Of the war. Near by are Bull Run
aud Antietanl. Gettysburg and the hundred
bAttlefelds where the Army OF the Potomac
engaged in bloody contest with the confeder
ale armies. These fields have been conse-
Grated. Lincoln said at Gettysburg, not by
what orators have said there. but by what these
men. the veterans of the war who gather in
Washington today. did there. There are thou
saLds OF men here today who fought in the
south or west, in the splendid armies of Sher-
man or Thomas or other great gener ais. and to
whose bravery on fields distant from Washing
TN IL due in large measure the final success of
the Union arms. But the gathering here in
Washington recalls at this moment with espe-
ci.l vividness the struggle about the national
Capital Many who assemble here to take part Ill
the great parade or the attendant reunions will
take advantage of the opportunity to visit the
fields on which battles we're waged around the
national capital and to trace the pathways fol-
lowed By the powerful armies that confronted
each other and struggled for four years until
the horrors Of became like commonplace
Incidents To supply a record as correct as
possible Of these historic battles The EVENING
STAR secured the services of Mr.. Leslie J. Perry,
one Of the expert members of the government
board having charge Of the work Of publish
ing the official records of the rebellion. The
STAR has had double object in thls-to sup
ply its readers with spirited and timely
counts of the great engagements on this thea
Yer Of action during the war: secondly. to make
them really valuable and instructive by reason
OF their official accuracy and connected. COM
pendious form Mr.. Perry was in position to
do this in his leisure hours during tho summer
and has taken considerable pains to fulfill The
STARS desires in this respect The papers will
be given to the readers Of The STAR from day
10 day in the Grand Army editions.
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spondingly.

According to Gen. Scott, Manassas junction
was 70 be turned and stormod." The original
plan was to cross Bull Run at and below Black
burns ford and attack the rabel right After
the repulse of Tyler on the 18th however.
Mcdowell concluded this line of advance was i'm
practicable. More than two days were wasted ut
Centerville celebrating upon feasible plan of
attack. although it was claimed bv Mcdowell
That this time was necessarily spent in waiting
Tor the supply trains to come up. 1t was finally
resolved TO strike the rebel left by crossing at
Sudley Springs ford, about two miles above
Stone bridge. This plan, it appears, was
arrived at some time on the afternoon of the
Goth. after the locality had been examined by
the engineer officers. and Mcdowell himself
wished to begin the movement that evening
but was persuaded by his military advisers that
an early movement on Sunday morning would
be as well. II is generally conceded by
military writers that McDowelfs plan OF opera
tons was well conceived.
MDowELL's PLAN.
Gen. Tyler Was to advance down the Warren
ton pike and take position threatening Stone
bridge. supposed to be defended by the rebels
in heavy force; Col. Hunters division to follow
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catedman OF Drawn and bone with a lawloss love
of turmoil. who had turned up In Kansas as nat
urally as vultures haunt battlehelds and had
happened to Jump IN" on the RICH; side nj the
right time. Bnt there was a small mino,itv
who hated has memory aud viewed him as a
cold-blooded murderer and little better than A
common marauder.
However al! this may be. in 1877 a monu-
ment was raised TO his memory az the village
Of OsRwai omie. the center OF his Kaps,s ax
ploits. which was dedicated. with impressive
ceremonies and able addressed 1 think most
people VIII agree that this event would not
nave occurred II Browns record had closed
with his services TO the free state cause in
kansas. IL was his subsequent career ana
tragic fate IN a far away obscure Virginia ham,
let at the hands of the hated slave power
which made HIM martyr and a cause in the
eyes of his Kansas neighbors and the free
north.
Browns views widened during the Kansas
troubles. While SIN operating. there he lad
held secret meetings IN Canada with The
lrlenns OF freedom, organized govern
meat with constitution. President ana
cabinet officers. and matured plans for a
direct attack on slavery. HIS experience in
Kansas had satisfied him the day of moral ,na-
SION Was past, and that the institution could
ong De successfully eoIabated by armed
forces. llarper's Ferry had been selected A..
the most vulnerable point for initial ope-n-
hohs. probably because a government arseual
was ioca ed there. and he descended unon The
town. III was desperate undertakir.
TAKING POSSESSION or TIE roux
The armory buildings. guarded by only
three waiehmen. were easily seized. the street
lights exiinguished and the single wHtchman
ON the bridge captured all in the quietest
manner, and accomplished without alarmin
the town When the B. and o. train arrived
from the west at las a m. il was detained
one man, strangely enough the negro porter
at the depot, was shot and killed because h
refused TO Join the raiders. One. Capt ssevens,
VISITED Col. washington's residence and s.liber-
ated his slaves" Washington himself. together
wiih some sixty other citizens, whose slaves
were liberated" were arrested during the
night and detained in the armory a. prisoner.
The negroes everywhere were notified that
they were now free, and solicited 10 io;.
Browns command, but very fev seemed viz
ing 20 do 90.
Early Monday morning the citissas bses. I,
understand the situation. Aiming shew.eiv~,
with rifles and shotguns they collected - -
street corners and In the vicinity Of the srss.sI
and when Browns men showed thensslves
they we're fred upon In this desulSery ~
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battles. lie first Bull Fun was but a secondary
Affair. yet 10 caused more excitement through
cut the civilized world than the bIoodiest
action OF tie rebellion. Its result was SO extra
ordinary. and being the first battle, i. could
hardly be otherwise. The lines of or.rnunica-
ton between the capital and the north having
been made secure by the occupation OF Balti-
rsore and other points in Maryland. and after
Alexandria had been occupied by the federal
troops. there was a Iull for some weeks, but
r.eaDwh.ie Lincoln was collecting an army at
Washington. uadcr the superintendent Of
Nnheld Scott. with the ultimate intention of
attacking and defeating tine confederate forces
fortified at Manassas junction, and thus clear
ing the road To Richmond. which had been
made the capital Of the newborn confederaey
MDowHLLs ADVANCE
Being too old for field service himself, Gen
Scott had chosen Brig. Gen. Irwin Mcdowell
10 command the active Union army. Mcdowell
moved forward nom tie Potomac July l6,
1>el. with .orty-ninc regiments OF volunteers
and two battalions 90 regular infantry. eight
companies Of regular cavalry and ten batteries
Of artillery. organized into thirteen 5rigades
md ave divisions. All told McDovelrs movable
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fords and the Stone bridge itself to the cross
ing of Heintzelman's and Tyler's forces. Col.
Heintzelman's division to follow and JOIN
Hunters column as rapidly possible by way
of the lower crossings. they were opened by
the formers advance on the south side. Col.
Miles division remained in reserve at Center
vile, and Runyon's still further back
guarding the road TO Washington. while Col
Richardson's brigade of Tyler's division was
posted in observation of Blackburn's and
Mitchell's fords below
Accordingly Gen. Tyler moved about2 o'clock
of Sunday morning, July Il. 1861. The distance
from his camps to Bull Run was only about
three miles. yet he did not get into position
along the run until after 6 O'Clock Tyler's
dilatory movements impeded and delayed the
march Of the other divisions. and Hunter had
not yet left the pike upon the old by road at
o'clock. at which hour it was intended he
Should be well across Sudley's ford and at the
confederates.
BEGINNING THE ATTACK.
1t was fully 1890 a. IN. before Hunter whose
crossing was entirely unopposed, commenced
the attack, and at least four hours after it
could and should have been delivered. But
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NE OF THE MOST
celebrated battlefelds
of the civil war Is that
known by the federals
as Bull Run and by the
eonfederates as Man
assas. lying twenty-five
miles due west from
Alexandra. on the high
ground back Of the
river about a mile and
a half southwest of the
Stone bridge over
Bull Run, at a point
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Arkansas one, and seven unknown.
PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT.
Owing to the rawness and general inexpe-
rience of both officers and men. McDowelrs
march was very slow, but by the 18th the
federal advance had entered Centerviile with
bu. little opposition. On that day Richardson's
brigade and Ayres' battery. with some cavalry,
supported by Sherman's brigade. all of TyIer's
division. made a reconnaissance TO Bull Run
three miles distant. and Tyler, against
McDowelfs specific orders. brought on a lively
action at Mitchelrs Ford. commonly called the
battle of Blackburns Ford" Richardson was
repUlsed by LonSstreet's brigade and the
Washington artillery. but the bulk of the rebel
force was close at hand in case OF need. The
federals lost fifty-seven and the confederates
sixty-eight men killed and wounded in this
preliminary engagement McDowelrs army
was thereupon encamped at Centerville until
the morning of the 2lst At later period of
the war this fight would have been of little
consequence. but at the time it was greatly
magnited. and had bad effect upon the Union
army. and eheered the confederates CORE
Epondingly.
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MONG THE MOST
Important points in tie
eastern military zone
OF the civil war of which
Washington was the
center. was tho town
of II arpers Ferry.
Large numbers Of the
Grand Army veterans
viii undoubtedly make
II a sort OF duty before
returning homo 10 visit
this historic locality,
which i. rhg.,lv a.
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engineers; William r. Terry. Virginia cavalry;
J.. ID lmboden OF the artillery and Lieuts
Richard b. Garne;t. artillery. and =. W Fer
gnson, cavalry, all became brigadicr generals
Probably there were some others at Bull Run
IN subordinate capacity who became general
officers.
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MIR. II. +. HENRY, SR., NOW RESIDING on THE
OLD BATTLEFIELD.
Connecticut; James b. Fry. McDowell's assist
ant adjutant general; William ID. Whipple.
Hunters assistant adiutant general: Homeyn
Is. Ayres and n. II. Davis of the United States
artillery; Absi.lom Baird. assistant adjutant
general of Tylers division: Daniel p. Wood
bury. United States engineers; Lieuts. W. w.
Averell, Edmund Kirby, j. s. Brisbin. John P.
Hawkins. Adelbert Ames Alex. S. Webb and
Emory Upton.
OF this number twenty-eight have passed
over the river, leaving but fourteen alive
Taylor was killed at the Second Ball Run;
Wadsworth at the Wilderness; Kirby al Chan
cellorsville. Wheaton, Brisbin and Hawkins
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DISTINGUISHED SPECTATORS.

One singular feature of the battle was the
presence on the field on both sides Of many
distinguished civilian spectators. Several
Union Congressman. bent on seeing the elo-
plant, had accompanied McDoweils army.
among them John A. Logan. Isaac n. Arnold
and Alfred Ely. The last named was captured
and carried away 10 Richmond where he re-
NAMED several months
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THE FIRST BATTLE.

Strange Effect nj the Union Defeat on the
Two Sections.
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GEN. W. T. SHERMAN,


only remain in the active service and Wheaton
was last spring made a brigadier general in
the regular army; Fry, Wilcox, Nhipple,
Palmer, Baird and Averell are on the retired
list of the army; Hawley is in the Senate;
Ames, Webb. Bartlett. Davies, Ward. Pratt and
Quinby passed into civil life. very few years
more and the last of the veterans will have dis
appeared.
on THE OTHER SIDE.
very large proportion of the officers who
became prominent on the southern side took
part in the Bull Run campaign in one capacity
or another. Brig. Gems. Thomas J. jackson,
James Longstreet. r. S. Ewell, Z. Kirby Smith
and I. F. Holmes. and Coils. Wade Hampton
Of Hampton's Is. c. legion; Jubal A. Early,
twenty-fourth Virginia; Ambrose p. Hill thr-
teenth Virginia. and j. E. b. Stuart OF the cav
airy all rose to the rank of lieutenant general.
Brig. Gen. ID. Il. Jones of Georgia; Coils
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Tyler along the pike as the latter's troops
cleared the road toward Bull Run, to the inter-
section of an old by road on the right which
he vas to- pursue up to sudley's ford. After
crossing at sudiey's Hunter was to turn down
stream on the south side. strike the exposed
rebel left in nank, roll il up and uncover other
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ASHINGT0N II
the center Of a
comparatively
small area III
which many OF
H. greatest bat
Ties of thewar OF
tae rebellion were
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AROUND HARrsx.s FERRY.

A Region That Many Armies Marched and
Foughs Over.
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KILLED BY AN ENGINE
Fourtesn-Year-OId Paul Cullen Meets a Hor-
rfbIe Death.

Yesterday afternoon . fatal accident hap
peaed on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
tracks near 9th street and Maryland avenue.
only few feet from one of the dangerous
grade crossings The victim of the accident
was Paul Cullen, fourteen-year-old boy, who
lived ct No. 4Ss Maryland avenue, less than
one square from where he was instantly killed
by one Of the shifting engines The distance
between the Maryland avenue gates and those
at the G street turn is about $50 feet, and there
was . Waterman in charge Of each set Of
gates. number Of boys were playing about
the tracks and witnesses differ as to the
circumstances which attended the boys death.
The boys had been running from one side to
the other, and at the time Of the accident three
OF them were together One Of their hats had
been hung on the end Of that part Of the gate
which protects the sidewalk. and as the gates
were 10 be moved the boys would run and grab
the hat This operation, it is stated. had been
repeated several times The unfortunate boy .
time had come when he was to grab the hat,
but instead of waiting for the shifter to pass
he ran in ahead Of IL and was killed. II Is
stated by some that he stumbled and fell,
while others say that the engine struck him
and threw him to the ground he was dragged
Q distance of thirty or forty feet before the
engineer could stop the engine, and wnen
picked up life was extinct The boy cIothlhg
nAu causnt IN inc teHueK aHL IN - -
dragged over the ties until hls mead was
nashed TO . Jelly. His left leg was nearly
severed from the body and he was otherwise
90 badly disigured that his body presented a
horrible sight Undertaken J. William Lee
took charge Of the remains and prepared them
for burial
Coroner Patterson was notified and an IN
Quest vss held at Lees undertaking establish
ment ct o clock this afternoon
The deceased was q son Of Mr.. John Cullen,
. clerk in the patent office.
Engineer John A Diehl, who was IN charge
Of the engine when the boy was killed, saw the
lad run in front Of his engine and he did all he
could TO prevent the accident, but was unable
to succeed. a. the boy was too close to the
enRins when he saw him.
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