The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-03

IaIIeTWaTu To make tHlS view or the Ol warrior an unworthy one. But he wa
 overborne. So was the president. I was fondly believed by many that t
 show strong front would be sufficient It is charity not to mention names They were good men and able only the, knew not the day they were living in l The three months men were of the yer,
 best material for an army; only tha
 was not time enough to make them one
 The, thousands who came after wer,
 merged into armies that already exist
 ed. and so were quickly prepared. Bu
 these had to organize an army, and tha
 was ID easy task. There was drilling tC
 be done and an immense amount of it
 There was organization to be perfected
 and that is not the work of a day or oi
 month. There were all the materia
 their hands on and could carry away
 1t was task that sorely tried men un-
 LII they had got the run of things.
 There were three divisions of the army in the east. One at Fortress Mon-
 roe, looking up the peninsula or across the WaterJ to Newport .Ne WIS. They
 made no nnction and nothing troubled
 them. They were commanded by Gen. eral Butler. They second was in the shenandoah valley under the command or General Patterson. His task was to watch the rebel General Joseph Johns- ton with his eight thousand rebels. Patterson had only about eighteen hum areo to do that work with He wanted to nsht, 1t was said, but was reasoned or an army to be raised, for the rebels had taken everything they could lay out of it by two or three other colonels So Johnston escaped to Manassas and the battle of Bull Run was decided by that. The third army was around Washington, and was under the com mand of General Erwin McDowel. They numbered about thirty-five thou sand. Mcdowell was regarded as one or the most Intelligent military men of ms time The great trouble was that While his plans were admirable they were not successful in their working. That may have been the blame of in fer1or officers. It certainly appeared so in the first battle.
 About thirty-fve miles from Wash ington was Manassas Junction. It was the center of the railway system of northern Virginia. It was occupied by rebel troops under the command of Gen. eral Beauregard, the hero of Charleston harbor, and later, not wholly the hero of Pittsburg Landing, and other places. and after the war of the New Orleans lottery.
 The march commenced Puly 16. If was only a week behind the order. pretty quick affair for that time. But the rebel chieftain knew every motion that was made in the bed-chamber of the war council. Their sympathies 'warmed everywhere. There were some iWfully mean people in that day The inc of march was in four columns The troops knew nothing about march ng and so took everything along with hem. They struggled along the line of column and not blackberry escaped heir search. At every we'll they came O. or brook they would empty their 'anteens and fill them anew Some lmes they would be double quick and hen they might halt and stand for a ong time in the sun The men wera ertatnly green, and the officers showed hey were we'll on in an tnripe state. The only hope they had was that the epels were as green as they were.
 Then there were swarm of corres as all the leading newspapers I me north were moved in their enter 1 rise to have at least one there Even | he London Times was represented by a ! T |.
 orrespondent, who wrote most admir- . le account of the battle out of his fn- | gination. It was capital time for ongress then in an extra session, and many congressmen availed them elves of the opportunity of seeing the abeis run. They made up the deficien- y in most admirable manner They ad ladies with them. It was not fash 'nable at a later period of the war to ave lady visitors of battles. The bat e was fought on Sunday July Fist It as not especially against the Union ause that such was the fact as the ebels were bestir early on that morn lg and had decided on the battle be- lg fought. It certainly was q trying oment to most of the men, who had ever heard anything in the way of reing heavier than the shooting of the mt, Some of us can easily recall the { 'st impressions of the so-caled music the battlefield. The first movements { ere all in favor of the Union cause. { ot only were the separate divisions f aced where they were wanted, though | ter the loss of several hours, but they s ere successful in their attacks If <, ere had been anything like energy on t e part of those who had the leading | rts, the battle would have decided by V id-day and have been an overwhelm- $ g victory for the Union. AS it was ( e enemy were forced back for a mile t Id a half. It was during that critical q ne for them that General Bee of f uth Carolina endeavored to rally his t an and cried out, See Jackson. He t
 standing there like a stone wall" a lat Is where Jackson got his title. V told heavily on the men n 10 were in their first long conflict and f. der officers who did not know how to if llize them. They were hungry and t. 9 thirst became intolerable. It was a I enough for the rebels, but they were t,
 the defensive. which was some re- i, f. I doubt If any men could have S, ne better under the circumstances. a ,st certainly their enemies did not. ls the very last the fighting on the Un- st side was favorable to victory. The ct ion that not less than twelve thou a, Id of our troops were wandering V,