The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
MONUMENT AT MANASSAS.

but about three months when the first
battle OF Manassas Was fought. There.
had not been much fighting hitherto.
The battle OF Big Bethel, which was a.
very tame affair." and Of small conse-T
quei,ce, had been fought. General Me-
Clellan had gained one or two Victories.
for the Northern arms In West Virginia.
E1arpers Ferry had been ia ken by Col
onelA jackson, and there had been some
akirmishlng In the country between Ma
nassas end washington. The Confeder-.
,tes had been snoblizng a: Manassas;
General Joseph r. ohnstonf was at Win
chester. In the Valley of9V Virginia. severn
5ty miles away. confronted by General
Patterson, with a greatly supe rtor@ force.
General Johnston had only eight thou-l
sand men while Patterson's force NUM-
ibered eighteen housand. 5 a, s3
! Tic North was pouring troops into
Washing ton. Congress was in session..
ana steps had been taken to raise a large
army for the subju cation OF the South
scrns States "A call for five hund ed thou
sand men to serve three years had been
scuthor.zed. General Irwin NJ cDowell was
selected to lead an rn1y to m ke the at
aclsS on Gene raj Il Beauregard 8 at ianas-s
ga s. 81 N cDowell 4 d Id mot want q to attack
SO soon as he 4 did. but desired to remain
Ion ger IN. camp a. NHashingt on and orr
FraFlIze and drill his army. Blu t popu-$
lar sentiment at the North wa $ st onglyS
4 III III ayor 81 Of G al forward movement that
President Lincoln had to ord err that an
advance be made The North thong IT.
would te easy to Srout the Conf ederates,3
whose IN ferior force was we'll und erstoo d.8
The su ccess which had attended Cen
5eral an In tho West Virginia cam
paig1 had greatly inspirited the people
Of tho Mort Il, and It was thought that
Mcdowell would have a picnic al N a.
ma ssa Il This was literally the pop ular$
Soninion. for when al shlast his army
marched away from ~ ASKING 1t was
FOLLOWED; by many Of II picnic kers, male
nd fen1a le, w no Tout In carriages to
IS illness the rout. OF the confed crates :te's
Med owell's Plan 81 Battle.
Gener ii cDowell moved his S!,a rnly
from ont he afternoon q
Julys 18th. It sisted OF divisions sunde err
Generals Tyler III inter Heintz Gilman and
Colonel Miles. His entire force aggre-s
gated bout So, 600 ss m en-. T. he aa q my
marche d by way OF Fairfax Courthouse,
where a South Carolina tbrlgad e. had had
lzana outpost, and where he, frs tSS man to
lSfuIl on the Confederate side had been
killed on the Sd OF y une. 7 his was Cap
tain Mari, to b whose m emo !'y a III mon
3ument wa $ n unveiled n q u fax la st
lSmonth.$ The place was deserted U on the
q ternoons OF the nth. when t he Federals
entered the 81 town The troops did not
reach Centreville until the next day Gem
ISterv,lle Isl on the Ware ton urnpike,
i.about five miles from Bull Run battle
field. i cannot learn that General Beau
reg ard e knew of he character Of the
movement Mcdowell was making against
Thin until the afternoon Of the 4 9th. Gen-
lSeral Tyler was sput in command II Of q
lreconnotering force, HIGH was sent out
Ifingthe direction Of Black burn's 81 Ford q
polnt on Bull Run bout four miles from
Manassas. IA e was ord cred & to observe
1.-THE roads TO Bull Run, but N OF to- bring
on an engagement. But Tyler Vie told one
of his officers that the grea tsn MAJ, q q
| the war would be the one who got to
| Mana ssas,5 and that, he meant to 80
Through tina t night. "s So & he lined & his
brigade up on the bank Of the stream