The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-27

year, which Will take place at Man.
asses, Va, on the field made famous
by the two battles Of Bull Run in the
oi7i! war. The maneuvers Will con-
tinua from September 9Th to Goth, and
already the volunteer soldiers Of Geer-
sia. .,sgcthcr with those Of rnc other
South Atlantic States, are looking
forward to the event with extraordi-
nary interest.
Twenty-Five thousand troops will
participate in these mancuvers OF
this number about cightccr thousand
will be Of the regular army ..J the
balance State troops in the division Of
the Atlantic.
Manassas ia on the line of vhc
Southern railway and the officials of
the road are preparing to handle the
troops aud the thousands OF visitors
with comfort and dispatch.
The accompanying photographs 8
chow historic points now to be seen
on the famous battlefield, at many of
which the Georgia regiments in the
civil war were engaged. The pictures
we're loaned to the Journal by Lieu
tenant George G. Round, Union Off
Ger who fought in both battles of Bull
Run and who now resides at Manassas.
In connection with the coming
maneuvers, the New York Herald has
collected some highly interesting
facte.
Major General Henry G. Corbin
will fight the third battle of Bull
Run, says the Herald, aud the general
stsff Of the army is now engaged upon
improving the strategy of General
Stonewall Jackson in what is regarded
10y military strstegists as the most
mastery campaign Of the civil war.
From Portland, Me-, which never
oame nearer to war than seeing in the
ofing Spanish fleets which never ex-
listed, the army maneuvers will be
transferred this sear TO Manassas,
Va, which still. lears the marks Of
the heavy blows Dealt by blue and
gray forty.two years ago.
For the 6rst time an opportunity
will be afforded for effective compari-
sons between the old army which
fought and the new army which is
being trained to fight. Can the mod
e.n armament and the methods of
transportation which have developed
forty years from the day when Pope
and Lee raced from their respective
bases TO the battle ground change the
result Of their maneuvers? Twenty
two thousand modern soldiers will be
used to test the prowess Of the an
cient armies of the rebellion and prove
whas would have happened had the
commanders whose names made his
tory possessed Krag-J Jorgenson rifles,
Dougherty wagons and the new army
field gun.
It is probable that no field of any of
the great Southern conflicts could
have been selected which has suffere d
so little change as the low lying lsn 1
in the valley of northern Virginia
between Thoroughfare Gap and the
Potomac.
There have been few alterations in
the general makeup and charscteris-
tics of Manassas since the rear guard
OF General Pope's army fell back to
Washington. Railroad lines and
roads which afforded the old com bat
ants their only methods Of transporta-
ton other than that afforded by the
country roads have not changed. The
lines shown upon the map Of 1862 are
still unchanged, except that upon
what was the left flank Of the North.
ern army there has been constructed
road between Alexandria and Fred.
ericksburg, and line across what was
the base of the Southern army from
Fredericksburg to Charlottesville.
These latter lines would 80 materially
have affected the operations Of the
civil war that it is probable, If the
general staff follows it's plan of repro.
ducing the campaign Of 1862, they
will be barred by the umpire.
Eighteen thousand regular army
troops and 1000 militiamen from va.
rious Eastern States will participate 10
the opcrationsf which will continue
from September 5th to goth. This is
the largest body of regulars and mill.
tia gathered for maneuyers in the his.
tory of the United States. The fields
of Bull Run, Bristow Station, Milford
and Manassas Junction will again be
trod by armed soldiers. The same
stragetic points which played such a