The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
Thirty Thousand Troops to Fake
Part in the Approaching
Et1cai11ptnsilt.
REVIEW OF The TWO B Les

REVIEW OF THE TWO BATTLES
Graphic Account Of These Two
Important Features ofStlies
War Between the States.
taking place has changed hut, tile 8s.rce Il
the battle. IT rises TO an ele va zion of Va
hundred feet ats$tles Stone bridge, 4 but -
falls off in gentle slopes tps the leget OF Il
streams which enclose IN on three sislcslSS
1t stands at right angles to Bull 5sls
There are stil standing on III. clunips Of Ss
trees which afforded excellent coSer for
the Confederate sharpshoot rs III
The Federals, having about gained pos
session OF the crest of the pla tea,is a Z
tempted to turn the Confederate left
Two batteries of5 artil lery We're y brown y
forward. but they were ba ~ in pos u
ton when they were gobbled ~ the #
gThlrty-third Virginia. . which III kson
rushed forward Il NJ any OF the cam oneers
were shot down and the horses lsille tl.a5S
Fresh forces, however. were brought UP, (;
and the guns were re u Tx en-. Genera fSS
sBeauregard then advanced the right q Sss
his line III an attempt to take the guns
General Johnston was down at the rail-
road. hurrying forward q the reinforce
5nents which were coming in from his u,
army in the Valley I. SSs ~. a 85s
The lido of battle surg cd aok and 4;
forth, Ut the Federals bringing 81 forward
finally every man that could be put In IS
line Of battle: It was about - So' clock In y
the afternoon that fresh Il troo ps sund err
General Kirby Smith reached TX he field s$
on the Federala line. The 4batteries were 4
captured at once, with consid erable loss
TO the Union side. Shortly after the;
guns were finally taken by the Con-
sfederates General Earl VS. brigade arrived "
on tho field i from Manassas Junction
Earlyss men charged Il he Federal right
flank. doubled itaup and drove At back. in
whole line. The entire Federal force
was driven back across Y oung 'sF Branch
The officers were utterly unabl to ral ly
( their men, even beyond the req ch OF the &
Confederate guns. Every man was trying \
to get across Bull r I'M "A ba lion OF I
regular troops made q $ tand for, the prr.-}lSS
spose Of allowing the flying volunteers to-
cross the Narrentons road, gss
Degenerated Into Panic. VI.
In ilis 3officla report Genera Mcdowell
says the retreatS soon egeneTat ed intoSa..s
helter-skelter, and once on the road the
various commands com IN s Stoget Their " th--S'
out officers, became sintermin ed, and al
semblance ID Sorga MIA Ion was los t.s Army
trains and artill ery,. n blocking the road
added Ito the a con fusi on s. of he flight
General mcdowell, S II army. VIII ich had
expected n to- annihilate hes Conf edcrate
Potomac were. reached. Many OF b the II
soldiers did not feel SAT until they had 4
actually crossed the Auueduct bridge and q
entered Washing ton.j RS Il
az Tho pursuit Of the Federals wa not
pressed, for some rea son Wlitcll has never
been made lear. Is GER al lat Stone
wall Jackson cha fed und err the inactivity
Beauregard la tier tha bat tle..z ii as IL Isl
desire to throw Yorwa I'd the entire Con-
lsfederate force and ca tire NJ HE routed
army flying ackS al long the rna d ASH
lSingtonS A ssrnal bod y Of cavnl r.S- owsd
THE Federals as "a Il q s 4 Cub r ui,S Il bout
three miles from the Stone brld ge:}jsatlsl
the Black Horse caVa Ivy. I'M en- Can't M
$(afterwards General WI liam E, s.ness
captured III ba ttery lery which 8ha q
become blocked " on a the Stone bridg e.s
There was little mi ore done In the wa
OF S5reaping the fruits of M tory.
Closed the Potornac Z. g5ss
General j Joseph n n j ohnstons said a ftars
the wa In ID scnssing the frs u battiegof
hfanassass Ct e eypolnts was asi II ~
bare cres twas here that tile ~ derals
mad their cks. III But they were made
ibya brlgad q at q time. # fe apos 81 ton was
really hard " tena ble.S and had the attack
been made In force, with d ouhle n line &of
battle. such rs any ma or-general Il In 4 thu
United States service would s. 3 W make
we could not have shel la II hal an hour
for they would have enyeloped us s on
lEboth flanks.,' sSs
tS General 8Beauregard said after the war
that had he have had sea soned veterans
instead Of soldiers who had ns ver8 been
In battle he would have been feated.s
II Isl men, did not know when they were
whipped, so kept on 81 b ting Il III
~ Not long after the battle OF. Manassas,
the Confederates pushed their outposts
forward from CenterYille and Fairfax
ItCourthouse I to M unson' $ HI II, almost on
1.-the banks of the Potomac. arteries,
were erected at different points on the
lSVirginlnF shore wi b "a lew to Gobstruc ting
navigation. and In DC tober. 1sil. thu g.
officer OF the + deral flot lila on the Fo-
lstonlac reported that the river was closed.
ITO SnayIga ton The humiliating effect Of
lsthts announcennents was 81 al t throughput
THE North and there WAS TIA TX o { an Il t-s
tempt being made to take the Conf eder-5
late entrenchments commanding the river
by assault, but. General BE rnard. ohiefs
|5of tho engineers who had charge Of the
l5defenses around Washington, was ops
posed to such a movement, and 4 II was
never made. ysBB ~ * 81 w
1T was n b few lays moro than q year
| before Manassas saw other aba tile. the
Confederate army aimed at Manassas
|suntllfthe Sth5 OF Iarch b, 1862, when General
Johnston retreated behind the RI ppahnnl.s.s
mock, and the Fedora arm Y occ upled the
place IN force IN Il the course OF la few
DAYS @ General NrcC elan then owed sa
RE army down the Potona TO the penln-s
snla, iS;3 ~ y. SUE is .a
4 General i ohnston met him q + York;
town. which was afterwards eva cpatetl,
General j ohnstop retrea ting towards Nv AZ
| liamsburg, where no was forced back on
| the 3Chickahominy, after "a hard II fight
Norfolk was evacuated on y the 10th OF
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