The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

first intimation he had that offensive
operations We're contemplated. Had he
not thought of all the probabilities of
his command when he was assigned to
it? Did he not read the papers, and
talk with the enthusiastic officers of his
command? ,r 70
He replied to Scott. June 4, that he
would require 10000 infantry. two bat
teries and six or eight troops of cavalry
and 5000 reserve at Alexandria.
Then the idea was apparently dismist
by everybody in army circles for john
ston retired from Harpers. Ferry be-
| fore Patterson's first advance, and three
more than golden weeks, of June wealth
er We're allowed to pass, with the ar
dent volunteers drudging at the forts or
| idling in their camps.
Lieut.. c. H. Tompkins. I'd U. S. Cav.
showed them something of what they
should have been doing by making a
| brilliant dash thru Fairfax Court
House with so of his company. when he
sabered and scattered the enemy, kill
| ing a Capt Mari, a member of the Vir-
| ginia Legislature and commander of
| rife company, wounding some others
among them Col. r. S. Ewell-and
bringing back five prisoners. Temp
kins and two or three of his men were
wounded.
"a Plan of Operations
June "a Gen. Scott asked for "a plan
| of operations, and the composition of
the force required to carry it into eff
| feet"
Gen. Mcdowell promptly replied
with an estimate that the force at Man
assas and Immediately around was
about $4,000 men. He assumed that
the enemy would be kept well informed
of his movements, and would concen-
| trate to meet him, and said:
IF Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's force is
kept engaged by Maj.-Gen. Patterson
and Maj.-Gen. Butler occupies the force
now in his vicinity, ] think they will
not be able to bring up more than TO-
| 900 men, SO we may calculate upon
having to do with about $4,000 men,"
The event showed that that was just
about the number he had to do with
Mcdowell asked for force of 10000
of all arms, with reserve of 10000.
| Beauregard had batteries in position at
several places in front of Bull Run,
| with defensive works behind the
stream and at the Junction He there
fore proposed to turn the enemy's posi-
! ton by the fords above it, and force
him to come out. He concluded:
believing that the chances are great
| ly in favor of the enemy's accepting
battle between this and the junction,
and that the consequences of the battle
! Will ne VI tuc Sltdtcnt iHipoi' 'h-S ~
the country, as establishing the pres
| tige in this contest on the one side or
| the other-the more so as the two sec
| tions will be represented by regiments
| from almost every State-I think it of
great consequence that, as for the most
part our regiments are exceedingly and
the best of them, with few exceptions,
not oversteady in line, they be organ
lied into as many small fixt brigades as
the number of Regular Colonies will
admit, SO that the men may have as fair
a chance as the nature of things and
the comparative ineXperience of most
will allow"
All this was excellent, and was at
once approved by Gen. Scott.
Why had it not been done a month
before? The Confederates had long
before organized their men into strong
brigades of from five to seven regiments
each, and under Stonewall Jackson,
EwelI, Longstreet, Bee, Barlow, Kirby
Smith and others had been marched
up and down the country, in the face
of the enemy, accustoming them to
moving together. acquainting them with
their officers and each other, and giving
them confidence in themselves and their
organizations.
'sThe Army Of Northeastern Virginia.
Tho there were then $4,000 men i'm
mediately around Washington, such
were the jealousies and cross purposes
at work that Mcdowell did not get the
number he required until July 16, altho
he was ordered to begin his movement
July 8. AS near as can be ascertained
his force and its organization were as
follows:
Organization of the army commanded
by Brig.-Gen. Irwin Mcdowell at the
battle of Bull Run, July q. 1861:
First Division.
Brig.-Gen. Daniel Tyler.
First Brigade-Col. E. d. Keyes-2d
Second Brigade-Brig.- Gen. r. c..
schenck-2d N. Y; 1st Ohio; I'd Ohio;
E, I'd U. S. Art
Third Brigade-Col. w. T. Sherman
18th N. Y; seth N Y; 10th N. Y; I'd
Wis; E, Sd U. S Art.
Fourth Brigade-Co1. ]. B. Richard
son-1st Mass; 18th N. Y; I'd Mich;
Sd Mich; G, LIST U. s. Art; M, I'd U. S.
Art.
Second Division.
"a Col. David Hunter, wounded.
(2) Col. Andrew Porter.
First Brigade-Col. Andrew Porter
9Th N. Y. (Militia); 18th N. Y; 27th
Marines;* Battery u. s. Cav.;" D, 5th
u. S. Art.
Second Brigade-Col. A. E. Burn
side-2d N. H.; LIST r. l.; I'd r. LII
list N Y.
Third Division.
Col. s. P. Heintzelman, wounded.
First Brigade-Col. w. b. Frank
lin-5th Mass; 18th Mass; 1st Mimi;
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