Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-31
The Bull Run Battle.

The first star that shed it's luster ON
the Union arms was that Of General
Mcclellan, the young Napoleon Of the
West, whose victories in Western Vir-
ginia made his name a household
word. He was the first to propose a
comprehensive plan for aggressive
movements against the Rebellion, and
coming from one of the youngest SOL
diers of the army, it is not surprising
that General Scott, with his sensitive
ness as to advice from those of less
experience, rejected it, and presented
a comprehensive plan Of his own, theL
known as the Anaconda" method of
crushing the Rebellion.
In this dispute Lincoln took no part,
and probably gave little attention to it.
He then chung to the hope that no
such general military movements
might be necessary to attain peace.
His belief was that shared by most of
the prominent men of the cabinet that
successful battle aid the capture of
Richmond would bring peace. He had
no occasion, therefore, to exercise his
authority as commander-in-chief, be-
yond comforting with General Scott
and the Secretary Of War. Had he
understood the issue then as he uhder-
stood it year or more later, hazard
little in saying that the first battle Of
Bull Run would have been differently
fought, and with almost a reasonable
certainty of the defeat Of the insur-
gents.
The care with which he watched the
diffusion of military forces, and the
keen sagacity and tireless interest he
ever manifested in the concentration
of our military forces in every cam
paign, forbid the assumption that, had
he understood the war then as he SOON
learned to understand 1T, there could
have been a division Of the Union
forces in the Bull Run campaign to
fight the united forces of the enemy
General Mcdowell fought the battle
Of Bull Run with 1876 effective men
and "a guns, when he should have had
some $4,000 additional from General
Patterson's command, and from 1900
to 10000 of the Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps, then fully organized and ready
for the field.
I feel quite sure that had Lincoln
then assumed the authority as COM
mander-in-chief that he ever after
maintained until Grant became lieu
tenant general, Mcdowell would have
commanded fully $4,000 men at Bull
hoy ,1,oIy +6o
enemy and marched into Richmond. 1t
is possible, indeed quite probable, that
such an achievement would have end
ed the war.-McClure' Magazine.
Banking Operations of Gen. Schoepf.
An excellent operation in banking is
that related of General Schoepf, in
Kentucky When the General arrived
iii the neighborhood of London after
the Wildcat fight, he found that Zolli-
Golfer had been levying on Union men
for provisions, forage, transportation,
ETC., and had paid them in Confederate
bonds. Initiating an example which
the secessionist had set he issued
bonds for similar supplies. In the
meantime, he assembled the Union men,
and, opening an exchange office for
their benefit, set at defaLce all bank
ing rules, by taking Confederate bonds
at par, and supplying the Union men
with good Ohio and Indiana money
instead. Then when the secessionists
presented their bills, he paid them off
with the utmost politeness In their
own currency. They didn't know
enough to be thankful for the arrange
ment. but that wasn't his fault
The delivery Of London's milk re-
quires 1850 horses.