New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
But the Stubborn Fight Saved
Washington, as This Article
of Tribune's Civil War
Series Shows.

Yards apart. Thus they stood until dark.
ness stopped the slaughter, and Generals
Taliaferro and Ewell, of the Confederate
forces. had been seriously wounded. Ths
Confederates finally fell back a, O'Clock
In the evening.
Gibbons brigade, In Kings command,
alone lost In killed, wounded and missing
Isl men, or one-third it's numbers. Kings
command. unsupported, remained on tho
ground until / o'clock In the morning,
when. being without communication with
either Of the superior generals ana without
orders. IL moved toward Manassas June
ton General Mcdowell, the commander q
tho corps, had got lost In the mean tine.
Having called on General Pope at Ma
nassas JUNCTION to give him some informal
ton about the country, he nal started
h.cL for hfs command and missed Nj.
way. He was not found unui the next
morning. IL has been thought that could
King have had prompt assistance jackson
| nigh. have been crushed before Lee could
raacb ,be field Lee was approaching
through the gap az rapidly as sossible
Indeed while King and his rnen wers
hraveIv holding their position Va the fsr
distance againct the dark side - the west.
90, mountains occasional white puts u
SMOKE could be seen and the sounds OF
.harn hut distant explosions came hoa,'
,ro m them on the evening air. IL put
| fresh heart into the Coniedera''s' 'or they
believed II promised the sale arrhsl US
! following day of the REMAINDER OF Lees
| army and the needed assistance Ina
smoke and firing. in reality, were the EVIL
| dences of a contact between INC Nohleo-
| 1-o,as AZ the mouth Of the pass aiid Rick
c,,s.s division. which General Mcdowell
nithout orders. had sent forward 10 deisy
| Ae,s snproach, Lee and Longstreet had
ru.cbsd the western entrance before night
tau and. being informed that the pass was
rnoccupied. they prepared 10 oNouac To-
| the night. sending forward ''eaas "
! occ,,nv the pass This force came unet'
nactedIv upon the Union division Tor COM
,,rricat;ons from Jackson had been regu'
,ar assuring him OF his successful opera
.tors against the enemy and confidence IN
bis ab,lItv to hold his position until the re-
,,a,rder Of the Confederate army should
,oi, him The sudden interposl,ion OF
go g., the impremable pass indicated an
intention TO delay the Junction ol Lo.e
streets army with jackson u"''' '''0 'A''''
had been overwhelmed.
| This walked up Longstreet' WITHIN ~,
uev,ns distance, it would never GO 70 u"
Jackson in that desperate slFa4" S~'A
| and vigorous measures were Ieto"e''
| There was q pass three miles 10 tne nol'A'
pron,nt nossession Of that was essenual u
ordar IN forestall Union occupation ana %
} ,oaye an open door for flank movements
while the mountain trails around 'As pas
r.ro forced. Three brigades we're sent
J north while some Of Hoods men chnped
over the mountain north OF lnoroushlat'
: II was an adventurous CLIMB. me "oOc-
| chopper who ossayed TO lead Ihs uVVf'
over seemed TO know little about the r'uV''
and. after stumbling through tangl-d WooOs
: and mast huge powders near the crest they
came upon a seemingly endless and impene-
trsb,e face OF rock. A creyice was nEshy
found through which the line could pass
ono hv one. lifting each other in turn.
As the men came out upon the eastern
side the booming Of the guns on JacKsohs
right where King was engaged could 10
| heard Every shot to the men on the sun
nit OF the mountain was a call Tor help
and as soon as the brigade got through 'h'
crack in the rock 1t ran down the noun
tain side until It came within sight OF the
guns Of Rickettss batteries. II was ire
smoke OF these which could be seen W
Jackson's men. The firing was gong OF
steadily, as II the guns were there to stay
When the Confederate sklrmishers sp'
peared on the scene there was CONNIE
ton among the Union troops. The oa''
teres quickly limbered up and moved or
Ricketts, force had gone and the neA'
morning at sunrise LoHgstreets ARM
marched through the gap and on lowell
the battlefield.
While Lee and Longstrect were thus en-
gagged in the early morning hours Pope vi"
preparing for battle with Jackson. bs'
| lieving that McDowolls forces were BE-
| tween Longstreet and jackson, he proposT'
to fall upon the latter and crush him. Th'l
he learned that King, having been unsap'
ported because Mcdowell was missing. mi
| fallen back toward Manassas Junction. Inh
| left the road from Thoroughfare Gap ope''
| Porter was supposed 10 be near the Jlh'
| ton and Pope ordered him forward tesHu
| Gainesville, in order 10 occupy eef'Aa'
| hill in the angle formed by the Manasss'
| Gap Railroad and the enbankment OF US
unfinished railroad. This hill coDmahae'
not only Jackson's line 10 the right az.
! north, but the route OF Lee and Longsu0~
Hooker, Kearny and Reno were on u
north side OF Bull Run. while sigel az.
| Reynolds were in front OF jackson, west o.
! Manassas Junction.
! At daybreak on August 20 Sigel attaSA''
! Jackson. All the forenoon the Union trooS'
pressed upon Jackson's front, Pope hop'as
that Porter and Mcdowell would come
with their forces. The fact that the ia'''
/ general had been lost delayed the mo'e
ments OF his troops somewhat but PORE
was not moving with the celebrity that PoN
expected.
In the meantime Lee and Longstreet We'
approaching the field or conflict at pon.
which would bring them In on JaeSsc'