The evening world., 1911-12-11
The Story
OF Our Country
By Albert Payson Terhune

cpynsaa In. By rs RI. puSnAans d. The New lori w~o.'
No. 3I.-BuN Run and Defeat.
FAMOUS pusinst n said: There ae six rules for winning
rough and tumble fight One of these rules is Land the FIRST
~ siow'' II you can do that. you needn't bother to remember the
In the civil wal the South decidedly landed the nrst blow"
to arms. But It is ne thing to be willing to fight and quite another matter
to be able TO- Our standing army was small. Most Of is members had
practically no experience in actual warfare. Some of Its most smcient
officers. moreover, had resigned and gone I've to the Confederacy.
There was n o lack of volunteers. But the thousands of men who
enlisted In their counrys defense we're raw recruits They dd lot wen
understand the manual of arms. They did not know the FIRST thing about
military life. Years of war training would. Of course. turn these civilians
into hardened. perfect veterans But in the mean time the achievements OF
emesn ana men alike left much o Be desired
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W. ra-ed. Richmond ". n. confederate capital Under Il. pressure. OF
Gen Mcdowell eomn.na.e o one army in from. Of Washington. marched
The ccnfsder~e. under Besresard. were NSs strong. Mcdowell. with about
a. Bull Run. about thirty miles. rom washington Gen. John~one. with nine
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seemed assured Indeed. a tremendous Union victory :. ,oyoua7 reported
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came Il the aid Of the reueatng Confeierates The Southern refea as
cnsoked. Then. slowly. It changed to an advance. Over the ground they had
gained the Union forcesw were driven.
Fsmns back. at nrst SLOWLY md IN order. a large pal Oft Northern srny
VA suddenly STRICKEN by panic. Regiments dissolved into little groups Of scared
men. WOO threw away their IN n knapacks ran for the nes Men
|tumbld over N another in their easerness to get out Of danger. Soldiers wi n
few hours earlier had been hshtins k heroes 70 behaved Tx frightened
children. The majority Oft he Union army la III at ocebe become a dsorsanized
rsnbae fnnucaMy uyng TO setb ak with all speed to safSy Of ts forts
that surrounded Washington.
Into Washington tho o of beaten soldiers rushed
IT,.,'1 helpless nerve-aoken, without q shred OF discipline OF
mtNmo comhanvensss left The Confdmatesh have been criticised
IL Wv" for rot following close at the rabbles heAs % selling
- Washington. Perhaps they could have don TO- Perhaps
not. They did not make the attempt The Union losses at BN Rn we're 2S6
men,. . . vel a. quantities Of cannon small arms and cam eQupaGe Na wGe
|left to tn enemy to capture The Confederates lost about 1880 msn. a
The first great blow " the civil val hd been struck. And he nation stood
ashast . its defenders defeat The Public sought Tor a scapegoat II blamed
Mcdowell; It blamed Lincoln; It blamed the Var Department.: II blamed every
body concerned.
the Confederaus ~ Of West Virginia. was put In command nnt. of tn Army Of
The ear Of 1851 10 little more important fighting after Bum Run. Dach side