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Page 32
... Bull Run they turned to the " Man of Destiny " who had been given the nois- iest advertisement as the " Young Napoleon of the West . " McClellan had many good qualities for organization , and even some for strategy . An excited press ...
... Bull Run they turned to the " Man of Destiny " who had been given the nois- iest advertisement as the " Young Napoleon of the West . " McClellan had many good qualities for organization , and even some for strategy . An excited press ...
Page 33
... Bull Run , on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals . In April Lincoln had called for three - month volunteers . In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years . In June the military chiefs at Washington ...
... Bull Run , on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals . In April Lincoln had called for three - month volunteers . In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years . In June the military chiefs at Washington ...
Page 36
... Bull Run . The Confederate problem was how to give Patterson the slip and reach Bull Run in time to meet McDowell with an equal force . X The Confederates had the advantage of interior lines both here and in the semicircle as a whole 36 ...
... Bull Run . The Confederate problem was how to give Patterson the slip and reach Bull Run in time to meet McDowell with an equal force . X The Confederates had the advantage of interior lines both here and in the semicircle as a whole 36 ...
Page 39
... Bull Run would be defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South give in . McDowell had between two and three thousand reg- ulars : THE CLASH : 1861 39.
... Bull Run would be defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South give in . McDowell had between two and three thousand reg- ulars : THE CLASH : 1861 39.
Page 43
... simply ceased to exist . At one o'clock in the morning of this same day Johnston received a telegram at Winchester , from Richmond , warning him that McDowell was advancing on Bull Run , with the evident intention of THE CLASH : 1861 43.
... simply ceased to exist . At one o'clock in the morning of this same day Johnston received a telegram at Winchester , from Richmond , warning him that McDowell was advancing on Bull Run , with the evident intention of THE CLASH : 1861 43.
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