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Page 47
... Hill and Matthews Hill . Three miles in front , across Bull Run , stood Centreville , the Federal camp and field base during the battle . Sunday , July 21 , 1861 , was a beautiful mid- summer day . Both armies were stirring soon after ...
... Hill and Matthews Hill . Three miles in front , across Bull Run , stood Centreville , the Federal camp and field base during the battle . Sunday , July 21 , 1861 , was a beautiful mid- summer day . Both armies were stirring soon after ...
Page 48
... Hill . As the Confederates recrossed Young's Branch and climbed the Henry Hill the regular artillery of the Federals limbered up smartly , galloped across the Matthews Hill , and from its nearer slope plied the retreating Confederates ...
... Hill . As the Confederates recrossed Young's Branch and climbed the Henry Hill the regular artillery of the Federals limbered up smartly , galloped across the Matthews Hill , and from its nearer slope plied the retreating Confederates ...
Page 49
... Hill , where his broken brigade was trying to rally , and , pointing toward the crest with his sword , shouted in a voice of thunder : " Rally behind the Virgin- ians ! Look ! There's Jackson standing like a stone wall ! " From that one ...
... Hill , where his broken brigade was trying to rally , and , pointing toward the crest with his sword , shouted in a voice of thunder : " Rally behind the Virgin- ians ! Look ! There's Jackson standing like a stone wall ! " From that one ...
Page 50
... Hill , struggling across the swamps and thickets of Young's Branch , and climbing the Henry Hill . Within another hour the opposing forces were at close grips again , and the Federals , flushed with success and steadied by the regulars ...
... Hill , struggling across the swamps and thickets of Young's Branch , and climbing the Henry Hill . Within another hour the opposing forces were at close grips again , and the Federals , flushed with success and steadied by the regulars ...
Page 52
... Hill . But on its reverse slope lay Jackson's Shenan- doahs , three thousand strong , and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced apart , of course , from regulars . Jackson had ridden up and ...
... Hill . But on its reverse slope lay Jackson's Shenan- doahs , three thousand strong , and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced apart , of course , from regulars . Jackson had ridden up and ...
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