. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . nii: aptt:i The topography is after Oeneral Beauregards map. made from surveyafter the first battle of Bull Run. The deep cut anil the embankment asfar as the Dump were the scene of the fighting with stones, illustratedon p. 534. Here the uuhnishecl railroad embankment is nude of earth andblasted rock taken from the cut. Tl Dump was a break in the embank-ment, or rather a space which was never tilled in: several hundred Unionsoldiers were buri
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . nii: aptt:i The topography is after Oeneral Beauregards map. made from surveyafter the first battle of Bull Run. The deep cut anil the embankment asfar as the Dump were the scene of the fighting with stones, illustratedon p. 534. Here the uuhnishecl railroad embankment is nude of earth andblasted rock taken from the cut. Tl Dump was a break in the embank-ment, or rather a space which was never tilled in: several hundred Unionsoldiers were buried near it — Editors. 5io JACKSON :S RAiD AROUND SUDLET CHURCH, FROM THE SUDLEY SPRINGS ROAD. A nOSFITAL IN BOTH BULL RUN BATTLES. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SHORTLT BEFORE THE SECOND BATTLE. federate line, formed parallelto the turnpike, moved rapidlyforward to the attack. Therewas no disposition on the partof the Federals to avoid the on-| sot, but, on the contrary, theymet us half-way. It was a sanguinary field;none was better contested dur-ing the war. The Federal artil-lery was admirably served, andat one time the annihilationof our batteries seemed in-evitable, so destructive wasthe fire; but the Confederateguns, although forced to retire and seek new positions, responded witha determination and pluck unshaken by the fiery tempest they had en-countered. A farm-house, an orchard, a few stacks of hay, and a rotten worm fencewere the only cover afforded to the opposing lines of infantry; it was astand-up combat, dogged and unflinching, in a field almost bare. There wereno wounds from spent balls; the confronting lines looked into ea
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