A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . , whose firm stand in the face of seeming dis-aster won for him the soubriquet of irftonewall Jackson, first uttered in com-pliment by Gen-eral Bee, bywhich name theremarkable manwill always beremembered. The stand ofJackson enabledJohnston to rallythe riglit andBeauregard theleft, but matterswere in a criticalshape, wlien Kir-by Smith, whohad escaped Pat-terson in the val-ley, rushed acrossthe fields f
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . , whose firm stand in the face of seeming dis-aster won for him the soubriquet of irftonewall Jackson, first uttered in com-pliment by Gen-eral Bee, bywhich name theremarkable manwill always beremembered. The stand ofJackson enabledJohnston to rallythe riglit andBeauregard theleft, but matterswere in a criticalshape, wlien Kir-by Smith, whohad escaped Pat-terson in the val-ley, rushed acrossthe fields fromManassas w i t h15,000 freslitroops. Thistimely arrivalturned the fur-tunes of the w a s driven from the plateau he had occupied, and the whole Union army was throwninto a panic and rushed in headlong flight for the defenses of could stay their flight, and the city was overrun with the terrified fugi-tives, who swarmed into the railroad trains, fled to the open fields beyond,spreading the most frightful rumors, while many did not believe themselves safeuntil at home in the North. Had the Confederates followed up the pursuit, they could have easily cap-. STATUE OF MoCIjEIiIiAN IN CITY HALL SQUARE, PHILADEL-PHIA. 296 ADMINISTRATION OF LINCOLN. tured Washington. Tliey failed to do so, because they did not know how beatenand disorganized the Union forces were. The Union losses in this first greaibattle of the war were: Killed, 470; wounded, 1,071; captured and ,793; total, 3,334. The Confederate losses were: Killed, 387; wounded,1,582; captured and missing, 13; total, 1,982. GENEKAL mcLELLAN APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF THE AEMY OF THE POTOMAC. Bull Run was a bitter humiliation for the North, but it served a good pur-pose. The national government understood for the first time the formidablenature of the task before it. Its determination to subdue the rebellion wasintensified rather than lessened, but it now went about it in the right
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