. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... • The United States had assembled a con-siderable army of volunteers and regulars atWashington under Major-General Irwin Mc-Dowell. On the twenty-fourth of May, Alex-andria, on the Virginia side of the Potomac,nine miles below Washington, was seized by9. detachment from this army. Its corn- delay, and demanded an immediate advanceupon the southern army and Richmond. Preparatory to his own advance. GeneralMcDowell sent General Patterson with twentythousand me
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... • The United States had assembled a con-siderable army of volunteers and regulars atWashington under Major-General Irwin Mc-Dowell. On the twenty-fourth of May, Alex-andria, on the Virginia side of the Potomac,nine miles below Washington, was seized by9. detachment from this army. Its corn- delay, and demanded an immediate advanceupon the southern army and Richmond. Preparatory to his own advance. GeneralMcDowell sent General Patterson with twentythousand men to cross the Potomac at Wil-liamsport, and prevent General Johnston fromleaving the valley and joining Beauregard atManassas. Upon the arrival of Pattersonon the upper Potomac, General Johnston ^7^ THE CIVIL WA^. evacuated Harpers Ferry and took position atWinchester. Patterson made a consiaerabreshow of force in the valley, but refrainedfrom attacking Johnston, although the lattersought to induce him to do so. He tookposition about nine miles from Winchester,and remained Inactive there. In the meantime the preparations for the. FORTIFICATIONS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON advance of McDowells army were completed,and on the seventeenth of July he began hismarch from the Potomac towards Bull Run,on the banks of which the Confederates werepasted. His army numbered over fifty thou-sand men, and forty-nine pieces of soon as the adv^ance of this army wasknown to him, General Beauregard informedGeneral Johnston of it, and begged him to come to his assistance. Johnston skilfullyeluded Pattersons army, and hastened toBull Run, arrivmg there with a part of hiscommand in time to take part in the Confederate army had taken positionbehind Bull Run, and in advance of ManassasJunction. Including the force brought byGeneral Johnston, who assumed the chief command by virtueof his rank, it con-sisted of thirty-onethousand four hun-dred and thirty-onemen and fifty-fiveguns
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