. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . anic seized MchowelTs army and it is in fullretreat on the Potomac. A mo^t unaccountable transforma-tion into a mob of a finely a])poinie(l and admirably led army. B. S. Alexander, a captain of engineers, wired (ieneralScott: General McDowells army in full retreat throui^h Cen-treville. The day is lost. Saxe Washington and the remnantof this army. General Mc
. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . anic seized MchowelTs army and it is in fullretreat on the Potomac. A mo^t unaccountable transforma-tion into a mob of a finely a])poinie(l and admirably led army. B. S. Alexander, a captain of engineers, wired (ieneralScott: General McDowells army in full retreat throui^h Cen-treville. The day is lost. Saxe Washington and the remnantof this army. General McDowell is doing all he can to coverthe retreat. Colonel Miles is forming for that purpose. liewas in reserve at Centrexille. The routed troo])s will notre-form. The re])ort of (ieneral McDowell, then at h\airfax Court-house, on his retreat, says: The men lia\ing thrown away their haversacks in battleand left them behind, they are without food; have eatennothing since breakfast. We are without artillery ammuni-tion. The larger part of the men are a confused mob, en-tirely demoralized. It was the opinion of all the commandersthat no stand conld be made this side of the Potomac. Wewill, however, make the attempt at Fairfax Isaac Anderson. .V 1^1(11 I\iiii to Ihill Run. l-roin ;i piiMiiuT w r Icani tlial from jolinstoii juim-dlast nii^lit, ami iIkv will marcli on lis t i-ni^Iit. Ami in his ic|)(irl. wrillcn at Arlington, nn August \\(» weeks after the hattle, he sa\s: J^rom tlie late reports it will he seen that <»ur killedamounted to uj otlicers and 402 non-C(jmniissione(l officersand men. and our woimded to 64 officers and 947 non-com-missioned oflicers and ])ri\-ates. Ihe returns of the missingare \ery inaccurate, the men su])])()sed to he missing havingfallen into other regimenls and gone to Uasliingfon—nianyof tlic Zouaves to Ncii York. General Jolmslon. in his report of the hattle. says: Our victory was as complete as one gained by infantryand
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