. Washington during war time : a series of papers, showing the military, political, and social phases, during 1861 to 1865. able gray uniform, which, however, was subse-quently put aside for the national blue. These organizationswere composed of fine material—handsome, stalwart, intelligentmen, who could turn their minds and hands to any occupation,and who a few weeks afterwards surrounded the city with acomplete cordon of field fortifications. It was these men, organized by Colonel Stone, under GeneralScott, who formed the army that General McDowell led to thefirst battle of Bull Run, and it
. Washington during war time : a series of papers, showing the military, political, and social phases, during 1861 to 1865. able gray uniform, which, however, was subse-quently put aside for the national blue. These organizationswere composed of fine material—handsome, stalwart, intelligentmen, who could turn their minds and hands to any occupation,and who a few weeks afterwards surrounded the city with acomplete cordon of field fortifications. It was these men, organized by Colonel Stone, under GeneralScott, who formed the army that General McDowell led to thefirst battle of Bull Run, and it is to be regretted that the storyof that battle, forced upon the country by the clamor of thosewho stayed at home, cannot be included in this chapter. It was also these same volunteer soldiers who became thenucleus of the famous Army of the Potomac, whose splendiddeeds during the long campaigns that were then yet to comeform the brightest page on the history of the greatest war ofmodern times. The bravery and heroism of these soldiersfinds a fitting culmination in the Grand Review, describedelsewhere in this [26]
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