. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . nder was substi-tuted that of Longstreet, nicknamed the War-Horse, whose arrival in the midst of the previous days en-gagement had cost the Federals dear On the morning of the second day Longstreets batteries openedthe engagement. Wlien the general advance came, as the sun shone on the parallel lines of glittering bayo-nets, it was Longstreets men bringing their muskets to the ready who first opened fire with a longflash of flame. It was they who pressed most eagerly
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . nder was substi-tuted that of Longstreet, nicknamed the War-Horse, whose arrival in the midst of the previous days en-gagement had cost the Federals dear On the morning of the second day Longstreets batteries openedthe engagement. Wlien the general advance came, as the sun shone on the parallel lines of glittering bayo-nets, it was Longstreets men bringing their muskets to the ready who first opened fire with a longflash of flame. It was they who pressed most eagerly forward and, in the face of the Federal batteries,fell upon the troops of General McDowell at the left and drove them irresistibly back. Although theright Federal wing, in command of General Heintzelman, had not given an inch, it was this turning of theleft by Longstreet which put the whole Federal army in retreat, driving them across Bull Run. The Con-federates were left in possession of the field, where lay thousands of Federal dead and wounded, and Leewas free to advance his victorious troops into the North MAJOR (iKXKHAL M.\.I(»R-(;E\ERAL .JAMESLONGSTREET
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