. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A START rUU lONG DLL WED Where the troops of General McClellan, waiting near theround-house at Alexandria, were hurried forward to the scene ofaction where Pope was struggling with Jackson and Ewell. Popehad counted upon the assistance of thesereenforcements in making the forwardmovement by which he expected to holdLee back. The old bogey of leaving theNational Capital defenseless set up a vacil-lation in General Hallecks mind and thetroops were held overlong at they been promptly forwarded,Stonewall Jacksons blow at
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A START rUU lONG DLL WED Where the troops of General McClellan, waiting near theround-house at Alexandria, were hurried forward to the scene ofaction where Pope was struggling with Jackson and Ewell. Popehad counted upon the assistance of thesereenforcements in making the forwardmovement by which he expected to holdLee back. The old bogey of leaving theNational Capital defenseless set up a vacil-lation in General Hallecks mind and thetroops were held overlong at they been promptly forwarded,Stonewall Jacksons blow at ManassasJunction could not have been struck. Atthe news of that disaster the troops werehurriedly despatched down the railroadtoward ilanassas. But Pope was already inretreat in three columns toward that point,^McDowell had failed to intercept the Con-federate reenforcements coming throughThoroughfare Gap, and the situation hadbecome critical. General Taylor, with hisbrigade of New Jersey troops, was thefirst of McClellans forces to be movedforward to the a
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