. Highways and byways of the South. ons. Here, too, werenumerous carriages that had brought out the gentry ofWashington to see the Northern soldiers thrash theRebs. Near Cub Run, several steep-sided ridgesran athwart the turnpike, and the road was so extremelyrough it might well make trouble even if there wasno excitement. As soon as the drivers and onlookersalong the turnpike became aware that the Federalswere failing to give the Rebs their thrashing, the wagons The Battle-field of Bull Run ^3?> and carriages turned about in all haste to seek safety,and things grew chaotic. Then a Confeder
. Highways and byways of the South. ons. Here, too, werenumerous carriages that had brought out the gentry ofWashington to see the Northern soldiers thrash theRebs. Near Cub Run, several steep-sided ridgesran athwart the turnpike, and the road was so extremelyrough it might well make trouble even if there wasno excitement. As soon as the drivers and onlookersalong the turnpike became aware that the Federalswere failing to give the Rebs their thrashing, the wagons The Battle-field of Bull Run ^3?> and carriages turned about in all haste to seek safety,and things grew chaotic. Then a Confederate batterybegan dropping shells into the huddle of teams andthe wildest confusion ensued. Every man looked outfor himself, wagons were overturned, horses cut loose,the road was blocked, and the retreat of the armybecame a panic-stricken rout. One man I met at Bull Run had been a Unionsoldier. In explanation of this first great Northerndefeat he had a theory which I thought very interest-ing. At the time the war broke out, said he,. The Spot where Stonewall Jackson was Wounded guns were in much commoner use in the Souththan in the North, and familiarity with weapons has a 234 Highways and Byways of the South great deal to do with making troops effective in Southern men, too, were more accustomed to thesaddle, and so, as a whole, they had better they never at any time had better soldiers thanthe men from our newer states. Im not saying thosefrom the older states had less natural courage thanthose from the frontiers ; only that they in the begin-ning were at a disadvantage in the matter of shootingand rough living. About all the Confederate veteransIve talked with have the idea one of their men wasequal to three or four of ours; but after making
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