. The boys of '61; or, Four years of fighting. Personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . AID SOCIETYS *J3? ...Hi jPM* THE IDEAL FREEDMAN. 1861.] BULL RUN. CHAPTER II. BULL RUN. At noon, on the 17th of July, the troops under GeneralMcDowell took up their line of march toward Fairfax, with-out baggage, carrying three days rations in their division, under General Tyler, which had been encampedat Falls Church, marched to Vienna, while the other divisions,moving from Alexandria, advanced upon Fairfax Court-Ho
. The boys of '61; or, Four years of fighting. Personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . AID SOCIETYS *J3? ...Hi jPM* THE IDEAL FREEDMAN. 1861.] BULL RUN. CHAPTER II. BULL RUN. At noon, on the 17th of July, the troops under GeneralMcDowell took up their line of march toward Fairfax, with-out baggage, carrying three days rations in their division, under General Tyler, which had been encampedat Falls Church, marched to Vienna, while the other divisions,moving from Alexandria, advanced upon Fairfax Court-House. It was a grand pageant, the long column of bayonets andhigh-waving flags. Union men whose homes were at Fairfaxaccompanied the march. It does my eyes good to see thetroops in motion at last, said one. I have been exiledseven weeks. I know nothing about my family, although Ihave been within a dozen miles of them all the time. Icame from the North three years ago. The Secessionist,hated me, they threatened to hang me, and I had to leavemighty sudden. The head of General Tylers column reached Vienna at sun-set. The infantry turned into the fields, while the artilleryto
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