. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . ery step we saw evidences of thehaste and terror in which our forces had made daylight on the 22d, a moderate rain set in. Itproved a great blessing to many. At noon, the regi-ment reached Canal Bridge, nearly opposite George-town, and was delayed two hours, waiting for a passto go over into camp. At last the pass arrived; andthe weary men, hungry, drenched, and sorely per-plexed by our unexpected fai
. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . ery step we saw evidences of thehaste and terror in which our forces had made daylight on the 22d, a moderate rain set in. Itproved a great blessing to many. At noon, the regi-ment reached Canal Bridge, nearly opposite George-town, and was delayed two hours, waiting for a passto go over into camp. At last the pass arrived; andthe weary men, hungry, drenched, and sorely per-plexed by our unexpected failure, marched into theirtents, took supper, and were soon stretched upon theground in profound slumber. The national loss at Bull Run was fifteen hundredand ninety ; killed alone, four hundred and seventy-nine. The rebel loss was fifteen hundred and ninety-three,of whom three Imndred and ninety-three were killed. ^ FEDERAL LOSSES. 67 We lost also twenty-nine pieces of artillery, a largenumber of wagons, and some several hundred thou-sand dollars worth of property. But we lost neither heart, nerve, will, confidence,nor determination. We had failed in a battle, but notfor the
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