. The history of the Civil War in America : comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin . Grouchy of this our miniature Waterloo. Gen. J. E. Johnston, who had assumed command of the rebel army,immediately upon his arrival, in his official report makes the followingstatement: About 2 oclock an officer of Gen. Beauregards Adjutant-GeneralsOffice, galloped from Manassas to report
. The history of the Civil War in America : comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin . Grouchy of this our miniature Waterloo. Gen. J. E. Johnston, who had assumed command of the rebel army,immediately upon his arrival, in his official report makes the followingstatement: About 2 oclock an officer of Gen. Beauregards Adjutant-GeneralsOffice, galloped from Manassas to report to me that a United States armyhad reached the line of Manassas Gap railroad, was marching towards us,and then but three or four miles on our left flank. As at Waterloo it was Blucher, not Grouchy, who came, so here itturned out that it was a division of Johnstons and not Pattersons armywho were coming down upon the field. The rebel reinforcements presseddown with great impetuosity upon our wearied troops. Still the Unionistsfor a short time resisted these overpowering numbers with great valor,until overpowered, and threatened with assault upon both flanks, it wasfound necessary to retreat. A portion of Johnstons army had reachedthe field on Friday. The division which at this time arrived was that of. £5 fool (33 WAR AND ITS HORRORS. 179 Kirby Smith. It was in itself four thousand strong, and was accompaniedbj other reinforcements. The panic, as it is called, into which the Union troops were thrown,was by no means a senseless fright. The Federal army was composedgenerally of remarkably intelligent men, many of them as capable as theirofficers of forming an opinion for themselves. The scene, as described bymany eye witnesses, must have been appalling. In a lull of the battle,there suddenly appeared, far away upon the right, a dense body of freshmen, marching down upon the field. The black, massive column, as itdebouched from among the hills, lengthened out regiment after regime
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