. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . der to Ewell to advance; but within acj[uarter of an hoiu, just as I receiveda dispatch from him informing me thathe had received no order to advance inthe morning, the firing on the left began to increase so intensely as to indi-cate a severe attack, whereupon General Johnston said that he would gopersonally to that quarter. After weighing attentively the firing, which seemed rapidly and heavilyincreasing, it appeared to me that the troo^^s on the right would be unalile toget int
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . der to Ewell to advance; but within acj[uarter of an hoiu, just as I receiveda dispatch from him informing me thathe had received no order to advance inthe morning, the firing on the left began to increase so intensely as to indi-cate a severe attack, whereupon General Johnston said that he would gopersonally to that quarter. After weighing attentively the firing, which seemed rapidly and heavilyincreasing, it appeared to me that the troo^^s on the right would be unalile toget into position before the Federal otfensive should have made too muchprogress on our left, and that it would be better to abandon it altogether,maintaining only a strong demonstration so as to detain the enemy in frontof our right and center, and hurry up all available reenforcements — includ-ing the reserves that were to have moved upon Centreville — to om- left andfight the battle out in that quarter. Communicating this view to GeneralJohnston, who approved it (giving his advice, as he said, for what it was. ( ^\ LOUISIAKA PELICAJi. \OU I. 14 2IO THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. worth, as he was not acquaiuted with the couutry), I ordered Ewell, Jones,and Lougstreet to make a strong demonstration all along theii front on theother side of the Rnn, and ordered the reserves below oui position, Holmessbiigade with 6 guns, and Earlys brigade, also 2 regiments of Bonhanisbrigade, near at hand, to move s^viftly to the left. General Johnston and Inow set out at full speed for the point of conflict. We arrived there ,iust asBees troops, after gi\ing way, were fleeing in disorder behind the height inrear of the Stone Bridge. They had come around between the base of thehill and the Stone Bridge into a shallow ra^^ne which ran up to a point onthe crest where Jackson had akeady foi-med his brigade along the edge of thewoods. We found the commanders resolutely stemming the fmther flight ofthe
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