. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . A DNION BATTERY TAKES BY SCRlllISi:. iSEf: PAGi; officers, it may not be amiss to recall that sucli a conference was the iueW-table consequence of the arrival of the Confederate army at the point fromwhich it was to spring upon the enemy, as it were from an ambush. Xaturally,moreover, by a conference with their corps commanders, Johnston and Bean-regard could best ascertain the condition of all the troops and determine thebest course to be pursued. It was after the reports t
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . A DNION BATTERY TAKES BY SCRlllISi:. iSEf: PAGi; officers, it may not be amiss to recall that sucli a conference was the iueW-table consequence of the arrival of the Confederate army at the point fromwhich it was to spring upon the enemy, as it were from an ambush. Xaturally,moreover, by a conference with their corps commanders, Johnston and Bean-regard could best ascertain the condition of all the troops and determine thebest course to be pursued. It was after the reports thus made with themutual blame of each other of two of the corps commanders for the delay,that Beauregard, confirmed in his apprehension that the campaign hail mis-carried, urged that its objective should be given up.— much as Wellingtononce, in Spain, after taking the field to attack Masseua, finding the lattermore strongly posted and prepared than he had been misled to believe,had not hesitated to retire without fighting. The course of events demon-strated the correctness of Beauregards judgment. That nigh
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