. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AX UNREALIZED OlPOUTUXnY Here miglit have been won a Federal victory that would have precluded defeat at Second Bu!!Run. The corps of General Heintzelman, consisting of the divisions of Hooker and Kearny, wasthe next detachment of McClellans forces to arrive to the aid of Pope. On the 28th of August,Heintzelman liad pushed forward to Centreville, entering it soon after Stone%vall Jacksonsrear-guard had retired. Instead of pursuing, Heintzelman drew up his forces east
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AX UNREALIZED OlPOUTUXnY Here miglit have been won a Federal victory that would have precluded defeat at Second Bu!!Run. The corps of General Heintzelman, consisting of the divisions of Hooker and Kearny, wasthe next detachment of McClellans forces to arrive to the aid of Pope. On the 28th of August,Heintzelman liad pushed forward to Centreville, entering it soon after Stone%vall Jacksonsrear-guard had retired. Instead of pursuing, Heintzelman drew up his forces east of Cub Run,which we see in the picture. Jacksons forces, now in a precarious position, fell back towardThoroughfare Gap to form a junction with Longstreets Corps, wliich Lee had sent forward. Thebattle was commenced on the west somewhat feebly by Generals McDowell and Sigel. By night-fall the Confederate left liad Ijcen ilriven back fully a (OtlBtGMT, (iM, PATRIOT PjB ,:0. SAMUEL P. HELNTZELMAN AND STAFF {}t ^tCBixh lattlr at lull l^xxxx ^ ^ ^. mrmrnm ^/ y •■ irinl th Rl tl line wine, barefooted and in tatters, was curious; dible le wliole tiling was mere The amazement at the North wlien tlie news of the cap-ture of ]\Ianassas became known cannot be described. Butthe newsi^apers behttled it, declaring tliat it was merely a boldraid and that for any large force to get between Pojies armyand ^Vashington before Pope became aware of the attemptwas simply impossible. Jackson had done an astonishing thing. But his positionwas jH-ecarious, nevertheless. Pope was moving toward himwith a far larger army, recently augmented by ITeintzelmanscorps from the Army of the Potomac, while Fitz John Porterwith an additional force was not far off. It is true thatLongstreet was hastening to the aid of Jackson, but he hadto come by the same route which had brought Jackson—through Thoroughfare Gap—and Pojjc thought he s
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