. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . infantry,while demonstrating in front of Mitchells Ford, endeavored to force a pas-sage at Blackburns. Their column of attack, Tylers division, was opposedby Long-streets forces, to the reenforcement of which Earlys brigade, thereserve line at McLeans Ford, was ordered up. The Federals, after sev-eral attempts to force a passage, met a final repulse and retreated. Aftertheir infantry attack had ceased, about 1 oclock, the contest lapsed into anartillery duel, in which the Washingt
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . infantry,while demonstrating in front of Mitchells Ford, endeavored to force a pas-sage at Blackburns. Their column of attack, Tylers division, was opposedby Long-streets forces, to the reenforcement of which Earlys brigade, thereserve line at McLeans Ford, was ordered up. The Federals, after sev-eral attempts to force a passage, met a final repulse and retreated. Aftertheir infantry attack had ceased, about 1 oclock, the contest lapsed into anartillery duel, in which the Washington Artillery of New Orleans won creditagainst the renowned batteries of the United States regtilar army. A comicaleffect of this artillery fight was the destruction of the dinner of myself andstaff by a Federal shell that feU into the fire-place of my headquarters atthe McLean House. \ Oui* success in this first limited collision was of special prestige to my armyof new troojis, and, moreover, of decisive importance by so increasing Gen-eral McDowells caution as to give time for the arrival of some of General. THE MCLEAN HOUSE, GENERAI. EEACREGAEDS HEADQUARTERSNEAR MANASSAS. A PHOTOGRAPH. 4.! am, however, inclined to believe he [theenemy] may attempt to turn my left flank by amovement in the direction of Vienna, Frying-pan Church, and, possibly, Gum Spring, and thuscut off Johnstons line of retreat and commu-nication with this place [Manassas Junction]via the Manassas Gap railroad, while threaten-ing my own communications with Richmondand depots of supply by the Alexandria andOrange railroad, and opening his eommunioa- tions with the Potomac through Leesburg andEdwards Ferry.—(Extract from a letter ad-dressed by General Beauregard to Jefferson Davis,July 11th, 1861.) I It is denied that a serious attempt to forceapassage was made on the 18th. (Seepage 178.)This engagement was called by the Confederatesthe battle of Bull Run, the main fight on the 21stbeing known in the
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