Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . , whose lirni stand in the face of seeming dis-aster won for him the soubriquet of Stonewall Jackson, first uttered in com-pliment by Gen-e r a. 1 Bee, bywhich name theremarkable manwill always beremembered. The stand ofJackson enabledJohnston to rallythe right andBeauregard theleft, but matterswere in a criticalshape, when Kir-by Smith, whohad escaped Pat-terson in the val-ley, rushed acrossthe fields fromManassas withlo,00(
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . , whose lirni stand in the face of seeming dis-aster won for him the soubriquet of Stonewall Jackson, first uttered in com-pliment by Gen-e r a. 1 Bee, bywhich name theremarkable manwill always beremembered. The stand ofJackson enabledJohnston to rallythe right andBeauregard theleft, but matterswere in a criticalshape, when Kir-by Smith, whohad escaped Pat-terson in the val-ley, rushed acrossthe fields fromManassas withlo,00() freshtroo[«. Thistimely arrivalturned the for-tunes of the w a s driven from the plateau he had occupied, and the whole Union army was throwninto a panic and rushed in headlong flight for the defenses of could stay their flight, and the city was overrun with the terrified fugi-tives, who swarmed into the railroad trains, fled to the open fields beyond,spreading the most frightful rumors, while many did not believe themselves safeuntil at home in the North. Had the Confederates followed up the pursuit, they could liave easily cap-. STATUE OP McCIiELLAN IN CITY HALL SQUARE, PHILADEL-PHIA 296 ADMINISTRATION OF LINCOLN. tureil Washington. They failed to do so, because they did not know how beatenand disorganized the Union forces were. The Union losses in this first greatbattle of the war were: Killed, 470; wounded, 1,071; captured and ,793; total, 3,334. The Confederate losses were: Killed, 387; wounded,1,582; captured and missing, 13; total, 1,982. GENERAL mcLELLAN APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF THE AEMY OF THE POTOMAC. Bull Run was a bitter humiliation for the North, but it served a good pur-pose. The national government understood for the first time the formidablenature of the task before it. Its determination to subdue the rebellion wasintensified rather than lessened, but it now went about it in the right officers were w
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