. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . forward movement inVirginia; the next year opened silently there; springcame again before the spell which Bull Run had thrownwas broken up. Nor was this true of Virginia alone,but of the whole West; incessant skirmishes and desul-tory engagements by detached forces occupied the timeand strength which had been designed for grand opera-tions ; for these latter were repressed at their beginning,and the military year of 1861, from which so
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . forward movement inVirginia; the next year opened silently there; springcame again before the spell which Bull Run had thrownwas broken up. Nor was this true of Virginia alone,but of the whole West; incessant skirmishes and desul-tory engagements by detached forces occupied the timeand strength which had been designed for grand opera-tions ; for these latter were repressed at their beginning,and the military year of 1861, from which so much hadbeen hoped, came to its end at the battle of Bull Run. Balls Bluff (October 21, 1861).—Near the endof October, McClellan made preparations for send-ing out a strong reconnoissance towards Leesbnrg,to ascertain the movements and intentions of theenemy. About 2000 Union troops had crossed thePotomac and in the course of the 21st a collision tookplace in the woods covering the banks of the devoid of artillery, the Confederates chargedwith fixed bayonets, and the opposing line gave Baker, the U. S. Senator from Oregon, who. 4c THE BATTLES FOR THE UNION. commanded one of the Union brigades, rallied hismen. A hot musketry engagement ensued, in whichthey were much galled by the raking fire which camefrom out the forest. Baker was at length mortallywounded, and fell; and his men then rushed towardsthe steep banks of the Potomac without the slightestrestraint, pursued by their adversaries, who slaughteredas many as they could reach by bayonet«or discreditable incidents of the 2ist of July werethus repeated three months later, and it became distress-ingly manifest that a quarter of a year had made littledifference in the military character of the Union of the fugitives swam across the river; othersattempted to get away in boats, which were swampedby the numbers who crowded into them. Several weredrowned; still more perished at
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