. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . of theShenandoah, I have been obliged to present an estimateof 8340 as the total of the rank and file of Johnstonsarmy, my authority for which is a statement writtenby me in the official report of the battle, and based, as Idistinctly recollect, upon official documents and retui-nsin my hands at the time, of the accuracy of which I wasand am satisfied. The totals of General BeauregardsArmy of the Potomac are: ARMY OF THE AVAILABLE ON THE FIELD. Generals and Stafl 37 Infan
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . of theShenandoah, I have been obliged to present an estimateof 8340 as the total of the rank and file of Johnstonsarmy, my authority for which is a statement writtenby me in the official report of the battle, and based, as Idistinctly recollect, upon official documents and retui-nsin my hands at the time, of the accuracy of which I wasand am satisfied. The totals of General BeauregardsArmy of the Potomac are: ARMY OF THE AVAILABLE ON THE FIELD. Generals and Stafl 37 Infantry, Rank and File 19,569 Cavalry, 1,468 Artillery, 826 21,900Field Guns 27 ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ACTIVELY ENGAGED. Generals and StaflT 10 Infantry, Rank and File 8,415 , 1,000 Artillery, 288 9,713Field Guns 17 RECAPITULATION. Infantry. Cavalry. Army of the Potomac — Rank and FUe engaged .... 1,000 . • .Shenandoah, (estimated) 7,684 .... 300 . Total Rank and File, both Confederate armies, engaged . - 16,099 1,300 . Artillery. ... 10 . .350 .... 6 .. 638 .... 16 .. ,7138,340. THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. BY G. T. BEAUREGARD. GENERAL, C. P. A. IOON after the first oonfliet between the authorities of the Federal Lliiou aud those of the Confederate States had occurred in Charleston Harbor, hj the bombardment of Fort Sumter,—which, beginning at 4:30 a. m. on the 12th of April, 1861, forced the sun-ender of that fortress within thirty hours thereafter into my hands,—I was called to Eichmond, which 1 >y that time had become the Confederate seat of government, and was diiected to assume command of the Confederate troops on the Alexandria line. AiTiving at Manassas Junction, I took command on the 2d of June, forty-nine days after the evacuation of Fort Sumter. Although the position at the time was strategically ofcommanding importance to the Confederates, the mere» terrain was not only without uatuial defensive advan-tages, but, on the contrary,
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