A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . p. G. T. 182 History op Virginia and Virginians. found that McDowell, with 50,000 men, was advancing toattack Beauregard at Manassas Junction. Making afeint attack upon Patterson, Johnston joined his forces toBeauregards, which were already engaged with the en-emy, and fell upon McDowell July 21,1861, routing his great army, and drivingit in panic to Washington city. Thewhole Confederate army in this battlenumbered 30,000 men. Advance of McOlellan.—McClellan suc-ceeded McDowell in command of the great^army of the Union. He a
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . p. G. T. 182 History op Virginia and Virginians. found that McDowell, with 50,000 men, was advancing toattack Beauregard at Manassas Junction. Making afeint attack upon Patterson, Johnston joined his forces toBeauregards, which were already engaged with the en-emy, and fell upon McDowell July 21,1861, routing his great army, and drivingit in panic to Washington city. Thewhole Confederate army in this battlenumbered 30,000 men. Advance of McOlellan.—McClellan suc-ceeded McDowell in command of the great^army of the Union. He assembled 110,-000 men at Old Point early in 1862. Ma-gruder, with 11,000 Confederates, heldhim in check until Johnston came down with his armyfrom Manassas, united his forces with Magruders, checkedthe advance of McClellan at Williams-burg, and took position for the defenceof of Seven Pines.—McClellansI great army straddled the ChickahominyRiver, when Johnston fell upon it, andwas in the act of destroying one wingof it when he was s
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