. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . men, and was byfar the freshest if notthe best in the had made very shortand deliberate marchesfrom Fredericksburg,and his advance divis-ion, mainly troops ofthe regular army un-der Sykes, had airivedat Warrenton Junctionby eleven oclock on themorning of the 27th,Morells division of thesame corps arriving la-ter in the same saw General F. J,Porter at Warrenton Junction about elevenoclock on the morning of the 27th. Sykessdivision of his corps was encamped near; Mo-rells was expected in a few hours. 1 had seenGeneral Porter at W
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . men, and was byfar the freshest if notthe best in the had made very shortand deliberate marchesfrom Fredericksburg,and his advance divis-ion, mainly troops ofthe regular army un-der Sykes, had airivedat Warrenton Junctionby eleven oclock on themorning of the 27th,Morells division of thesame corps arriving la-ter in the same saw General F. J,Porter at Warrenton Junction about elevenoclock on the morning of the 27th. Sykessdivision of his corps was encamped near; Mo-rells was expected in a few hours. 1 had seenGeneral Porter at West Point while we wereboth cadets, but I think I never had an ac-quaintance with him there, nor do I think I evermet him afterward in the service except for aboutfive minutes in Philadelphia in 1861, when Icalled at his office for a pass, then required togo to Washington 7/a Annapolis. This, I think,was the first and only time I ever met him previ-ous to the meeting at Warrenton Junction, buthe had so high a reputation in the army and for /-§^-^^. services since the outbreak of the war, that Iwas not only curious to see him, but was ex-ceedingly glad that he had joined the armyunder my command with a corps which Iknew to be one of the most effective in theservice. This feeling was so strong that Iexpressed it warmly and on several appeared to me a most gentlemanlikeman, of a soldierly and striking had but little conversation with him, as Iwas engaged, as he was, in writing seemed to me to exhibit a listlessness and 448 THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN. indifference not quite natural under the cir-cumstances, which, however, it is not unusualtor men to assume in the midst of dangersand difficulties, merely to impress one withtheir superior coolness. The troops were disposed as follows:McDowells cordis and Sigels corps Avere atWarrenton under general command of Gen-eral McDowell, with Bankss corps at Fayette-ville as a reserve. Renos corps wa
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