A history of the United States for schools . chester. But Johnston eluded Patterson,and reaching Bull Run on the 20th with one brigade,took command of the whole army there. From vari-ous causes all the forces had dwindled, so that on themorning of the 21st less than 19,000 Federals en-countered scarcely 15,000 Confederates. On both sidesthe fighting was well sustained considering the raw-ness of the troops.^ By the middle of the afternoon,McDowell seemed on the point of victory, when a freshforce from Winchester under Kirby Smith arrived onthe scene and turned the scale. The Union army was 1 G
A history of the United States for schools . chester. But Johnston eluded Patterson,and reaching Bull Run on the 20th with one brigade,took command of the whole army there. From vari-ous causes all the forces had dwindled, so that on themorning of the 21st less than 19,000 Federals en-countered scarcely 15,000 Confederates. On both sidesthe fighting was well sustained considering the raw-ness of the troops.^ By the middle of the afternoon,McDowell seemed on the point of victory, when a freshforce from Winchester under Kirby Smith arrived onthe scene and turned the scale. The Union army was 1 General McDowell once told me that on the march to Bull Run itwas impossible to keep those raw recruits from scattering to pick black-berries. General Sherman told me that just before the start for BullRun, a newly enlisted captain insisted upon going home to New York fora few days on business, and would have gone in utter defiance of dis-cipline if Sherman, who was then a colonel, had not sternly threatened to 384 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. driven from the field, but the victors were in no con-dition to follow up their advantage. About 5,000 menwere killed or wounded.^ This battle began to teachpeople at the North that they must not expect to makea speedy conquest of the South. At the same time it strengthened the deter-mination of the northernpeople and incited themto greater exertions;while the South, in rejoic-ing over the victory, didnot duly heed the proverbthat one swallow doesnot make a little else was doneat the East during therest of the year 1861, ex-cept that the Confederatetroops who had inv^adedWest Virginia were driven out by McClellan and Rose-crans. In the autumn General McClellan succeededthe venerable General Scott as general-in-chief of theUnited States army, and for some time he devoted him-self to the task of organizing and drilling the splendidforce in front of Washington, which came to be knownas the Army of the Potomac. have him shot as a de
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