. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . eneral McClellans staff rode in on themorning of the 2d of September, from their heart-rending exile on the Seminary heights, condemnedthere to hear in helpless idleness the awful thunderof Manassas and Chantilly, we made our waythrough the innumerable herd of stragglers,—mingled with an endless stream of wagons and 542 WASHINGTON UNDER BANKS. ambulances, urged on by uncontrollable team-sters,— which presently poured into Washington,overflowed
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . eneral McClellans staff rode in on themorning of the 2d of September, from their heart-rending exile on the Seminary heights, condemnedthere to hear in helpless idleness the awful thunderof Manassas and Chantilly, we made our waythrough the innumerable herd of stragglers,—mingled with an endless stream of wagons and 542 WASHINGTON UNDER BANKS. ambulances, urged on by uncontrollable team-sters,— which presently poured into Washington,overflowed it, took possession of its streets andpublic places, and held high orgie. Disorderreigned unchecked and confusion was clerks in the departments, many of whom hadbeen hurried toward the front to do service asnurses, were now hastily formed into companiesand battalions for defense; the Government or-dered the arms and ammunition at the arsenaland the money in the Treasury to be shipped toNew York, and the banks followed the example ;a gun-boat, with steam up, lay in the river off theWhite House, as if to announce to the army and. AJOR-GENERAL W. F. ,RRY, CHIEF-llF-AKTILLERY OF THE DEFENSES Ol ? WASI [DTGTON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1862, TO MARCH 1, 1864. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. the inhabitants the impending flight of the Admin-istration: It was at this juncture that the Pres-ident, on his own responsibility, once more chargedGeneral MeClellan with the defense of the capital. The next day, the 3d of September, the Presi-dent further confided to General Halleck I the dutyof preparing an army to take the field; but sinceLee did not wait for this, MeClellan could not; evenbefore the Presidents order reached General Hal-leck the Confederate had disappeared fromthe front of Washington and General MeClellanwas putting his troops iu march to meet it. On the afternoon of the 7th, 87,000 men werein motion, and General MeClellan set out for j General MeClellan seems never to
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