Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . revent Johnston from joining Beauregard, planned an offensivemovement against the Confederate commander at Winchester. THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. McDowells plan was to advance to Fairfax Court-House, and then, turningsouth, cut Beauregards communications. The first movement was made on theafternoon of July 16th. General Mansfield with 16,000 men reiuiiined inWashington to protect the capital from surprise. The advance was
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . revent Johnston from joining Beauregard, planned an offensivemovement against the Confederate commander at Winchester. THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. McDowells plan was to advance to Fairfax Court-House, and then, turningsouth, cut Beauregards communications. The first movement was made on theafternoon of July 16th. General Mansfield with 16,000 men reiuiiined inWashington to protect the capital from surprise. The advance was slow, occupy-ing several days. McDowell discovered six Confederate brigades posted along tliecreek known as Bull Run, and he decided to begin his attack upon them. WhileGeneral Tyler was sent across the stone bridge to threaten the Confederate and Heintzelman were directed to make a detour and attack the enemysfront and rear. Johnston, who had hurried up from Winchester, had decided tohasten the battle througji fear of the arrival of Patterson with reinforcementsfor McDowell, hut the latter, moving first, Johnston was compelled to act on THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. 1295 Tyler and Hunter were tardy in their niovemeuts, but by noon McDowellLad turned tlie Confederate left and uncovered the stone bridge. Instead ofusing the advantage thus secured and assuming jjosition at Manassas depot, hekept up his pursuit of the fleeing Confederates to the woods. There, wheneverything seemed to be going the way of the Union army, it was checked byGeneral T. J. Jacksons brigade, whose lirni stand in the face of seeming dis-aster won for him the soubriquet of Stonewall Jackson, first uttered in com-pliment by Gen-e r a. 1 Bee, bywhich name theremarkable manwill always beremembered. The stand ofJackson enabledJohnston to rallythe right andBeauregard theleft, but matterswere in a criticalshape, when Kir-by Smith, whohad escaped Pat-terson in the val-ley, rushed across
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