. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . nforce alike the capacity of commander andtroops, I placed the Forty-ninth Virginia.,in position on the extreme left next to Gar- THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. 97 trell, and as I paused to say a few words toJackson, while hurrying back to the right, myhorse was killed under me by a bursting shell,a fragment of which carried away part of theheel of my boot. The Hampton Legion, whichhad suffered greatly, was placed on the rightof Jacksons brigade, and Huntons EighthVirginia, as it arrived, upon the right of Hamp-ton; the two latter being drawn somew
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . nforce alike the capacity of commander andtroops, I placed the Forty-ninth Virginia.,in position on the extreme left next to Gar- THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. 97 trell, and as I paused to say a few words toJackson, while hurrying back to the right, myhorse was killed under me by a bursting shell,a fragment of which carried away part of theheel of my boot. The Hampton Legion, whichhad suffered greatly, was placed on the rightof Jacksons brigade, and Huntons EighthVirginia, as it arrived, upon the right of Hamp-ton; the two latter being drawn somewhat tothe rear so as to form with Jacksons right slope of which was cut so deep below the ad-jacent ground as to afford a covered way upto the plateau. Supported by the formidablelines of Federal musketry, these two batterieslost no time in making themselves felt, whilethree more batteries in rear on the high groundbeyond the Sudley and Warrenton cross-roadsswelled the shower of shell that fell amongour ranks. Our own batteries, Imbodens, Stanards,. STONE CHURCH, CENTREVILLE. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN MARCH, 1862.) regiment a reserve, and be ready likewise tomake defense against any advance from thedirection of the Stone Bridge, whence therewas imminent peril from the enemys heavyforces, as I had just stripped that position almostentirely of troops to meet the active crisis onthe plateau, leaving this quarter now coveredonly by a few men, whose defense was other-wise assisted solely by the obstruction of anabatis. With six thousand five hundred men andthirteen pieces of artillery, I now awaited theonset of the enemy, who were pressing for-ward twenty thousand strong, with twenty-four pieces of superior artillery and seven com-panies of regular cavalry. They soon appearedover the farther rim of the plateau, seizing theRobinson house on my right and the Henryhouse opposite my left center. Near the lat-ter they placed in position the tvvo powerful bat-teries of Ricketts and Grif
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