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MIMIC BATTLE OF BULL RUN
B$ulart and Militia to "Go Through the
'Motions" onEiatorio Ground. '
DUfUCATING MANEUVERS OF GREAT FIGHT
TvatT-rtv TktMimi Ma in Battle .
Array to Emiltlo In Mormata
... of OeaeraU' pyp and Laa
, Fortr lar As. .
Tha BatUa of Bull Run will U fought
over agalrf. ' J '
Few batclaa tn tlia "world hava causad
aa much dlaeuaalon.; bltternaaa and put at
ataka ao many personal reputation aa tha
aaeoajj, Battle of Bull Ran.' at Manassaa
Juactloo.- foucht August 9 and 30. 18(2.
Major General John Pope had as hla enemy
Qenaral Stonewall Jackson. Tha federal
forces were defeated, and tha loss on both
aldea waa tremendous.
Aa an object lesson to the new generation
Major General. Henry C Corbtn will put
16.000 men on the famous Virginia battle
fleld from September t to 3D and rehearae
In dalaU the struggle ef those days. It
will be the greatest mlmlo battle ever held
In the. world. It cannot fall te be of tre
mendoua importance In military circles,
and aa a colossal show event It will be
eagerly watched by everyone who can pos
sibly afford the money and time to go to
, Virginia on that day.
Eighteen, thousand militiamen and T.O0O
regulars will take part and the fighting
will oover an are of fifty square mliea.
Ths. movements of troop will follow rx
ctly evory . movement made by Pope a"rid
: Jaoksom V'. -
MvJor General Corbln will direct tha bat"
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tie, and General Adna Chaffee, lieutenant
genera! of the army, will be a dlatln
aTulshed spectator. . It la probable that
President Roosevelt and hla cabinet will
be eager onlookers, and hundreds of sur
viving veterans on. both, side have an
nounced tbelr intention to be on (ha field.
General Joseph Wheeler Intends to be
there, and leaser men on both sides. The
mayor of New York, Mr. George B. Mc
Clellan, will be offered a prominent seat,
as his distinguished father waa vitally in
terested tn the result of this t erring battle.
, Marking the Field.
The fleld around Manassas Junction,
where two auch colossal battles were
fought. Is being surveyed and the chief
points marked out for tha coming conflict.
The monument, which marks the bloodiest
spot of conflict of that terrible day. Is
the ony change in the field since 1862. The
oountry In that part of Virginia la very
beautiful, but Is sparsely settled. It will
be easy of access to thousands of specta
tors. This especial battle has been chosen for
the maneuvers becauae the question asked
about it aeem never to have beerv answered.
It waa not only a crushing defeat for
the federals, incurring a great toss of life
to ' the confederates, - but It waa followed
by a storm of personal abuse, military
decapitations and court-martials.
Jt waa preceded by all manner of trouble
between the aecretary ot war, Mr. Stanton,
and famoua federal generals In the field.
General Pope waa called from the army
In the weal to take charge of the itwly
organised army of Virginia, with superior
rank over superior officers, thus creating
quite a storm. General Pope keenly ob
; Joe ted to his position, but the secretary of
War held him to It. I
The recent Mampeon-gohley controversy
waa as nothing eompsred te the court
martial of General Fits John Porter, which
followed this battle.
. There were a thousand "lf" ranging
over every troop movement. The papera,
the records and the atmosphere were fillet J
with explanHtlon and apologies , which
finally went Into personal taunts. - '
The fighting was so e'ose at hand, so
bloody and so terlble In effect that even
now. It la aBsertrd, no correct records of
the dead have been gotten at.'
It haa remained the most discussed bat
tle of the four years; war, and no one has
been silent In the discussion, y
Its military and hltorl importance came
as much from Its object as from Its defi
nite fight and result.
Washington and Richmond were at stake.
General Le wanted to capture the north,
era capital and General MoOeiUa wanted
to. capture the southern capital. The bat
tle wee full Of surprises, changes. Indi
vidual leadership, tragedy and ml'ltary
genius. ( ' .
prtala at Nlekaasna.
General Jaeamoa atoo4 like a atone wall,
aa he waa christened by Bee of South Car
olina, at the Diet battle of Bull Run, a
nickname which took the place forever ot
his baptismal name.
General Lee had to decide between Rich
mond and Washington, and by a piece of
military genius, which went Into history,
withdrew his forces in great number from
the defense of. Richmond and throw them
to assault the Army of Virginia, leaving
General McCleUah to believe thai Rich
mond waa still well defended.
It la Impossible to tell with precision
the number of men actually present on
the field at the battle of Bull Run. All
return contradict each other. The moat
careful study of the subject, based upon
tho beat information, Juntlfles the conclu
sion that General Pope had 83,000 man
against M.000 of the confederates.
Colonel William Allen, the chief of ord
nance1, Army of Northern Virginia, glvea
the accepted figures that General Pope bad
10,000 men and Lea had 49)000,
Out of these men the confederates lost ,
1,533 killed, 7,813 wounded and 109 missing', a ;
total of M74. .
Tha loss of the union army on August )
and 30 is not separately reported, but c'ur-
ling the full. number of day of that cam
paign the union army lost 1,717 killed, f,t!2
wounded and 4.263 captured and mlrstng; a
total ot H4G2.
One email half hour spent byvboth armies
at the spot, on which the monument row
stands tells a sufficient tale'of tragedy.. It
waa on Friday afternoon when Grover's
brigade charged Jackson's center, Grover
led five regiments, with 1,5(0 men, and In
twenty minutes lost about ons -third of hi
men, in exact figures 486 killed.
General Robert E, Lee reported that
jVhan the Fourteenth South Carolina regi
ment was repelling an attack men were
killing each other at ten paces.
It was fast, furious and hideous, and out
of this terrible tangle of death, discussion
and disaster there has resulted a colossal
fntoKCogation point. Why? the world has
asked for forty years.
Major General CornlnNrlll try to give the
present army a sufficient nmrwer to that
question.
General Pope's own story, an abstract of
which la given here, is from the Century
Magsslue.
General Pope's Oir Story.
The second battle of Bull Run as well
as the .campaign which preceded it have
been, and no doubt still are, greatly mis
understood. Probably they will remain
during this generation a matter of con
troversy Into which personal feeing and
prejudice so largely enter that dispas
sionate Judgment cannot now be looked for.
I well undorstand. aa doe every military
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man, how difficult and how thankless wa Bprlnga road east of It. The railroad grade
the task Imposed upon me, and I do not
hesitate to say that. I-would gladly have
avoided It If I could have done so, con
sistent with duty. i.
To confront with a small army greatly
superior forces, to fight battle without
the hope of victory, but only to gain time
by. delaying the forward movement 'of the
enemy, Is a duty the most htvsardous and
the most difficult that can be Imposed, upon
any general or any army. . W.hil such
operations require the highest courage and
endurance on the part of the troop, they
are unlikely , to be understood or appreci
ated, and the results, however successful
In view of tho object aimed at, have little
la them to attract public commendation
or applause.
I did hope that "In the course of these
operations the' enemy might commit some
Imprudence or leave some opening of
indicates almost exaotly the line occupied
by Jackson's force, our own line confront
ing It from left to right. The whole fleld
was free from obstacle to movement of
troops, and noarly so to maneuvers, with
only a few eminences, and these of a na
ture to have been seised and easily held by
our troops, even against superior numbers.
It would be difficult to find anywhere in
Virginia a more perfect field, of battle
than that on which the second battle of
Lull Run was fought.
Bilfel 1st Action.
Sigel attacked the enemy at daylight On
the morning of the 2Uth, about a mile east
of Groveton, where be was Joined by the
divisions of Hooker and Kearney, Jackson
foil back, but waa so closely pressed by
thetiu forces that be Was obliged to make
a ttand. He accordingly took up bis po-
which I could take some advantage as to l"
gain at least a partial success. This op- "bankment. extending along hla entire
portunity was presented . by", the advance frc,"t- butteries, some of them of heavy
of General Btonewell Jackson on Manassas call!er' wr"- I,08te(1 behlnd the rle n
Junction; but although the best disposi
tion possible In my view waa made the
object waa frustrated by cause which
could not have been foreseen, and which,
perhaps, are not yet completely known to
tho country.
Movements of Jiektos,
Stonewall Jackson' movement on Manas
sas Junction waa plainly seen and promptly
reported, and I notified General llalleck of
It. ,
'On the alght of August M, Jackson's ad
vaaoe struck the Orange Alexandria
railroad at Manassa Junction, and made
It plain to in that all the .reinforcements
and movement ot the troop promised me
had altogether failed.
The movement of Jackson presented the
only opportunity which had offered to gain
any success over the superior force of
the enemy. I determined, therefore, on the
the open ground, while the mass of hla
troop were sheltered by woods and the
railroad embankment.
I arrived on the field from Cent&rvllle,
about noon and found the opposing forces
confronting each other, both considerably
cut up by the severe action in which they
had been engaged since daylight,
The troop were permitted to rest for a
time, oiitl to leaupply themselves with am
munition. From 1:30 to 4 o'clock p. m. very
stvere eoi'filcts occurred repeatedly all
along the line, and tliVre was a continuous
roar of artillery and" small arms, with
scarcely an intermission. -
from I o'clock In the day until some
time after dark tb fighting all along our
lines was severe and bloody, and our losses
were very heavy.
In this battle the Fifth corps, under Gen
eral Fit John Porter took no part what-
pro vision I was sot able to wait an at
tack of the enemy.. The enemy advancing
to the assault, our whole line waa aoon
furiously engaged. The action was sevoro
for several' hours,' the enemy bringing up
heavy v reserve and pouring mas after
mass of hi troop on our left. He vn
able also to . present an equal force all
along bur line of battle. Notwithstanding
the disadvantages under which we la
bored our troop held their ground with
utmost firmness and obstinacy. The loss
on both sides waa heavy.
I By dark our left had been forced back
half pr three-quarters of a mile, but still
remained firm and unbroken, and still
held the Warrenton pike on our rear,
while Our right wa also driven back
equally far, but in good order and with
out confusion, v At dark the enemy took
possession of the Sudley Springs road and
was la position to threaten our line of
communication. . .
The result of the battle of the 0tb eon
yinced me that we were no longer able
to hold our positions so far to tha front,
and. so tar away from the absolute neces
safle of Ufa, suffering, a were men and
hpraea from fatigue and hunger, and
weakened by heavy' losses in 'battles.
About I o'clock, in the evening, therefore,
I sent written orders to the corps com
mander to withdraw lolsvirely to Center
vine. The withdrawal waa" made slowly,
quietly and in good order, no attempt
whatever being made by the enemy to
obstruct our movement. Philadelphia
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morning of August r7to abandon the line j'c -tr, but remained all day In column with
Of the Rappahannock and throw my whole j out even dploylng Into line of battle or
force in the direction of Gainesville and
Manassa Junction to crush any force of
the tnemy that had passed through Thor
oughfare Gap and to Interpose between
Lee's army and Bull Run.
With Jackson at and near Grovetown on
the 28th, with McDowell on the west and
the feat 0( the army oa the east ot him,
while Lee, with a mas of hi army, was
still west Of Thoroughfare Gap, the situ
ation for ua wa certainly as favorable as
the most sanguine person could dealre, and
the proepeCt of crushing Jackson, sand
wiched between such force, waa certainly
excellent.
To my great disappointment and sur
prise, however, I learned toward daybreak
that King' division had fallen back toward
Manaaaaa Junction and that neither Blgel
nor Reynold bad gone to the eupport of
King. An Immediate change wa neces
sary In the disposition of th troop under
my command.
Th field of battle practically limited to
the apace between the old railroad grade
front Dudley to Gainesville, If prolonged,
acroa th Warrenton pike and the budley
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r aking nny effort In force to And out what
Mas in their front.
That General Porter knew of the progress
of the battle on his right, and that he
believed the union army wa being de
feated, la shown by his own dispatches to
McPowelt. For this action or nonaction
he baa been on the one band likened to
Benedict Arnold and on the other favorably
compared with George Washington.
A (hot at Porter.
Taking the enemy' own account of the
battle that afternoon,' It la not unreason
able to say that If General Porter bad
attacked Longstreet's right with 10,000
men while the latter waa engaged on
JacksonVrlght tha effect would have been
conclusive. Porter case Is the first I
find recorded In military history In which
the theory has been seriously put forth,
that the hero of tha battle 1 tb man who
keep out of It. ......
Between 13 and o'clock on the day
of the loth I waa obliged to assume, the
aggreaaiv or fall back, a for want if
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