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Quiet Sunday
It is a quiet Sunday. Confederate President Jefferson Davis write
to General P.G.T. Beauregard at Manasses, Virginia regarding
the recent victory at Manasses. Davis in referring to pressing the
defeated Federal Army after the battle "it would have been
extremely hazardous to have done more than was performed."
General Irwin McDowell files his report on the Battle of Bull Run on
this day. Here are the concluding lines from the report. Manasses
is one of the great 'ifs" of history
"In conclusion, I desire to say in reference to the events of the
21st ultimo, that the general order for the battle to which I have
referred was, with slight modifications, literally conformed to; that
the corps were brought over Bull Run in the manner proposed,
and put into action as before arranged, and that, up to late in the
afternoon, every movement ordered was carrying us successfully
to the object we had proposed before starting - that of getting to
the railroad leading from Manassas to the valley of Virginia, and
going on it far enough to break up and destroy the
communication, and interpose between the forces under
Beauregard and those under Johnston; and could we have fought
a day-yes, a few hours-sooner, there is everything to show that
we should have continued successful, even against the odds with
which we contended."
It is a quiet Sunday. Confederate President Jefferson Davis write
to General P.G.T. Beauregard at Manasses, Virginia regarding
the recent victory at Manasses. Davis in referring to pressing the
defeated Federal Army after the battle "it would have been
extremely hazardous to have done more than was performed."
General Irwin McDowell files his report on the Battle of Bull Run on
this day. Here are the concluding lines from the report. Manasses
is one of the great 'ifs" of history
"In conclusion, I desire to say in reference to the events of the
21st ultimo, that the general order for the battle to which I have
referred was, with slight modifications, literally conformed to; that
the corps were brought over Bull Run in the manner proposed,
and put into action as before arranged, and that, up to late in the
afternoon, every movement ordered was carrying us successfully
to the object we had proposed before starting - that of getting to
the railroad leading from Manassas to the valley of Virginia, and
going on it far enough to break up and destroy the
communication, and interpose between the forces under
Beauregard and those under Johnston; and could we have fought
a day-yes, a few hours-sooner, there is everything to show that
we should have continued successful, even against the odds with
which we contended."