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Bristoe cast an appealing glance at Fairbain, mopping his face vigorously, not knowing what to say, and the other attempted to turn the tide. "Not likely not likely at all no reason why it should be probably just a stray horse you stay back here, Miss Hope Ben and I will find out, and let you know." She looked at the two faces, realizing intuitively that they were concealing something.
Jackson reached Manassas on the night of August 26th, took it, and on the next day destroyed the great depot. General Pope was hastening to protect it, but was delayed by Ewell at Bristoe, and a force sent up from Washington, under the brave General Taylor, was driven off with loss. Then, having achieved his aim, Jackson fell back toward Sudley.
I recognized his tall form and gray hair; and heard his voice in the midst of the cannon, as he cheered on his men." The speaker's face had flushed. His breast rose and fell. "That was the first time," he said. "The second was the other day when he was riding among the enemy's guns near Bristoe I made him out with my glasses." Darke bent down, and gazed at the floor in silence.
At Centreville, a seven miles' march, were 18,000; and at Bristoe Station, about the same distance, 11,000.
Several unimportant and yet hotly contested battles were fought at Sulphur Springs, Thoroughfare Gap, Bristoe Station, etc., and early on the morning of the twenty-ninth commenced the battle of Groveton, by some called the second Bull Run.
At Williamsport the wounded lion halted and turned his pursuer did not assail him and he crossed the Potomac, and descended to the Rapidan, to strike in turn that dangerous blow in October, when Meade was nearly cut off from Washington. With that campaign of Bristoe, and the fiasco of Mine Run, the year of 1863 ended. It left the South bleeding, and what was worse, discouraged.
For two of these days his information of the enemy's movements was very small. While he was marching to Bristoe Station, Pope, for all he knew, might have been marching against Longstreet with his whole force.
We had not long to rest, for at daylight, October 14th, we were again on the road, making quick time. We passed our old camp at Bristoe, and the familiar scenes at Manassas Junction, and crossed Bull Run at Blackman's Ford.
Jackson was concentrating round Manassas Junction. Lee was following Jackson's line of march, but was still beyond Thoroughfare Gap. Between them stood part of Pope's army, the whole of which occupied an irregular quadrilateral formed by lines joining the following points: Warrenton Junction, Bristoe Station, Gainesville, and Thoroughfare Gap.
Not a sound, save the muffled roll of many wheels, broke the stillness of the tranquil valley; only the great dust cloud, rolling always eastward up the slopes of the Manassas plateau, betrayed the presence of war. Beyond Gainesville Jackson took the road which led to Bristoe Station, some seven miles south of Manassas Junction.
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