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What can it be? We shall see. While Tyler's Artillery has been cannonading the Rebel left, under Evans, at Stone Bridge, fully impressed with the prevailing Union belief that the bridge is not only protected by strong masked batteries, heavy supports of Infantry, and by abatis as well as other defenses, but is also mined and ready to be blown up at the approach of our troops, when in reality the bridge is not mined, and the Rebel force in men and guns at that point has been greatly weakened in anticipation of Beauregard's projected advance upon Centreville, the Union column, under Hunter and Heintzelman, is advancing from Centreville, in the scorching heat and suffocating dust of this tropical July morning, slowly, but surely, along the Warrenton Pike and the cross-road to Sudley Springs Ford a distance of some eight miles of weary and toilsome marching for raw troops in such a temperature in this order: Burnside's Brigade, followed by Andrew Porter's Brigade, both of Hunter's Division; then Franklin's Brigade, followed by Willcox's Brigade, both of Heintzelman's Division.
Anderson wrote, "to decline your proposals, but, I have immediate need of the whole sum which I ask for the paper. If I cannot obtain it, I shall come back to Centreville, though I would prefer to remain here." Upon the receipt of this letter, Ferguson gave up his work for the forenoon, and made a tour of the Village, calling upon all who he thought were likely to have money to lend.
"Gracious me! Yer don't say so! Whar was it?" "Down below Centreville." "Which beat?" "The Confederates drove the Yankees off the field," answered Tom, suspending business long enough to glance at the woman, and see how the intelligence was received. "Yer don't! Then they won't want my old man." Tom was unable to determine whether his hostess was Union or "Secesh" from her words or her looks.
And yet at dawn on the 29th he was absolutely ignorant of the whereabouts of McDowell's army corps; he was but vaguely informed of what had happened during the day; and while part of his army was at Bald Hill, another part was at Centreville, seven miles north-east, and a third at Manassas and at Bristoe, from seven to twelve miles south-east.
Camp at Hart's Mills A ride to the Sulphur Springs Contrabands going north The Vermonters go to New York Jersey Brigade at Warrenton The Sixth corps at Cedar Mountain Retreat to Centreville Battle of Bristoe Station Advance to Warrenton Battle of Rappahannock Station Flight of Lee's army. The camp at Hart's Mills was truly a pleasant one.
In the meantime the Enemy outflanked Richardson at Blackburn's Ford, and we have now to hold Centreville till our men can get behind it. Miles's Division is holding the town. It is reported that Colonel Cameron is killed, Hunter and Heintzelman wounded, neither dangerously. "IRWIN MCDOWELL, "Brigadier-General, Commanding. "Lieutenant-Colonel TOWNSEND." "FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, July 21, 1861.
The most important of these creeks, Young's Branch, joined Bull Run on the extreme left, near the Stone Bridge and Warrenton turnpike, after flowing through the little valley between the Henry Hill and Matthews Hill. Three miles in front, across Bull Run, stood Centreville, the Federal camp and field base during the battle. Sunday, July 21, 1861, was a beautiful midsummer day.
From our camp, at Centreville, we heard the cannonading, and then a sharp musketry-fire. I received orders from General Tyler to send forward Ayres's battery, and very soon after another order came for me to advance with my whole brigade.
Near Groveton they struck the force they were going against King's division of McDowell's corps moving tranquilly toward Centreville. The long blue column Doubleday, Patrick, Gibbon, and Hatch's brigades showed its flank.
"Why, you've only got yourself to take care of, and you own this farm, don't you?" "Yes, but farmin' don't pay much." "I always heard you were pretty comfortable." "So I am," said the old lady, "and maybe I save something; but my income aint as great as yours." "You have only yourself to look after, and it is cheap living in Centreville." "I don't fling money away.
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