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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., McDowell's advance to Bull Run. (search)
g south-easterly, is about half-way between Centreville and Manassas Junction, and, owing to its ab1862. McDowell was compelled to wait at Centreville until his provision wagons arrived and he cad halted and bivouacked on the roads about Centreville. Notwithstanding Beauregard's elation overand 20th the bivouacs of McDowell's army at Centreville, almost within cannon range of the enemy, we of artillery was to remain in reserve at Centreville, prepare defensive works there and threaten to Bull Run, but the day before we reached Centreville the kilts were the cause of his drawing upoiform of Blenker's 8th New York volunteers. Centreville, they had walked about 25 miles. That nightision, covered the retreat of the army from Centreville, which he describes as follows: in this posceived orders to advance upon the road from Centreville to Warrenton. This order was executed with ready to repel any attack on the road from Centreville to Fairfax Court House, Annandale to Washin[17 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Responsibilities of the first Bull Run. (search)
od the roads leading to the enemy's camp at Centreville from the different parts of our line south 8 brigades were on the right of the line to Centreville, and but 1 to the left of it at a distance t 4 brigades were directed to the attack of Centreville, of which one and a half had not yet arrivewere to move forward to the Union Mills and Centreville road, there to hold themselves in readinesst object. General McDowell marched from Centreville by the Warrenton Turnpike with three divisiore 5, when the retreat of the enemy toward Centreville began, I sent orders to Brigadier-General Bour right, so that troops of ours, going to Centreville then, if not prevented by the Federal divisal Ewell's part than making the movement to Centreville. A brief passage in my official report 464): Soon thereafter, the army withdrew to Centreville, a better position for defense, but not forvious chapter, the retreat of our army from Centreville has been described, and reference has been [8 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 12.47 (search)
s, on the 26th of January, ordered to proceed at once to report to General A. S. Johnston at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and thence as promptly as possible to assume my new command at Columbus, which, said my orders, is threatened by a powerful force, and the defense of which is of vital importance. Dispatching Colonel Thomas Jordan, my chief of staff, to Richmond, with a view to secure from the War Department certain aids to the proper organization of the troops I was to command, I left Centreville on the 2d of February and reached Bowling Green about the 5th. General Johnston, whom I had never seen before, welcomed me to his department with a cordiality and earnestness that made a deep impression on me at the time. As he informed me, General Buell's army, fully 75,000 strong, was on the line of Bacon Creek, on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, about 40 miles from Bowling Green. General Grant had about 20,000 men in hand at or about Cairo, ready to move either upon Fort Henry