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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
ed success is almost invariably the prelude to a defeat. Still, nothing was yet lost; it only required a final effort to wrest the approaches of the Manassas plateau from the troops who had so persistently defended it. The effort could be made. Howard's brigade of Heintzelman's division, which had scarcely been in action, passed to the front on the right and reopened the fighting. During this time, the turnpike having been cleared of all the obstacles which obstructed it as far as the stonein-chief had not a single fresh regiment at his disposal; Ewell and Bonham had not yet had time to arrive, while Early, whom he had summoned to the field of battle at eleven o'clock in the morning, had not yet made his appearance. At this moment Howard recommenced the attack. The Confederate general was watching him anxiously when he perceived in the prolongation of the Federal lines a great cloud of dust rising above the tree-tops. It was evidently a body of troops which, not having yet take