...n of the foe. Thousands of infantry filed handsomely off in the direction of Fall's Church, their faces delighted with thoughts of the expected conflict. The 1st Regiment, commanded by Col. Fry and Major Skinner , was preceded by a band of music, and just behind it was heard the loud rumbling of the famous Washington Artillery. As the heavy carriages, mounted with the gloomy-mouthed cannon which swept down ...