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ch toward the landing, and at daylight on the 5th, he had developed the lines of the enemy. But as late as half-past 12 on the 5th, the left wing of Bragg's corps had not appeared. General Johnston, looking at his watch and glancing at the sun, said, This is not war; let us have our horses, and riding to the rear, found that part of the army delayed by the artillery of the reserve corps, which blocked the road. He ordered the road cleared, by which time it was 4 o'clock, too late, as Colonel Munford said in his address, to give battle then. Yet the Federals were in blissful ignorance that an army was drawn up in sight of their lines. A consultation of the Confederates closed with General Johnston quietly remarking, We shall attack them at daylight to-morrow. Col. William Preston, aide-de-camp of the general commanding, in his account of the events of Sunday, April 6th, said: Between dawn and sunrise sharp skirmishing was heard rather more than half a mile in advance in the