anklin, Willcox, and Howard-went back over the long detour of ten miles round by Sudley Ford; these had with them, as yet, two batteries — a total of ten field-pieces; for only the batteries of Ricketts and Griffin were lost in the main battle.
Sherman's brigade, on the other hand, marched eastward, over the ground of the morning's conflict, and recrossed Bull Run at the ford, half a mile above the stone bridge, by which they had approached.
Keyes' brigade, becoming aware of the general retr's Ford up toward the turnpike; while Johnston also sent orders to Bonham to take the remainder of his own and Longstreet's brigades, and move against the line of retreat at Centreville.
Radford, like Stuart, saw that the retreating brigades of Sherman, Keyes, and Schenck were too formidable to attack; and Bonham, on nearing Centreville, found the brigades of Blenker, Richardson, and Davies so well posted, and so superior in numbers, that he was quite content to stop with a mere reconnoissance
aign plans, 171, 172
St. George, W. Va., 151
St. Louis, 116
St. Philip, Fort, 79
Secession, causes of, 1 et seq.; passage of ordinance of, in South Carolina, 5 et seq., 14; true character of, 8; cabal in Washington, 17, 23, 36
Seventh Regiment, N. Y. State Militia, 92 et seq.
Seward, Secretary, opposes relieving Fort Sumter, 51; his idea of the conspiracy, 52; his reply to the rebel commissioners, 54; interview with Judge Campbell, 54, 94
Shepherdstown, 160
Sherman, General W. T., 174
Slavery, false assumption of the South with regard to, 7; the corner-stone of the Confederacy, 43
Slidell, Senator, 37, 40
Slemmer, Lieutenant, 38
Small's Pennsylvania Brigade, 88
Smith, General G. W., 211
Smith, General, Kirby, 194
South Carolina, attitude of, with regard to secession, 1; secession of, 5, 14
South Carolina Commissioners have an interview with President Buchanan, 30; their blindness to their opportunity, 31
Southern States, their differ