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Bull Run, battles of.
The gathering of Confederate troops at Manassas Junction (q. v.) required prompt and vigorous movements for the defence of Washington, D. C. Beauregard was there with the main Confederate army, and Gen. J. E. Johnston was at Winchester, in the Shenandoah Valley, with a large body of troops, with which he might reinforce the former.
Gen. Robert Patterson was at Martinsburg with 18,000 Nationals to keep Johnston at Winchester.
Gen. Irvin McDowell was in command of the Department of Virginia, with his headquarters at Arlington House; and, at about the middle of July, 1861, he was ordered to move against the Confederates.
With 20,000 troops he marched from Arlington Heights (July 16), for the purpose of flanking the Confederate right wing.
A part of his troops under General Tyler had a severe battle with them at Blackburn's Ford (July 18), and were repulsed (see Blackburn's Ford, battle of). McDowell found he could not flank the Confederates, so he proceede
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stribling , Cornelius Kinchiloe 1796 -1880 (search)
Stribling, Cornelius Kinchiloe 1796-1880
Naval officer; born in Pendleton, S. C., Sept. 22, 1796; became a midshipman in 1812.
He was assigned to the captured British vessel Macedonian, on her arrival at New York, Jan. 1, 1813; became a lieutenant in 1818, commander in 1840, captain in 1853, commodore in 1862, and rear-admiral on the retired list in 1866.
During a long life, Admiral Stribling was ever active in the service, most of the time afloat.
From 1850 to 1853 he was superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis; commanded the East India Squadron from 1859 to 1861; the Philadelphia navy-yard, 1863-64; the Eastern Gulf blockading squadron, 1864-65, and was a member of the light-house board from 1867 to 1871.
He died in Martinsburg, Va., Jan. 17, 1880.
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