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ting thus expressed had, justly, great weight with, and possibly ought to have controlled, me; but all the circumstances led me to the same conclusion. I did stop, and deployed the two brigades on the right and left of the road; and Major Whiting went to the junction to report, and sent me from there further instructions for the night. I made a report after the battle, but did not write the details of Major Whiting's connection with the matter. General McGowan, of Abbeville, and Judge Aldrich, of Barnwell, then on my staff, remember this matter substantially as stated; and probably others of my staff. Yours very truly, M. L. Bonham. General J. E. Johnston. General McDowell's orders for the 21st of July were as follows: Headquarters Department Army of Eastern Virginia, Centreville, July 20, 1861. The enemy has planted a battery on the Warrenton turnpike to defend the passage of Bull Run; has seized the Stone Bridge and made a heavy abattis on the right bank, to opp