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Identifier: historyofuniteds02thom (find matches)
Title: A history of the United States
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas, Allen Clapp, 1846-1920. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, D.C. Heath & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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IMPORTANCE OF BULL RUN. 283 The Confederates had also fortified numerous places on theMississippi, as well as points on the Cumberland and Ten-nessee rivers, and were building forts and defences of everykind along the coast. The success of United States troopsin some skirmishes in the mountains of West Virginia gavean undue confidence to the northern people, and even Secre-tary Seward said that the war would be ended in ninetydays. The result of this pressure to advance was the firstbattle of Bull Run, known in the South as Manassas, foughtabout thirty miles southwest of Washington. Contrary tothe general opinion at the time, it appears to have been awell-planned, well-executed battle, until the arrival of rein-forcements for the Confederates at a moment opportune fortheir cause gave them the day, and the Union defeat soonbecame a rout. So severely had the victors suffered thatthey did not attempt to follow up their advantage. Johnston,the Confederate general, said The Confederate arm

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