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VIEW EH031 TIIE HENRY HILL DURING TIIE ATTACK UPON JACKSON, ABOUT FOUR O’CLOCK,

AUGUST 30TH. FROM A SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.

In the foreground Reynolds’s division is marching to the defense of the, left flank, 'where Milroy is fighting onBald Hill. The stone house on the turnpike is seen in the hollow.— Editors.

horse, lay flat on the animal’s neck, clapped spurs into his sides and dashedoff. Instantly a half-dozen shots rang out, and before he had gone thirtysteps he fell. He had been in the army all his life, and we knew him andrespected him. His body was sent over the lines under a flag of truce. [Seep. 538.] The forces we had been fighting at Ox Hill proved to be the rear-guard covering the retreat of the Federals into Washington.! They escapedand we abandoned further pursuit.

The entire Bull Run campaign up to Ox Hill was clever and brilliant. Itwas conceived entirely by General Lee , who held no such consultation over it ashe had done in beginning the Seven Days’ campaign. The movement aroundPope was not as strong as it should have been. A skillful man could haveconcentrated against me or Jackson, and given us severe battles in detail. Isuppose Pope tried to get too many men against Jackson before attacking. Ifhe had been satisfied with a reasonable force he might have overwhelmed him.

General Pope, sanguine by nature, was not careful enough to keep himselfinformed about the movements of his enemy. At half-past four on the after-noon of the 29th, he issued an order for Porter to attack Jackson’s right,supposing I was at Thoroughfare Gap, when in fact I had been in positionsince noon, and was anxiously awaiting attack. It has been said that GeneralStuart, by raising a dust in front of Porter, so impressed him that he did notoffer battle. I know nothing of the truth of the story, and never heard of ittill after the war. If from any such cause Porter was prevented from attack-ing me, it was to our disadvantage and delayed our victory twenty-fourhours. Porter knew I was in his front. He had captured one or two of mymen, which gave him information of my position before he actually saw me.If Porter had not appeared when he did I would have attacked by our right

1 It appears from the official reports that the Union force encountered hy Jackson at Chantilly (OxHill) was the advance of Pope ’s army, which had changed front in anticipation of attack down LittleRiver Pike. (See pp. 492, 493.) — Editors.