At the same time, Hunter's and Heintzelman's divisions would cross Bull Run at Sudley Springs and attack from the north. McDowell's troops involved in the flanking column, reached their jumping off positions two and a half hours behind schedule. Tyler's and Davies attacks at the Stone Bridge and Blackburn's Ford were already well under way, and the Confederate high command was beginning to sense an advantage because the Union attacks were not pressed very hard...
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When Beauregard was notified that Federal troops were massing on his left flank, he realized that this must be the main attack so began to shift his own troop dispositions. The Federals had about 18,000 men in the main attack column and it was only thanks to the quick reactions of Colonel "Shank" Evans and his small brigade that Beauregard did not suffer a major disaster...
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1st Battle of Bull run He quickly moved his small force to Matthew's Hill to block the Federal move. Sounds of the fighting drew other brigade commanders to Evans' aid on their own initiative...	3 / 646
Bull Run At the same time, Hunter's and Heintzelman's divisions would cross Bull Run at Sudley Springs and attack from the north. McDowell's troops involved in the flanking column, reached their jumping off positions two and a half hours behind schedule...	3 / 702
Battle of Bull Run The few Confederate pickets there quickly retreated. On the 18th the first elements reached the hamlet of Centerville. A brigade was sent out from Centerville to reconnoiter the confederate lines, they found the confederates and lost 80 men...	3 / 734
battle of the wilderness When they attacked the Federal left flank around 11 A.M., they routed the weary Federals. Longstreet followed on this success by ordering the rest of Field's division (Benning's brigade, Perry's brigade, and the Texas Brigade) forward...	2 / 553