Excerpt from Down South, Vol. 2 of 2: Or an Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War The intended attack of the Federal forces was ascertained a few days previous. Accordingly, General J ohnston - who had command of the army of the Shenandoah, posted at Winchester - arrived at Manassas on Friday the 19th, with Of his division, in order to reinforce the army of the Potomac, of which he was appointed Commander in-chief. This new arrangement, however, did not interfere with the plans of General Beaure gard, who was left to carry out his previously prepared designs, assured, meanwhile of the cordial co-operation of' General Johnston. The night before the battle, as may well be conceived, was one of much interest and occupation. The military orders for the forthcoming day were pre pared, and expectation was on tip-toe until the morning dawned. Oh How many manly hearts throbbed wildly that night, thinking how the for tunes of war would turn on the ensuing day How many fixed their thoughts on home and its endearments, and recalled wife, children, and re latives with a sigh and a prayer How many brave, noble fellows, hale in body and strong of soul, gazed from out their tents upon the pale star-light, and beheld the sun rise in the heavens for the last time About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.