Excerpt from A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenandoah, in 1861 It was of course desirable for those who had directed the movements at Bull Run to refer their defeat, if pos sible, to an occurrence for which they were not respon sible, and not allow it to be attributed to any want of foresight or military skill on their part. The theory, therefore, that it was J ohnston's unexpected arrival with reinforcements that lost them the battle, for which I was entirely responsible, answered the purpose exactly, was most ingenious, and highly gratifying to the wounded self-love of the army and the country. 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.