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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 7: (search)
To such general remarks in regard to campaigns, sieges, and battles as may seem to me appropriate to the scope and object of my work, I shall append or insert, from time to time, the evidence of reliable actors in those affairs, as well to elucidate obscurity as to correct error. From the official reports it appears that the strength of the two armies was: Confederate, 30,167 men of all arms, with 29 guns; General Beauregard's report. Federal, 35,732 men, General McDowell's return, July 16, 17, 1861. with a body of cavalry, of which only one company is reported, and a large artillery force not shown in the tabular statement. Of these troops, some on both sides were not engaged in the battle. This, it is believed, was the case to a much larger extent on our side than on that of the enemy. He selected the point of attack, and could concentrate his troops for that purpose, but we were guarding a line of some seven miles front, and therefore widely dispersed. For the purpo