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Article: American Civil War: "The Fatal Blunder of the Day".(artillery deployment at Bull Run)
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- FA Journal
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- July 1, 2001
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The Artillery Fight at the First Battle of Bull Run
"It was at this time that McDowell [the Federal commander], committed, as I think, the fatal blunder of the day by ordering both Ricketts' and Griffin's batteries to cease firing and move across the turnpike to the top of Henry Hill....The short time required to effect the change enabled Beauregard [the Confederate commander] to arrange his new line of battle on the highest crest of the hill."
Captain John D. Imboden
Commander, Staunton (Virginia) Artillery Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, 1887, Vol. 1,194.
Artillery, when used properly, often brings success in battle. In the ...