Tie drew back only to come again, and along the whole line the battle closed in once more, fiercer and more deadly than ever.

Upon all the combatants beat the fierce sun of July, and clouds of dust rose to mingle with the smoke of cannon and rifles.
The advantage now lay distinctly with the Northern army, won by its clever passage of Bull Run and surprise.

But the courage and tenacity of the Southern troops averted defeat and rout in detail.

Jackson, in his strong position near the Henry house, in the cellars of which women were hiding, refused to give an inch of ground.

Beauregard, called by the cannon, arrived upon the field only an hour before noon, meeting on the way many fugitives, whom he and his officers drove back into the battle.