“Upon our country’s border lay
Holding the ruthless foe at bay,”—
Manassas: By Mrs. C. A. Warfield, July 1861. (E. V. M.)
“They have met at last, as storm clouds
Meet in heaven,”—
Manassas Races: Popular Newspaper Version. (W. L.)
“The mighty army of the North is whipped. And its remains
Are scattered in confusion o’er Virginia’s sandy plains,”—
Manassas, 21 July, 1861: By Mrs. Mary S. Whitaker. (S. L. M. August, 1861, from the Richmond Despatch, August 12, 1861.)
“Brightly gleamed the dazzling summer sky,