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CHAPTER XLIV.
It would be idle to attempt a description of the disappointment and consternation that befel the Northern people, when it was announced that " the
grand army of the Union," had been defeated on the plains of Manassas. In
the opinion of the North, the Southern people were a race of braggarts and
vain boasters; of good soldierly qualities, perhaps, and not wanting in courage ;
capable of making a brilliant charge, but lacking those powers of endurance,
and that tenacity of purpose, which the North claimed to be the most prominent characteristics of the men of its own section. In brief, the Southerners
were regarded by their opponents, as a fiery, and impulsive, but radically
effeminate people, who talked eloquently and boasted largely; but whose
resolves had always come to nought when put to a practical test, and who
were the last persons in the world that had sufficient self-control to shroud
their doings in silence and mystery, as they did in their preparations for the
coming struggle. How greatly the North erred in its estimate of Southern
character, the battle of Manassas, or Bull's Run, as it is sometimes called,
most conclusively showed.
The news of the defeat of the Federal army was received in Baltimore
with great satisfaction by those entertaining Southern views, while on the
other hand, the "Union" men appeared to be uneasy and greatly depressed
in spirits. With the exception of such feeling as was naturally engendered on
both sides in consequence of the state of affairs, the city was very quiet for
nearly two months afterward, and that period is therefore, nearly devoid of
stirring incident.
In the history of a war of such gigantic proportions, and spread over so
wide a territory, we are obliged to call the reader's attention somewhat
abruptly from one field of operations to another, as the current events, by their
relation to Maryland and their importance, seem to demand. We now return
to a naval exploit on the Chesapeake Bay, in which several daring Marylanders took a prominent part. On June 28th, the steamer St. Nicholas,
Captain Jacob Kirwan, running between Baltimore and the various landings
on the Potomac, left the city, at her usual time, having on board about
fifty passengers. Everything passed off as usual, until the boat arrived at
Point Lookout, on Sunday morning, June 30th. Here several of the
passengers landed, and Captain George N. Hollins, late of the United
States Navy, who had resigned and joined the Confederate service, came
on board. Among those passengers who embarked at Baltimore, was a
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000482 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAPTER XLIV. It would be idle to attempt a description of the disappointment and consternation that befel the Northern people, when it was announced that " the grand army of the Union," had been defeated on the plains of Manassas. In the opinion of the North, the Southern people were a race of braggarts and vain boasters; of good soldierly qualities, perhaps, and not wanting in courage ; capable of making a brilliant charge, but lacking those powers of endurance, and that tenacity of purpose, which the North claimed to be the most prominent characteristics of the men of its own section. In brief, the Southerners were regarded by their opponents, as a fiery, and impulsive, but radically effeminate people, who talked eloquently and boasted largely; but whose resolves had always come to nought when put to a practical test, and who were the last persons in the world that had sufficient self-control to shroud their doings in silence and mystery, as they did in their preparations for the coming struggle. How greatly the North erred in its estimate of Southern character, the battle of Manassas, or Bull's Run, as it is sometimes called, most conclusively showed. The news of the defeat of the Federal army was received in Baltimore with great satisfaction by those entertaining Southern views, while on the other hand, the "Union" men appeared to be uneasy and greatly depressed in spirits. With the exception of such feeling as was naturally engendered on both sides in consequence of the state of affairs, the city was very quiet for nearly two months afterward, and that period is therefore, nearly devoid of stirring incident. In the history of a war of such gigantic proportions, and spread over so wide a territory, we are obliged to call the reader's attention somewhat abruptly from one field of operations to another, as the current events, by their relation to Maryland and their importance, seem to demand. We now return to a naval exploit on the Chesapeake Bay, in which several daring Marylanders took a prominent part. On June 28th, the steamer St. Nicholas, Captain Jacob Kirwan, running between Baltimore and the various landings on the Potomac, left the city, at her usual time, having on board about fifty passengers. Everything passed off as usual, until the boat arrived at Point Lookout, on Sunday morning, June 30th. Here several of the passengers landed, and Captain George N. Hollins, late of the United States Navy, who had resigned and joined the Confederate service, came on board. Among those passengers who embarked at Baltimore, was a |
