CHAPTER VII.

BULL RUN.

"On to Richmond!"--Sherman's Brigade at Bull Run--Features of Battle--Sherman's Official Report--The Stampede Back to the Potomac--How Sherman Dealt with Mutineers--A Threat that the President Thought he would Execute--Re-organization and Promotion--General McClellan Assumes Command--Sherman's Frank Criticism and Uncomfortable Truth-Telling and Consequent Unpopularity 85