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CHAPTER VII.

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"ON TO RICHMOND." Meeting of Congress--March of the Grand Army of the Union--The First Battle of Bull Run--Disgraceful Rout--Appeal of Senator Breckinridge--Patriotic Reply of Colonel Baker--War Preparations-- General McClellan Placed in Command--General Scott's Advice to Him --Surrender of Mason and Slidell--Disastrous Engagement at Ball's Bluff.