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Excerpt from McDowell and Tyler in the Campaign of Bull Run, 1861 Tyler himself, under date of May 1, 1881, to be used after his death, and now given to the general public by his friends, should be somewhat carefully considered. It is strange that a man of Tyler's ability and experience could, without referring to the records, write, in his memoir, an account of military operations which took place nearly twenty years before. Feeling some apprehension in writing from memory, he says This ends my recollections of the battle of Bull Run, and of my official con nection therewith Since it isnow some twenty three (it was not twenty) years since this unfortunate battle was fought, I may have made some mistakes, although I think not; but before completing this memoir I purpose to examine the official reports of that battle, converse with such officers as were connected with me in the contest, and correct any mis takes or errors which may be contained in this part of my memoirs. That he did not suc ceed in correcting all the mistakes and errors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.