ALONG THE POTOMAC.
After the reverse at Bull Run, it became evident that a war of gigantic
proportions was now in progress. Throughout the North regiments
were equipped and hurried to the seat of war. Recruiting went on
with equal rapidity in the Southern States, so that by the first of
October two of the largest armies ever mustered on the continent were
fronting each other on the banks of the Potomac, and it seemed as if
another was to be added to the list of the great battles of the world.
But such was not to be, for a masterly inactivity seemed to characterize
both.
