First Bull Run Actions of the East side of the battlefield

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Dec 28, 2014
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Germany
Good day gentlemen,
can anyone provide some details of the action on the East side of the battlefield?
Most sources seem to ignore what happened there.

So far I know that:
- Richardson's Brigade went south and positioned at the Butler house.
- Davies Brigade move there in the morning(when did he arrive?) too.
- Because of the Union artillery fire Longstreet went over Bull Run in the morning but fell back when he saw the size of the Union forces there.
- Bonham only did some recon.
- In the afternoon 2 regiments and some artillery of Bonhamn were moved to Henry Hill.
- Jones Brigade got order before noon the cross at McLeans ford but being tired from a similar attempt in the morning and a measle outbreak the reach the Union most Eastern position not before 3pm.
- Davies regiments saw some action against Jones, Jones had to fall back and marched back over McLeans ford.
- All the time the Brigade of Blenker seems to have been at or near Centreville(does someone know the exact position?) till it was moved to cover the retreat of the Union troops flowing back over the Cub Run.
- By the time Blenker was moved Davies and Richardson got order to pull back and to position themselves south of Centreville.
- Davies got caught by Bonham and Longsteet when they pushed over the Bull Run but Davies managed to cover his retreat by artillery fire.
- Longstreet didn't get far before night fell has Bonham's forces tried to use the same road clogging the road.

Any missing important points on that list?
Any sources that provide more detail?
So long!
 
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