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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 1 (search)
om Harper's Ferry. affair near Romney. General Patterson again marches on Martinsburg. battle ofaryland, who reported that the armies of Generals Patterson and McClellan were to unite at Winchestestly out of position for either object, for Patterson's route from Chambersburg lay through Williaion of its forces at Harper's Ferry; for General Patterson's invasion was to be from Chambersburg, rrived. About the 10th of the month, General Patterson, who had been organizing and instructingd there, mounted in them. On the 2d, General Patterson's army, which had been strongly reenforcre engaged with this little rear-guard. General Patterson's report. On this intelligence, recet quite nine thousand men, of all arms. General Patterson's was about twenty thousand, I believe, ithfield. This gave the impression that General Patterson's design was to continue this movement twhether to attempt to defeat or to elude General Patterson. The latter, if practicable, was to be [7 more...]
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 2 (search)
with the opinion that it was necessary to attack the enemy next morning, to decide the event before the arrival of General Patterson's forces. Meanwhile, it might reasonably be expected all of ours would be united. Delay was dangerous, because it was not to be hoped that our movement from Winchester could be concealed from General Patterson more than twenty-four hours; or that, after learning it, he would fail to follow the movement, and march promptly to join McDowell. Battle being inevitorth-northwest — the direction of the road from Harper's Ferry. This excited apprehensions of the near approach of General Patterson's army. General McDowell had marched from the Potomac with instructions from the general-in-chief to turn the rhing toward us, and was then but three or four miles from our left flank. Although it seemed to me impossible that General Patterson could have come up so soon, and from that direction, I fixed on a new field upon which to concentrate our whole for
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 14 (search)
ed either as a place from which to operate against General McClellan, coming from the West, or Patterson, or McDowell; that suddenly he changed his tactics, and represented that the position was unte position at or near Winchester, where for several days, if not weeks, he remained in front of Patterson with the avowed object of crushing him-replying to suggestions and orders from Richmond to reeeneral Beauregard at Manassas, that it was essential that he should keep between McClellan and Patterson, to prevent their junction; and that when, finally, he obeyed an imperative and repeated order was out of position to defend the Valley, or to prevent General McClellan's junction with General Patterson. These were the obvious and important objects to be kept in view. Besides being in positnd the President thought more urgently required. If I had been professing to be able to crush Patterson, those regiments would not have been sent to me, nor would the President have explained See h