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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 5 (search)
ten soon after his return from McDowell, was delivered to me. In it he described the position of the Federal army, near Strasburg, and asked instructions. These were given at once, and were to advance and attack, unless he found the enemy too strongly intrenched. Instead of moving directly on Strasburg, General Jackson took the road by Front Royal, to turn the Federal army. His movement was so prompt as to surprise the enemy completely. Ewell, who was leading, captured most of the troopnt Royal, and pressed on to Winchester, by the direct road, with his troops, while Jackson, turning across to that from Strasburg, struck the main Federal column in flank, and drove a large part of it back toward Strasburg. The pursuit was pressed Strasburg. The pursuit was pressed to Winchester, but the Federal troops continued their flight into Maryland. Two thousand prisoners were taken in this pursuit. After reaching the Chickahominy, General McClellan's troops advanced very slowly. Sumner's, Franklin's, and Porter's
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
the sake of discipline, that you have this rule enforced. It will save much time and trouble, and create the belief in the army that I am its commander; and moreover will enable you to see both sides of every case (the military and personal) at once. I have just received information from General Whiting that the enemy's forces near Evansport have just been considerably increased, both on land and on water. And from General Jackson, that from Moorefield the enemy has a graded road to Strasburg, passing a good deal to the south of Winchester. Most respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. E. Johnston, General. Headquarters, Centreville, February 25, 1862. To his Excellency the President: I respectfully inclose a copy of a report by Major-General Jackson. Brigadier-General Whiting informs me that Brigadier-General French and Captain Chatard think it impracticable to make the desired movement by water. I submit General French's letter on the subject. The land transport
in operations between Washington and Manassas Junction. In this game Patterson was out-generalled. Johnston excelled his antagonist alike in boldness and caution, in vigilance and activity. Keeping his communication with the Manassas line intact, he could not be deceived by Patterson's feint demonstrations, but just so soon as the latter had fallen back toward the Potomac, he set out at once, from Winchester, to join Gen. Beauregard's column near Manassas Junction, marching 18 miles to Strasburg, and proceeding thence, about 50 miles, by railroad. He arrived not an hour too soon, with 20 regiments. His men had one night to rest before waking to meet the bloodiest fury of the battle on the left of Stone Bridge. I will not say that Gen. Johnston's presence was absolutely necessary to turn the scale in our favor. I firmly believe that General Beauregard's force was considerable enough, its disposition skilful enough, its defences strong enough, its men and officers determined e
d on arriving learned that about 500 rebel cavalry had passed through, some hours before our arrival, toward Winchester. No other force was between Martinsburg and Winchester, and there had been none there for a week. The report and prevailing belief the day we arrived, and until late the next day, were that the enemy were preparing to leave Winchester. In the evening, however, it leaked out that information had been brought to headquarters that Johnston had been largely reinforced from Strasburg, and was intrenching himself as though determined to make a stand at Winchester. Then came the order to be ready to march at daybreak, and the men and many of the officers thought, of course, it was to be upon Winchester. But those doubted who knew that no sufficient supplies had been brought for an advance far into the interior, and who had observed that all day Sunday the large trains that had been for a week hauling the supplies to Martinsburg were hauling them back to Williamsport.
cted in the open field on either side, being drawn up in companies. This was the regular order of the immediate advance, and after them followed the rest of the vast army, who now throng the Winchester streets almost as thick as ants. We found that the most infamous stories had been circulated here as elsewhere all along the route, of the Lincoln horde; of their intention to ravish women, murder children, and arm the slaves against their masters, etc. General Banks will not stop here. Strasburgh is only eighteen miles off, and that place will succumb ere many days. At Charlestown the women still remain bitter and intense foes of the, Union, while nearly all the men are off, enrolled in the confederate States army. To show the enmity of the fair there, I will mention that one of the Press Brigade craved a room at the house of a lady on Main street. She met him at the door with flashing eyes, said that if he was hungry she would give him something to eat, but that she would sooner
he west, the Valley Turnpike road leading to Strasburg in the centre, and the Front Royal road on theadquarters Shields' division, camp near Strasburgh, Va., March 26, 1862. Major H. G. Armstrong, A. headquarters Third brigade, camp near Strasburgh, March 22. Nathan Kimball, Colonel Commandi proceeded to join you on the advance toward Strasburg in pursuit of the enemy, and have arrived atr late operations. My reconnaissance beyond Strasburg, on the eighteenth and nineteenth inst., disal Banks, in his pursuit of the enemy beyond Strasburg afterwards, found houses on the road. twentbattle: headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Strasburg, March 26. The Commanding General of the on the west, the Valley Turnpike leading to Strasburg in the centre, and the Front Royal road on td by the Federal troops several miles beyond Strasburg, where the chase was abandoned, the forces wntinued firing was heard in the direction of Strasburg. Little attention was paid to it, however, [11 more...]
ng the bridges and driving our troops toward Strasburgh with great loss. Owing to what was deemed axplore the roads leading from Front Royal to Strasburgh, Middletown, Newtown, and Winchester, and asch they joined at Williamsport. They had at Strasburgh a very sharp conflict with the enemy, in whifantry, artillery and cavalry — fell back to Strasburgh, where they found the Zouaves d'afrique. Th The number of sick men in the hospital at Strasburgh, belonging to Gen. Williams's division, was ce of the enemy threatened to surround us at Strasburgh. At ten A. M. my brigade was ordered, in coh was continued. Our column moved on toward Strasburgh in good order, preceded by an immense train ven o'clock A. M., the regiment left camp at Strasburgh, marching toward Winchester. After a fatiguthe Maryland First. They had been sent from Strasburgh to Front Royal, a small village twelve miles Massachusetts had marched twelve miles from Strasburgh, and about a mile and a half above Newtown. [18 more...]
mmanding First Maryland volunteers, was sent on the sixteenth day of May from Strasburgh to Front Royal, with instructions to retain the troops under Major Tyndale, act the town of Front Royal and the railroad and bridges between that town and Strasburgh. The forces under his command consisted of his own regiment, (seven hundreommanding. There were three companies of infantry stationed on the road near Strasburgh; the Second Massachusetts, Capt. Russell, at the bridge; one company of the THubbard, and one company of the Twenty-seventh Indiana, about five miles from Strasburgh. This force was intended as a guard for the protection of the town, and paand took two hundred more prisoners, at a little town between Front Royal and Strasburgh, on the railroad. In all we took nine hundred prisoners at Front Royal, incleard from we had fifteen hundred prisoners at Front Royal. Banks, who was at Strasburgh when he heard of our doings, cut stick and broke for Winchester in hot haste;
force passed hurriedly on over the Winchester and Strasburgh road. But the wily rebel meant to run — not fight — and had succeeded in reaching Strasburgh just in season to pass between McDowell on the one side and Frethe former, except that his advance-guard reached Strasburgh next morning, twelve hours after it had been enteGen. Fremont. Cluseret was ordered on, entered Strasburgh in the evening, marching in a storm of rain, and ut. The force advanced three or four miles beyond Strasburgh, and was stopped at midnight, in perfect darknessrmed, and at six next morning advanced again upon Strasburgh. A mile from camp a courier met him with the new staff for body-guard, entered the main street of Strasburgh just as Gen Bayard, commanding the advance brigad before, was passed within three or four miles of Strasburgh. Dead, wounded, and exhausted soldiers lay by thd a Louisiana regiment. One captain was taken in Strasburgh. He had ridden back for his sabre, which he carr
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), How Gen. Banks's army was saved. (search)
dear father and mother: You have probably heard by this time of the three days fighting from Strasburgh and Front Royal to Martinsburgh. Our company and company B were ordered to Front Royal, in the mountains, twelve miles from Strasburgh, last Friday, and when we got within two miles of our destination we heard cannonading. The Major ordered the baggage to stop, and our two companies dashed o the two fastest horses in our company, and ride for dear life to Gen. Banks's headquarters in Strasburgh for reenforcements. The direct road to Strasburgh was occupied by the enemy, so I was obligedStrasburgh was occupied by the enemy, so I was obliged to ride round by another, seventeen miles. I rode the seventeen miles in fifty-five minutes. Gen. Banks didn't seem to think it very serious, but ordered one regiment of infantry and two pieces of ararmy was in motion towards Winchester. After I left Front Royal to take the first despatch to Strasburgh, our two companies of cavalry, who were covering the retreat of infantry and baggage, were att