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Warrenton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
uickly co-operate. At that very time Johnston was sending his stores and baggage to the rear, and on the 7th of March, Whiting withdrew toward Fredericksburg, from his camp on the lower Occoquan, and D. H. Hill, from his at Leesburg, by way of Warrenton, toward the Rappahannock; and on the 9th, the center, under Johnston himself, abandoned Centreville and Manassas. By March 11th all the Confederate infantry and artillery from the Blue ridge to Fredericksburg, were aligned on the south bank ofashington until further orders. On the 1st of April, 73,456 men and 109 cannon were held for the defense of that city. Of these, 18,000 were in the forts around Washington, 1,350 along the Potomac above that city, 10,859 at Manassas, 7,780 at Warrenton, and 35,467 (including the 10,000 under Blenker ordered to him) were with Banks in the Shenandoah valley. When Lincoln, on the 3d of April, detained McDowell's corps, it was, as he informed McClellan on the 9th, because he feared that the Conf
Millwood (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
nd, on the Front Royal road, to within two or three miles of Winchester, then bivouacked along that road, thus preventing any retreat of Banks to the eastward. Steuart's cavalry moved still farther to the right and occupied the roads leading to Millwood and Berryville from Winchester. Banks was in a state of uncertainty, until he reached Winchester, as to what had actually happened to him; but soon learning that all of his detachments had been routed and that a large force was pressing afteron either flank. Hatch's cavalry supported the center. Donnelly's brigade, of Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania troops, was placed on the left of the turnpike and extended around to the eastward of Winchester, covering the Front Royal and Millwood roads, with eight pieces of artillery in a commanding position; the Federal line, forming the arc of a circle, covering Winchester from the west around by the south to the east. Jackson, personally, had with his Valley men pressed, with all t
Loudoun Heights (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
gement with the enemy during the day. There Ewell joined him after dark and Jackson in person, with the main body of his army, during the next day, when he made a demonstration against Bolivar heights and sent a part of his infantry force to Loudoun heights. Saxton, being informed that Jackson was crossing a division over the Potomac above Harper's Ferry, moved a part of his infantry. force to Maryland heights to defend his rear, and withdrew his line in front of Harper's Ferry to the crest oy before reaching that place, Jackson replied, with a wave of his hand to the westward, Come 'round through the mountains. Winder was reached at an early hour and hastened to bring in his pickets, some of which were across the Shenandoah on Loudoun heights, and then marched rapidly, passing through Winchester late in the afternoon, to the vicinity of Newtown, within about 10 miles of Strasburg, where he encamped after dark after a march of 28 miles for the main body, and of 35 miles for a port
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
of the burning forests, which had now become Jackson's ally instead of his foe. Having used theback from Newtown at dusk, steadily resisting Jackson's pursuit, burning loaded commissary wagons aaiting for them. Maj. John Alexander Harman, Jackson's tireless quartermaster, was busy all day puridge and which was already near at hand when Jackson's men fired it. There was now but one bridge Fremont having ascertained that the rear of Jackson's army was in position near Cross Keys, abouthe morning of the 8th, while quiet reigned in Jackson's camps near Port Republic, and just as the grs preparing to conduct religious services in Jackson's camps at a later hour, hastened to this bathere would be 12 pieces of artillery opposite Jackson's train at Port Republic, and two brigades of, and 128 from Elzey's. During the day all of Jackson's trains were removed to the cove, or amphithrried the news to Washington. The cavalry in Jackson's front, by various devices, spread the intel[26 more...]
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
ntry, a regiment of cavalry and several batteries. Another brigade followed his trains as rear guard. Bayard's cavalry, left as a guard at Harrisonburg, subsequently joined him. His entire force present for duty on the field of battle was about 11,500 men. To resist these, Ewell had Trimble's brigade of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi regiments; Elzey's, of three Virginia and one Georgia regiment; Steuart's, of one Maryland and three Virginia regiments; Taylor's, of four Louisiana regiments and a Louisiana battalion; besides five companies of artillery; about 5,000 present for duty on the field of action. Ewell's first position was nearly at right angles to Fremont's; his right rested on the road to Port Republic, about a mile from Cross Keys, thence his line extended nearly parallel to the Port Republic road to within half a mile of Cross Keys, with his left retired. Fremont advanced his left, turning on his right, and brought his whole line into position, para
Wardensville (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
r, and with most of his staff rode back to that town, reaching it late in the afternoon of the 30th, where he received intelligence that McDowell's advance had that morning reached Front Royal and surprised the Twelfth Georgia, which had been left there to guard the captured stores and the bridges across the Shenandoah, and that he was now in force at that town, within 12 miles of Strasburg by the direct road leading past the northern end of the Massanutton mountains. Fremont had reached Wardensville, 20 miles from Strasburg, and had telegraphed Lincoln that he would enter that place by 5 p. m. of Saturday, May 31st. The main body of Jackson's army had marched 25 miles on the 30th and encamped in the vicinity of Winchester, 20 miles from Strasburg; Winder's brigade had spent most of the day skirmishing with the Federals at Harper's Ferry and collecting his men together, and late in the afternoon had encamped near Halltown, some 43 miles from Strasburg by way of Winchester. Fully
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
rkansas to Strasburg, to take the cars for Fredericksburg. He retained for further orders the rest antry and artillery from the Blue ridge to Fredericksburg, were aligned on the south bank of the Raprotect the right of the army moving toward Fredericksburg. Banks hastened to comply with these ordeould be spared him from the force covering Fredericksburg. General Lee was favorably impressed withparently removed, had been diverted toward Fredericksburg. It was different with Edward Johnson's frch by way of Luray and Front Royal toward Fredericksburg, taking with him about 11,000 men and leavyal, President Lincoln visited McDowell at Fredericksburg, and wired McClellan on the 24th that Shie40,000 men of his command would march from Fredericksburg to reinforce McClellan's right in front of McDowell, who with 40,000 men had reached Fredericksburg on his way to join McClellan, to turn fromhis forces and resume his march, by way of Fredericksburg, to join McClellan, but the victories of C[3 more...]
Moorefield (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
of Harper's Ferry, Jackson was definitely informed on the morning of Friday, May 30th, that Fremont was marching his 15,000 men down the South Branch valley to Moorefield and had there turned toward Strasburg, and that his advance had reached 10 miles east of Moorefield, where he halted the 29th to rest his army, and on the 30thMoorefield, where he halted the 29th to rest his army, and on the 30th had moved to the western foot of the Shenandoah mountain, to within some 20 miles of Strasburg, and that McDowell's advance was already crossing the Blue ridge and not far from Front Royal. Thus advised of the strategic situation, Jackson, on the morning of the 30th, ordered all his troops back to Winchester except Winder's briguse for a moment and review the movements of the past three days. Friday morning Jackson was 50 miles from Strasburg, in front of Harper's Ferry; Fremont was at Moorefield, 38 miles from Strasburg, with the head of his army 10 miles in advance; the main body of Shields' division of McDowell's army was not more than 20 miles from S
Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
Chapter 14: Stonewall Jackson's Valley campaign of 1862. Before the opening of active military operations in the spring of 1862, Lincoln determined to reopen the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Jackson held the portion of this road, which he had badly damaged, between Harper's Ferry and Hancock, and he must be forced back from the Potomac before the road could be repaired and reopened. To effect this Banks marched, February 22d, from his winter camp at Frederick, Md., and his advance entered Harper's Ferry the 24th, and laid a bateau bridge across the Potomac on which two brigades crossed on the 26th and occupied the town. McClellan himself reached that place the same day and ordered the establishment there of a depot of army supplies, preparatory to another forward movement, while the railroad was being opened. After going to Charlestown, on the 28th, he instructed Banks to locate Abercrombie's brigade at that place and Hamilton's at Smithfield, a few miles to the westwa
Bull Pasture Mountain (Utah, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
, at the foot of the Shenandoah mountain, 23 miles from Staunton, and under his personal direction the pursuit was continued across that mountain to Shaw's Fork, the Federal artillery opposing a further advance from the crest of Shaw's ridge. The march was resumed early on the morning of the 8th, Johnson's regiments still in advance. The enemy had retreated during the night, and Jackson met with no opposition in crossing Shaw's ridge, the Cow Pasture valley and the western slope of Bull Pasture mountain, the summit of which was reached early in the forenoon. From a projecting rock on the right of the road Jackson was enabled to see the camp and the position taken by the enemy across the Bull Pasture river, on the terraces and bottoms of that valley in the vicinity of McDowell; while his engineer, who was familiar with the locality, sketched for him the topography and the approaches to the Federal position, which were partly concealed by a forest along the eastern bluffs of the riv
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