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Fairfax, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
in that village unknown to Pope, who only discovered the movement which seriously menaced his right on the morning of September 1st. Master of Chantilly and a fine road along which his columns could deploy, the Confederate general was nearer to Fairfax than the Federals established at Centreville, and was about to place himself once more between them and Washington. Pope perceived that he had not a moment to lose to ward off this danger; he evacuated Centreville in all haste to cover the poino prolong his left. Still farther to the left the corps of Sumner, Siegel and Porter covered the Warrenton road. Last of all, Banks escorted the convoy, which was directed upon Alexandria. Jackson, on his side, had resumed his march toward Fairfax; but his soldiers, fatigued and hungry, were no longer able to make long marches. Consequently, he did not meet the Federal right, posted on the Little River road, halfway between Chantilly and Germantown, till evening. This road crosses a rav
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
o the Union, like those of West Virginia. A march upon Baltimore must have been very tempting to the Confederate leader. Baltimore, the great slave city, was only kept under Federal jurisdiction by force. It had furnished almost alone all the v them at any point whatever between the lower Potomac and Baltimore. In marching upon this city, therefore, Lee would have ges; if he abandoned the idea of attempting an attack upon Baltimore, he drew near to Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, the capitalmy against any attack which might come from Washington or Baltimore. On the 8th the whole army was drawn up on the left bank him to undertake an offensive campaign, so as to protect Baltimore and to free Maryland. The plan of the invaders, however,he right more to northward, in such manner as to approach Baltimore. On the 9th of September, just as Lee was preparing to ih of his own troops, and having no fear for the safety of Baltimore pushed his right wing forward; the latter entered the tow
Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
allel to this railway, which leads through Thoroughfare Gap and the villages of White Plains and Salem to the west of the Bull Run Mountains, into the valley of Virginia. From Gainesville the princi they felt confident was about to secure a new triumph for their cause. At last Jackson reached Salem about midnight, a village situated at the intersection of the Manassas Railway and the Gainesvilformation of the capture of Bristow station by the enemy's cavalry, and of Jackson's presence at Salem the evening before. Such a coincidence could leave him no longer in doubt. Jackson had penetraent, concluded that Jackson had struck home, and he set out in great haste by way of Orleans and Salem, to join him, if possible, between Thoroughfare Gap and Manassas. It was between these two poinreet's corps, directed by Lee in person, had made their bivouacs at a considerable distance from Salem. This corps, charged with escorting the baggage of the army and picking up all the stragglers,
Keedysville (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
e north-east, leads to Boonesboroa, through Keedysville, a village situated on the other side of thp on the Potomac, with this same village of Keedysville. Before crossing the Hagerstown pike, this Those of the roads from Boonsboroa through Keedysville, from Rohrersville and Harper's Ferry, are e. Above the bridge of the Sharpsburg and Keedysville road, on the contrary, there were several f, connects with the road from Sharpsburg to Keedysville. Such was the ground selected by Lee. It wefore upon the heights whence the road from Keedysville to Williamsport, inclining to the right, ded, Sykes' division facing the bridge of the Keedysville road; and all the other troops present on t from Dunker Church with the Sharpsburg and Keedysville road. To the north-east of this hollow wayents left by Lee to guard the bridge of the Keedysville road. This passage was therefore free, andter to take possession of the bridge of the Keedysville road, and to cross it with six battalions o[3 more...]
Orange Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
kson arrived at Gordonsville on the 19th, but did not feel strong enough to attack Pope, and asked for reinforcements. Meanwhile, he remained on the defensive. His cavalry, while scouting on the Culpepper road, met that of the Federals at Orange Court-house and attacked it; but after a vigorous engagement the former was repulsed, losing fifty-two prisoners. Lee did not dare to reinforce his lieutenant, as he still feared an attack from McClellan; and his paramount object was to compel the lattd A. P. Hill, forming altogether an army from twenty-five to thirty thousand strong. On the morning of the 8th, his cavalry encountered the enemy on the borders of the Rapidan, and the same evening he crossed this river at Burnett's Ford, on the Orange and Culpepper road. General Bayard, who led the Federal cavalry with great ability, succeeded, not in interrupting but in embarrassing his march so effectually that Lawton's brigade was obliged to clear the road to protect the baggage of the Co
Hagerstown (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
centre of the valley lies the little town of Hagerstown, at the head of a line of railway belonging o Boonsboroa, and thence to Williamsport and Hagerstown; the second to Rohrersville, where it forks, an opposite direction, upon Boonesboroa and Hagerstown. He argued that a prompt success would enababled to join the rest of the army either at Hagerstown or at Boonesboroa on the 14th. The conditowing the roads from Harper's Ferry and from Hagerstown, had placed the passes of South Mountain bet, one to the north of the defile, called the Hagerstown road, the other south of it, known as the She on the right and Hatch on the left of the Hagerstown road had carried everything before them. Thhe Antietam, which flows directly south from Hagerstown to the Potomac. The hills bordering this sm Pennsylvania. By continuing his march upon Hagerstown, as he had originally intended, he gave McCl sharp fire of musketry as he approached the Hagerstown road. Jackson had caused Lawton to advance [7 more...]
Wheeling, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
y belonging to the Pennsylvania railway system. This line runs in a northerly direction through Chambersburg, enters another valley, the waters of which, still enclosed by the Alleghanies, flow in the direction of the Susquehanna, and at last reach this river opposite Harrisburg. At Chambersburg an unfinished branch of this line is detached toward the west in the direction of Gettysburg; but at that time it did not run beyond the foot of the hills over which passes the important road from Wheeling to Philadelphia. In entering the valley of the Antietam, Lee placed the defiles of South Mountain between McClellan and himself. The two principal passes, the most northerly of which is called Turner's Gap, and the other, ten kilometres more to southward, Crampton's Gap, are traversed by two roads, both of which start from the village of Middletown, on the eastern slope of the mountain. The first leads to Boonsboroa, and thence to Williamsport and Hagerstown; the second to Rohrersville,
New Kent (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
of his army; the convalescents, recruited from the trials of the campaign, were returning to the ranks; the arrival of numerous recruits and regiments, withdrawn from all the small garrisons of the coast and the interior, swelled his army to ninety or ninety-five thousand men. Emboldened by this increase of strength, he kept a strict watch over McClellan, the latter being the more formidable of his two adversaries. He placed Hill's corps on the right bank of the James, Longstreet's in New Kent county, himself remaining in the neighborhood of Richmond with the rest of his troops. Fearful, however, lest Pope might attempt to intercept, at Gordonsville, one of the principal arteries which connect Richmond with the rest of the Confederacy, he resolved on the 13th of July to send Jackson with his old division, under Winder, and that of Ewell, to protect this important junction. Jackson arrived at Gordonsville on the 19th, but did not feel strong enough to attack Pope, and asked for rei
Slaughter Mountain (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
f the Potomac to the quick. As brave as he was imprudent, he was longing to show to the officers of the army of the West that his soldiers were not afraid to measure themselves with the victors of Cross Keys. Cedar Mountain, also called Slaughter Mountain, is a hill of considerable height, dotted with woods, and, running north and south, it dominates the whole surrounding country between Culpepper and the Rapidan. Before reaching the foot of this hill the road followed by Banks, along which he was to encounter Jackson, descends into the deep ravine of Cedar Creek; it then ascends a bare hillock stretching from south-east to north-west, and connecting again by a semicircular ridge of wooded hills with the spurs of Slaughter Mountain. The road forks on the hillock; to the right it passes among the wooded hills leading to Madison Court-house, beyond the Rapidan; the other branch, which leads to the railway bridge on this same river, descends into a second valley, of less depth than
Chambersburg, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
fordable near these two villages in fine weather. In the centre of the valley lies the little town of Hagerstown, at the head of a line of railway belonging to the Pennsylvania railway system. This line runs in a northerly direction through Chambersburg, enters another valley, the waters of which, still enclosed by the Alleghanies, flow in the direction of the Susquehanna, and at last reach this river opposite Harrisburg. At Chambersburg an unfinished branch of this line is detached toward tChambersburg an unfinished branch of this line is detached toward the west in the direction of Gettysburg; but at that time it did not run beyond the foot of the hills over which passes the important road from Wheeling to Philadelphia. In entering the valley of the Antietam, Lee placed the defiles of South Mountain between McClellan and himself. The two principal passes, the most northerly of which is called Turner's Gap, and the other, ten kilometres more to southward, Crampton's Gap, are traversed by two roads, both of which start from the village of Middle
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