Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Harper's Ferry” in chapter 6 of William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac:
...ble to intercept or overtake his fast-riding rival.
On the recrossing of the Potomac by Lee after Antietam, McClellan hastened to seize the debouche of the Shenandoah Valley, by the possession of Harper's Ferry . Two corps were posted in its vicinity, and the Potomac and Shenandoah spanned by ponton-bridges.
At first McClellan contemplated pushing his advance against Lee directly down the Shenandoah Valley...
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| † | Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) | 10,974 | 160 | 304 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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