Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Harper's Ferry” in chapter 16 of Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative:
... through the South Mountain passes, if he moved north, and, at the same time, covered Washington.
Hooker had, meanwhile, been placed in command of the troops at Washington (some 26,000 men), and at Harper's Ferry , where there were about 11,000.
It was a wise order, but under the policy of not allowing Hooker to fight, it was but a sham, as he soon discovered.
He attempted to draw 15,000 men from the Washi...
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| † | Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) | 10,974 | 98 | 304 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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