Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Harper's Ferry” in chapter 6 of William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac:
...e, it would be very hard and hazardous to assail.
Colonel Miles, in the distribution of his command, had posted on Maryland Heights a force under Colonel Ford, retaining the bulk of his troops in Harper's Ferry .
This was a faulty disposition.
He should have evacuated the latter place, and transferred his whole force to Maryland Heights, which he could readily have held till McClellan came up. Under his ...
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† | Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) | 10,974 | 160 | 304 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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