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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 4 (search)
d by this means raise his effective to near one hundred thousand men. Lee's policy of concentration included the withdrawal of Jackson's force from the Valley of the Shenandoah,—and a withdrawal so secret, that its first announcement should be the blow struck. Before commencing operations, however, he sent Stuart, with a body of fifteen hundred Virginia troopers, to make the circuit of the Union army, by a swoop around its rear. This having been successfully accomplished about the middle of June, Lee was ready, with the knowledge thus gained, to strike. To mask Jackson's intended withdrawal from the Valley, General Lee detached a division from the force around Richmond (the division of Whiting) and sent it to join Jackson. This was done ostentatiously, and in such a way that it should become known to General McClellan; Lee judging that the intelligence of this movement would give his antagonist the impression of a revival of operations in the Shenandoah region. If there was, as
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
esignation of the Siege of Petersburg, form a fruitful study. From the extent of time they cover, the energy with which they were prosecuted, and the skilful manner in which they were met by the defending army, they are remarkable in the history of modern warfare. The characteristic of these operations is the progressive development of the intrenched Union line to the left. Starting from the position directly east of Petersburg taken up by the Army of the Potomac on its first arrival in June, the lines of contravallation were gradually extended south and southwest of the town, till at last they stretched from the Appomattox to Hatcher's Run, a distance of fifteen miles. This extension was less designed than accidental. It grew out of a series of manoeuvres by the left, of which manoeuvres the original purpose was in each case to turn the right of the Confederate system of defences, and lay hold of the Southside Railroad. Criticism should, therefore, first be directed to thes