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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 17 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 8 2 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 7 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 6 (search)
Ferry, commanding the debouteh of the Shenandoah Valley, was held by a garrison of about nine thousand men, under Colonel D. H. Miles, while a force of twenty-five hundred men, under General White, did outpost duty at Martinsburg and Winchester. Tposition to succor the garrison at Harper's Ferry, whose situation was one of almost tragic interest. To convey to Colonel Miles the information that the army was coming to his relief, he sent repeated couriers to run the gauntlet of the investinhe army broke through the South Mountain, and was in position to relieve the beleaguered force, it was surrendered by Colonel Miles! I shall briefly detail the circumstances under which this took place. Leaving Frederick on the 10th, Jackson mads rearward slope were held by a determined even though small force, 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