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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. After our defeat at Manassas came the creation of the Army of the Potomac. I shall touch brieflrels as a chimney outside the tent at the other. But what were tents in such days and nights of rain and wind on that Muddy Branch? Our tents were often prostrated, our encampment a mass of shapeless canvas. On the second of November we were treat our hospital tents filled with men suffering from the measles, now an epidemic, contributed to the dismal miseries of Muddy Branch. It was about this time, too, that the fleet sailed for South Carolina, to make a first attempt at landing: every bla On Tuesday morning, the third day of December, we turned our backs willingly upon the dismal camp at Seneca Creek and Muddy Branch, and, making that day seventeen and one half miles, encamped at night at the small town of Barnsville, en route to Fre
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Index (search)
24. Occupies Harper's Ferry, 26, 27, 30 et seq. Letters of complaint from some of its men to friends at home, and responses thereto to General Gordon, 32-34. Its first engagement and incidents of, 38. Leaves Harper's Ferry and occupies Darnstown, Md., 48, 49 et seg. A case of discipline in, 50-53. Observes day of .fasting and prayer appointed by the President, 58. Impatient waiting of its officers and men for active service, 61, 62, 173. Ordered to Conrad's Ferry, 62-64. In camp, at Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek, 81-86 ; at which place it experiences a hurricane, 83, -and also much sickness, 84-86. In winter quarters at Frederick, Md., 87 et seq. Incidents and scenes of camp-life, 88, 89, 91, 107, 108, 149-151. A second time at Harper's Ferry, 102,--and thence to Charlestown, Va, 104, etseq. Foraging in, 104, 118, 119. Marches to Winchester, 116, 117. United to a new brigade, General Gordon as commander, 120. Pursues Stonewall Jackson, 134 et seq. In camp at Edenburg, 136,--