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John G. Nicolay, The Outbreak of Rebellion, Chapter 13: Patterson's campaign. (search)
received. We are twelve miles in advance of Winchester, he reported on the 17th; my only hope from this interim Johnston remained in camp about Winchester, pushing his picket-line close up to the Pone 25th, while he continues in force between Winchester and the Potomac. If you are in superior or at Falling Waters, the enemy retiring toward Winchester as he advanced. From this point, during rations so as to detain him in the valley of Winchester; but if he retreats in force toward Manassasow pretending to be engaged in fortifying at Winchester, but prepared to retire beyond striking distances, against the greatly superior force at Winchester, is most hazardous. Under these renewed mrg on July 15th, directly toward Johnston at Winchester, as far as Bunker Hill, within nine miles ofd given an order to move from Bunker Hill to Winchester. He was very unwilling to leave Johnston, even at Winchester, without attacking him; and on the afternoon before we left Bunker Hill he decided[4 more...]
John G. Nicolay, The Outbreak of Rebellion, Chapter 14: Manassas. (search)
vernor Letcher called into service; and the earliest levies of Northern Virginia were posted at Manassas Junction, where railroads from Richmond, from Alexandria, and from the Shenandoah Valley met. On examination, its strategical value was found to be much greater than was suspected at the beginning; Colonel Cocke, the local commander, first pointed out to Lee its important relation to the Shenandoah Valley. These two columns, he writes, under date of May 15th, one at Manassas and one at Winchester, could readily co-operate and concentrate upon the one point or the other, either to make head against the enemy's columns advancing down the valley, should he force Harper's Ferry; or, in ease we repulse him at Harper's Ferry, the Winchester supporting column could throw itself on this side of the mountains, to co-operate with the column at Manassas. With the great increase of Federal troops at Washington, and their seizure of Alexandria and Arlington Heights, the post at Manassas Junc
John G. Nicolay, The Outbreak of Rebellion, Index. (search)
nce, 142 Virginia, West, 131, 133, 137, 141; vote on Secession Ordinance, 142; organized as separate State, 144 et seq.; map of West Virginia battles, 148; admitted into the Union, 154 Volunteers, first enlistment of, 75; new, called for, 106 W. Walker, Secretary, 57, 91 Walker, Robert J., 76 Ward, Capt., U. S. N., 38 Warrenton Turnpike, the, 176 Washington, 83; character of, 97; defence of, 98 et seq.; threatened, 101; arrival of the Massachusetts Sixth and New York Seventh regiments at, 103 et seq.; becomes a camp, 106 et seq. Washington, Fort, 102 West Union, W. Va, 151 Wheeling, 139, 142 et seq. Wigfall, Senator, 68 Willcox, General O. B., 174 Williamsport, Pa, 157 Williamsport, W. Va., 162 Winchester, Va., 157, 160 Wise, ex-Governor Henry A., 146, 154 Wood, Mayor, Fernando, 71, 76 Woodbury, Captain, cited, 195 Woodruff, Colonel, 131 Y. Young's Branch, 183 Z. Zollicoffer, General, 135 Zouaves, Ellsworth's, 110