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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 2 (search)
eneral Patterson was, on the 2d of July, again ordered across the Potomac from Maryland. He made the passage of the river at Williamsport, and took position at Martinsburg. Johnston then held post near Winchester with a force of about eight thousand men. This estimate I derive from General Johnston himself. The specific duty ait. feared either to demonstrate or attack. His conduct was certainly feeble; and his marches and countermarches, made far from the enemy, were ridiculous. At Martinsburg his position was a false one, where, instead of threatening the enemy, the enemy threatened him. At length, when informed that the army in front of Washington was actually under way, he (July 15th) advanced his force from Martinsburg to Bunker's Hill, from which point he, on the 17th, fell off upon Charlestown, near Harper's Ferry, and Johnston was left free to move to form a junction with Beauregard! This was precisely what Johnston now found occasion to do. As will presently appear, Mc
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 6 (search)
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. These troops received orders direct from General Halleck. Lee had assumed that his advance on Frederick would cause the immediate evacuation of Harper's Ferry It had been supposed that the advance upon Frederick would lead to the evacuation of Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry, thus opening the line of communication through the Valley.—Lee's Report: Reports of the Army of Northern Virginia, vol. i., p. 28. by the Union force, because that position, important as againstes so that there should be no escape for the garrison from that side, he moved down towards Harper's Ferry. On his approach, General White with the garrison of Martinsburg evacuated that place, and retired to Harper's Ferry, the rear of which, at Bolivar Heights, Jackson reached on the 13th, and immediately proceeded to put himsel
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
er of the loyal States. The force detached by Lee for this expedition consisted of a body of twelve thousand men under General Early. Following the beaten track of invasion, Early marched rapidly down the Shenandoah Valley, arriving before Martinsburg the 3d of July. Sigel, who held post there with a small force, at once retreated across the Potomac at Shepherdstown. General Weber, in command at Harper's Ferry, evacuated the town and retired to Maryland Heights. Hunter, who had made a tonfantry and Fitz Hugh Lee's cavalry to cover Winchester, he had thrown the bulk of his army well forward by his left to Bunker Hill, twelve miles north of Winchester. From this point he, on the 18th, advanced a reconnoitring force as far as Martinsburg, twelve miles further to the north. Sheridan, whose position at Berryville was twelve miles east of Winchester, being well content with his antagonist's manoeuvre, advanced towards Winchester early on the morning of the 19th, expecting to ca
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
Marmont on discrimination of the soldier, 256. Marsh Creek—see Williamsport. Maryland campaign, the, 194; Lee's expected co-operation from citizens, 195; his disappointment, 196; McClellan's reorganization of his army, 197; Lee's plan of operations, 198; Frederick evacuated by Lee, 198; General Miles force at Harper's Ferry, 199; Lee's report on straggling, 224; the close of, 224; Antietam—see Antietam. Maryland Heights occupied by Miles's troops, 205; abandoned by Miles, 206. Martinsburg and Winchester, General White's force at, 199. Masked battery fiction, influence of the, 34. Meade, General, on McClellan's creation of the army, 67; on the battle of Fredericksburg, 248; appointed to command Potomac army, 323; characteristics of, and estimation by the army, 323; position of the army on his taking command, 324; his desire to fight a defensive battle at Gettysburg, 341; circumspect pursuit of Lee, 367; decides on attacking Lee at Williamsport, 369; Lee's escape at Wi