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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
entrates his column for the night at Callaghan's. From this point he ascends Jackson's River as far as its source, enters Crab Bottom, the basin of the Potomac, reaches Petersburg, where he halts two days, and arrives on the 17th of November at New Creek, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Confederates, intimidated by their defeat at Droop Mountain, have not fired a shot to disturb him; he has destroyed a few depots, a few manufactories of saltpetre, and scared a few farmers; but this unfen, the Confederate authorities had chosen it as a suitable place for their depots intended to provide for Longstreet's corps in the West. That was an especial reason for Averell's blow. This general, despite the rigor of the season, leaves New Creek on the 8th of December with two regiments of mounted infantry, a cavalry regiment, and a battery of artillery. He passes Petersburg on the 10th, and makes a part of the march with Thoburn, who leaves him before the end of the day to perform t