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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
rtion is situated upon the opposite slope of these mountains; isolated among their elevated valleys, it runs for a distance of nearly two hundred leagues between Lynchburg, where it connects with the Virginia lines, and Chattanooga, where it strikes again the railways of the Ohio basin; its length and direction prevent its being anterly reaches Gordonsville, where it forks. One branch, following the same direction along the foot of the Blue Ridge, connects with the great Tennessee line at Lynchburg by way of Charlottesville; the other branch, bending to the east and running parallel with the tributaries of York River, strikes the first line again near one of these tributaries, and without merging into it, never leaves it until Richmond is reached. Two branches of the Alexandria and Lynchburg line switch off to enter the Valley of Virginia; one at Charlottesville, which debouches at Stanton, near the sources of the Shenandoah, and breaks off a little beyond that point; the other, mu
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ap. His little band would not have been able to defend that position for any length of time; but Nelson never came to attack it, and allowed himself to be overtaken by winter in Eastern Kentucky, without having done anything to continue the campaign. The Unionists of Eastern Tennessee, who were waiting for him and had been preparing to assist him, were unable to attempt any serious operations, and confined themselves to the task of destroying several railway bridges between Knoxville and Lynchburg. They thus exposed themselves to be severely dealt with by the Confederate government; but they rendered at least an indirect service to their cause by keeping a certain number of rebel troops far away from the fields of battle. The military events which occupied the end of the year 1861 in Central Kentucky are neither more important nor more decisive than those we have just related. Anderson had been replaced in his command by General Sherman. The comprehensive mind of this true sol