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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The campaign in Pennsylvania. (search)
ion during the season for active operations. In pursuance of this design, early in the month of June, General Lee moved his army northward by way of Culpepper, and thence to and down the Valley of Virginia to Winchester. The army had been reorganized into three army corps, designated the First, Second, and Third Corps, and commanded respectively by Lieutenant Generals Longstreet, Ewell, and A. P. Hill. The Second Corps was in advance, and crossed the branches of the Shenandoah, near Front Royal, on the 12th of June. Brushing aside the force of the enemy under General Milroy, that occupied the lower valley-most of which was captured, and the remnant of which sought refuge in the fortifications at Harper's Ferry-General Ewell crossed the Potomac river with his three divisions in the latter part of June; and, in pursuance of the orders of General Lee, traversed Maryland and advanced into Pennsylvania. General A. P. Hill, whose corps was the last to leave the line of the Rappahanno
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The famous fight at Cedar creek. (search)
try resting on the Valley pike. The Sixth Corps continued on to Front Royal, on its way to join Grant at Petersburg. The three cavalry divif the Valley; Powell's West Virginia Division in the vicinity of Front Royal, at the foot of the Blue Ridge, and connecting with Merritt's lepected intelligence caused Sheridan to halt the Sixth Corps near Front Royal to await developments. At this juncture, Lieutenant General Grag his absence, he took the bulk of the cavalry force with him to Front Royal, designing to send it on a raid against the Virginia Central Rairmy, which had been rejoined by the Sixth Corps. On arriving at Front Royal, on the evening of the 16th, Sheridan received the following disional news. Close in Colonel Powell, who will be at this point [Front Royal]. If the enemy should make an advance, I know you will defeat hicted in Sheridan's last message, was left in the neighborhood of Front Royal, near the eastern margin of the Valley-its attenuated line of pi
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Stonewall Jackson's Valley campaign. (search)
days after leaving Franklin. This village (Front Royal) is held by about one thousand men under Co further north, while another part held the Front Royal road, on which Ewell, with a part of his diay 23d, the very day of Jackson's attack at Front Royal, President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton went and two companies guarding the bridge at Front Royal, destroying it entirely, crossed the Shenanwell's force moving back to the vicinity of Front Royal, and Fremont, who was at Franklin, is movinfollows: The Federals were in possession of Front Royal, which is but twelve miles from Strasburg, Shields and McDowell had been bewildered at Front Royal by the celerity of Jackson's movements, andDowell, with two divisions, had remained at Front Royal when Shields moved toward Luray, the lattern, and, on May 23d, unexpectedly appears at Front Royal (distant by his route nearly one hundred anublic, seizes the only bridge left south of Front Royal over the Shenandoah, and takes a position w[9 more...]