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Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 10 : Kernstown . (search)
Chapter 10: Kernstown.
By the 11th of March, 1862, General Jackson had removed all his sick and supplies to Mount Jackson, and had gathered in all his troops from the outposts to Winchester.
He now had only the First, Second, and Third Virginia Brigades, the last containing two small regiments, Colonel Ashby's regiment of horse, and six batteries of field artillery.
On that day, General Banks approached within four miles of Winchester, on the north, and General Jackson went out and offered him battle.
This challenge Banks declined, although his force present on the field was fourfold, and preferred to await the arrival of General Shields with his reserves.
The Confederates, therefore, returned in the evening to their camp around the town, and General Jackson assembled the commander and colonels of the Stonewall Brigade, as a council of war, to lay before them a daring project which he had conceived.
While he was awaiting them, he went to take his supper with the hospitable fa