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Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 20
severe marches and battles, and in need of rest. Its record before and after shows that, held in hand and refreshed by easy marchings and comfortable supplies, it would have been prepared to maintain its supremacy. The first necessity was a little time to refresh, while the grand object was to draw the enemy from his intrenched lines to free and open battle. These facts carefully observed, the Confederate army would have been assured of its claim and prestige. In the confusion about Washington incident to the Bull Run campaign, General McClellan was ordered to receive the retreating columns and post them to defend and hold their fortified lines. He had not emerged from the clouds that hung about his untoward campaign in Virginia, but, familiar with the provisions that had been made for defence, he was most available for the service. He had hardly posted the troops and arranged the garrison when he found that the Confederates, instead of moving against his fortifications, had t
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
f the enemy the Confederate army was dispersed Harper's Ferry a man trap it diverted the army from the mained his plans for the surrounding and capture of Harper's Ferry, and put his army in motion on the 10th. Closeana, he was informed of the combination against Harper's Ferry, and the march towards the Cumberland Valley, aomac at Williamsport to capture Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. We are assembling militia rapidly at Chamberse marched through Crampton's Pass, and relieved Harper's Ferry on the 14th, but, guided by it, their commandercy. So much has been said and written about Harper's Ferry and the surrender of the garrison, that it seem: Baltimore, September 5, 1862. Colonel Miles, Harper's Ferry: Rebellion Record, vol. XIX. part i. p. 520. e enemy passing up the road in the direction of Harper's Ferry. Have your wits about you, and do all you can nd decision must be used. You will not abandon Harper's Ferry without defending it to the last extremity.
Poolesville (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
This army will respect your choice, whatever it may be; and while the Southern people will rejoice to welcome you to your natural position among them, they will only welcome you when you come of your own free will. R. E. Lee, General, Commanding. At this very time the recently displaced commander, General McClellan, reinstated in command, was marching for an opportunity to recover his good name, and the Union cavalry was active and aggressive in work against the Confederates at Poolesville. On the 9th the Confederate commander organized his plans for the surrounding and capture of Harper's Ferry, and put his army in motion on the 10th. Close upon the heels of the march followed the Army of the Potomac, only twenty-five miles behind the rear of the Confederate army, with the cavalry of the armies in contact. The march of the former was as cautious as that of the latter was venturesome. On the 10th the Union commander was informed of the march of J. G. Walker's brigade
Fredericktown (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
nd comfortable pasture-lands. Propitious also was the prospect of swelling our ranks by Maryland recruits. At the head of the army of sixty thousand men encouraged, matured, and disciplined by victory stood the Confederate chief, challenging on its own soil the army that had marched to conquer the Southern capital. On the 7th he pitched his bivouac about Frederick City. On the 8th he made his salutatory to the people in these words: Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, Near Fredericktown, Md., September 8, 1862. To The People of Maryland: It is right that you should know the purpose that brought the army under my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns yourselves. The people of the Confederate States have long watched with the deepest sympathy the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the citizens of a commonwealth allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political, and commercial ties. They have seen with
Maryland Heights (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
Williamsport to capture Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. We are assembling militia rapidly at Chambersburg. Can we do anything to aid your movements A. G. Curtin Governor of Pennsylvania. This told of the change of march of my brigades from Turner's Pass to Hagerstown, and, with the lost despatch, revealed that Hill's five brigades were the only troops at the former place. The same afternoon General McClellan's signal service despatched him that the Union signal station on Maryland Heights had gone down. General Lee's signals failed to connect, so that General McClellan was better informed of the progress of the Confederate movements than was the Confederate commander. That afternoon the Union army was in hand for battle. The Confederates were dispersed and divided by rivers, and drifting thirty and forty and fifty miles apart. Under similar circumstances General Scott, or General Taylor, or General Worth would have put the columns at the base of South Mountain before
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 20
its own soil the army that had marched to conquer the Southern capital. On the 7th he pitched his bivouac about Frederick City. On the 8th he made his salutatory to the people in these words: Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, Near Fredericktown, Md., September 8, 1862. To The People of Maryland: It is right that you should know the purpose that brought the army under my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns yourselves. The people of the Confederate States have long watched with the deepest sympathy the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the citizens of a commonwealth allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political, and commercial ties. They have seen with profound indignation their sister State deprived of every right and reduced to the condition of a conquered province. Under the pretence of supporting the Constitution, but in violation of its most valuable provisions, your citizens have been arres
Harrisburg, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
onton, the Federal cavalry leader, hurried his troops and cleared the way to South Mountain on the 13th. From day to day the Confederates marched their dispersing columns, from day to day the Union columns converged in easy, cautious marches. At noon of the 13th, General Lee's order distributing his forces and a despatch from the Governor of Pennsylvania were handed General McClellan,--the former the celebrated lost despatch, given on a previous page,--the latter reading as follows: Harrisburg, Pa., September 13, 1862. Major-General George B. McClellan: When may we expect General Reynolds here Services needed immediately. Longstreet s division is said to have reached Hagerstown last night. Jackson crossed the Potomac at Williamsport to capture Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. We are assembling militia rapidly at Chambersburg. Can we do anything to aid your movements A. G. Curtin Governor of Pennsylvania. This told of the change of march of my brigades from Turner's P
Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
r service would have been on the pension-rolls at their comfortable homes. Sickness and weakness that creep into an army from irregular food, collected in the stress of march, were no trifling impediments to the maintenance of our ranks in vigorous form. When, in mature judgment, the historian builds monuments of words for the leaders of the campaign in Maryland, there will be flowers left for the private soldiers, and. for the private soldiers' graves. The full significance of Sharpsburg to the Federal authorities lay in the fact that they needed a victory on which to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Lincoln had prepared two months before and had held in abeyance under advice of members of his Cabinet until the Union arms should win a success. Although this battle was by no means so complete a victory as the President wished, and he was sorely vexed with General McClellan for not pushing it to completion, it was made the most of as a victory, and his
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
ns General Lee's salutatory to the people of Maryland the lost despatch McClellan's movements tlso was the prospect of swelling our ranks by Maryland recruits. At the head of the army of sixtown, Md., September 8, 1862. To The People of Maryland: It is right that you should know the purp dare to speak. Believing that the people of Maryland possessed a spirit too lofty to submit to sucou have been despoiled. This, citizens of Maryland, is our mission, so far as you are concerned. of the Confederate army when it crossed into Maryland. It was then all that its leaders could ask,of his victorious army call for recognition. Maryland would have put out some of her resources, and Lee was successful in Virginia; McClellan in Maryland. Unjust criticism has been passed upon ths of words for the leaders of the campaign in Maryland, there will be flowers left for the private snd, the Southern President would have been in Maryland at the head of his army with his manifesto fo[1 more...]
South Mountain, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
gainst Harper's Ferry, and the march towards the Cumberland Valley, and ordered pressing pursuit to force the Confederates to a stand. Under that order General Pleasonton, the Federal cavalry leader, hurried his troops and cleared the way to South Mountain on the 13th. From day to day the Confederates marched their dispersing columns, from day to day the Union columns converged in easy, cautious marches. At noon of the 13th, General Lee's order distributing his forces and a despatch from the for battle. The Confederates were dispersed and divided by rivers, and drifting thirty and forty and fifty miles apart. Under similar circumstances General Scott, or General Taylor, or General Worth would have put the columns at the base of South Mountain before night, and would have passed the unguarded gaps before the sun's rays of next morning could have lighted their eastern slopes. The Union commander claims to have ordered more vigorous pursuit after the lost despatch was handed him,
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