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Warrenton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
r to have been deemed of sufficient importance to be inserted in his published Narrative. On July 17, 1861, the following telegram was sent by the adjutant general: Richmond, July 17, 1861. To General J. E. Johnston, Winchester, Virginia. General Beauregard is attacked. To strike the enemy a decisive blow, a junction of all your effective force will be needed. If practicable, make the movement, sending your sick and baggage to Culpepper Court-House, either by railroad or by Warrenton. In all the arrangements exercise your discretion. (Signed) S. Cooper. Adjutant and Inspector-General. The confidence reposed in General Johnston, sufficiently evinced by the important command entrusted to him, was more than equal to the expectation that he would do all that was practicable to execute the order for a junction, as well as to secure his sick and baggage. For the execution of the one great purpose, that he would allow no minor question to interfere with that which was
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
were divided into three armies, at positions the most important and threatened: one, under General J. E. Johnston, at Harpers Ferry, covering the valley of the Shenandoah; another, under General P. G. T. Beauregard, at Manassas, covering the direct d by forces greatly superior in numbers to their own, and it was doubtful which would first be the object of attack. Harpers Ferry was an important position, both for military and political considerations, and though unfavorably situated for defens Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, Richmond, June 13, 1861. To General J. E. Johnston, commanding Harpers Ferry, Virginia. sir: . . . You had been heretofore instructed to exercise your discretion as to retiring from your position at Harpers Ferry, and taking the field to check the advance of the enemy. . . . The ineffective portion of your command, together with the baggage and whatever else would impede your operations in the field, it would be well to send, without delay,
Manassas, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
o the east of Winchester. Unless he prevents it, we shall move toward General Beauregard to-day. . . . (Signed) Joseph E. Johnston. General S. Cooper. After General Johnston commenced his march to Manassas, he sent to me a telegram, the substance of which, as my memory serves and the reply indicates, was an inquiry as to the relative position he would occupy toward General Beauregard. I returned the following answer: Richmond, July 20, 1861. General J. E. Johnston, Manassas Junction, Virginia. You are a general in the Confederate Army, possessed of the power attaching to that rank. You will know how to make the exact knowledge of Brigadier-General Beauregard, as well of the grounds as of the troops and preparation, avail for the success of the object in which you cooperate. The zeal of both assures me of harmonious action. (Signed) Jefferson Davis. General Johnston, by his promotion to the grade of general, as well as his superior rank as a brigadier over Br
Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
Chapter 6: Removal of the seat of Government to Richmond message to Congress at Richmond Confederate forces in Virginia forces of the enemy letter to General Johnston combat at Bethel Church affair at Romney movements of McDowell battle of Manassas. The provisional Congress, in session at Montgomery, Alabama, on May 21, 1861, resolved that this Congress will adjourn on Tuesday next, to meet again on the 20th day of July at Richmond, Virginia. The resolution further authorized the President to have the several executive departments, with their archives, removed at such intermediate time as he might determine, and added a proviso that, if any public emergency should render it impolitic to meet in Richmond, he should call the Congress together at some other place to be selected by him. The hostile demonstrations of the United States government against Virginia caused the President, at an early day after the adjournment of Congress, to proceed to Richmond and
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
ress, in session at Montgomery, Alabama, on May 21, 1861, resolved that this Congress will adjourn on Tuesday next, to meet again on the 20th day of July at Richmond, Virginia. The resolution further authorized the President to have the several executive departments, with their archives, removed at such intermediate time as he mi, at Manassas, covering the direct approach from Washington to Richmond; the third, under Generals Huger and Magruder, at Norfolk and on the peninsula between the James and York rivers, covering the approach to Richmond from the seaboard. The first and second of these armies, though separated by the Blue Ridge, had such practict moment, to go in person to the army. As has been heretofore stated, Congress was to assemble on July 20th to hold its first session at the new capital, Richmond, Virginia. My presence on that occasion and the delivery of a message were required by usage and law. After the delivery of the message to Congress on Saturday, July
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
l government, passed her ordinance of secession. The vigilance and enterprise he manifested on this early occasion in the war of the states gave promise of the brilliant career which gained for him the high rank of a lieutenant general, and which there was nothing for his friends to regret save the honorable death which he met upon the field of battle. Colonel Vaughn, the commander of the detachment, was new to war. His paths had been those of peace, and his home in the mountains of East Tennessee might reasonably have secured him from any expectation that it would ever be the theatre on which armies were to contend, and that he, in the mutation of human affairs, would become a soldier. He lived until the close of the war, and, on larger fields than that on which he first appeared, proved that, though not educated for a soldier, he had endowments which compensated for that disadvantage. The activity and vigilance of Stuart, afterward so distinguished as commander of cavalry in
Romney (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
Chapter 6: Removal of the seat of Government to Richmond message to Congress at Richmond Confederate forces in Virginia forces of the enemy letter to General Johnston combat at Bethel Church affair at Romney movements of McDowell battle of Manassas. The provisional Congress, in session at Montgomery, Alabama, on May 21, 1861, resolved that this Congress will adjourn on Tuesday next, to meet again on the 20th day of July at Richmond, Virginia. The resolution further aut the difference between the troops of the Confederate States and those of the United States, before either had been trained in war, I will cite an affair which occurred on the upper Potomac. Colonel A. P. Hill, commanding a brigade at Romney, in western Virginia, having learned that the enemy had a command at the twenty-first bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, decided to attack it and to destroy the bridge, so as to interrupt the use of that important line of the enemy's communication.
Charles Town (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
ssed his doubts about his power to retire from before the superior force of General Patterson, therefore the word practicable was in this connection the equivalent of possible. That it was, at the time, so understood by General Johnston, is shown by his reply to the telegram. headquarters, Winchester, July 18, 1861. General:I have had the honor to receive your telegram of yesterday. General Patterson, who had been at Bunker Hill since Monday, seems to have moved yesterday to Charlestown, twenty-three miles to the east of Winchester. Unless he prevents it, we shall move toward General Beauregard to-day. . . . (Signed) Joseph E. Johnston. General S. Cooper. After General Johnston commenced his march to Manassas, he sent to me a telegram, the substance of which, as my memory serves and the reply indicates, was an inquiry as to the relative position he would occupy toward General Beauregard. I returned the following answer: Richmond, July 20, 1861. General J.
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
line of the enemy's communication. For this purpose he ordered Colonel John C. Vaughn of the Third Tennessee Volunteers to proceed with a detachment of two companies of his regiment and two companies of the Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers to the position where the enemy were reported to be posted. Colonel Vaughn reports that on June 18, 1861, at 8 P. M., he moved with his command as ordered, marched eighteen miles, and at 5 A. M. the next morning found the enemy on the north bank of the Potomac in some strength of infantry and with two pieces of artillery. He had no picket guards. After reconnaissance, the order to charge was given. It was necessary, in the execution of the order, to ford the river waist-deep, which Colonel Vaughn reports was gallantly executed in good order but with great enthusiasm. As we appeared in sight at a distance of four hundred yards, the enemy broke and fled in all directions, firing as they ran only a few random shots. . . . The enemy did not wai
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.43
hnston earnestly to insist on being allowed to retire to a position nearer to Winchester. Under these circumstances, an official letter was addressed to him, from whion of the Valley, so as to enable you to turn upon the enemy before reaching Winchester, you will continue slowly to retire to the Manassas road, upon some of the pacial letter, from which I make the following extracts: headquarters, Winchester, July 9, 1861. General: . . . Similar information from other sources givesant general: Richmond, July 17, 1861. To General J. E. Johnston, Winchester, Virginia. General Beauregard is attacked. To strike the enemy a decisive blowGeneral Johnston, is shown by his reply to the telegram. headquarters, Winchester, July 18, 1861. General:I have had the honor to receive your telegram of yems to have moved yesterday to Charlestown, twenty-three miles to the east of Winchester. Unless he prevents it, we shall move toward General Beauregard to-day. . .
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