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New York (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
nted from hostile demonstrations in my direction by the army of the Potomac. The object in occupying Winchester was to observe and hold in check the rebel forces in the valley and to secure the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad against depredations. Late in March, in pursuance of an order issued upon my own suggestion, I stationed the Third brigade of my division, consisting of the Sixth regiment Maryland volunteer infantry, Sixty-seventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, First regiment New-York volunteer cavalry, and the Baltimore battery, at Berryville, Colonel McReynolds, of the First New-York cavalry, commanding. My instructions to Col. McReynolds were to keep open our communication with Harper's Ferry, and to watch the passes of the Blue Ridge (Snicker's and Ashby's Gaps) and the fords of the Shenandoah River known as Snicker's and Berry's. To this end he was to cause to be diligently scouted, the country between him and those localities, and as far south as Millwood. I was
Chester Gap (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
presence of Gen. Lee's army. It was supposed that the force on the Front Royal road could not be other than the enemy which we had faced during the occupancy of Winchester, or that the anticipated cavalry raid of Gen. Stuart was in progress, against either or both of which combined I could have held my position. I deemed it impossible that Lee's army, with its immense artillery and baggage trains, could have escaped from the army of the Potomac and crossed the Blue Ridge through Ashby's, Chester, and Thornton gaps in concentric columns. The movement must have occupied five or six days, and notice of its being in progress could have been conveyed to me from General Hooker's headquarters in five minutes; for telegraphic communication still existed between Baltimore and Winchester. On Friday night I doubled my pickets and kept out strong cavalry patrols on the leading roads, and I also sent a messenger to Colonel Mc-Reynolds at Berryville notifying him that the enemy was reported
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
with these instructions, I kept my forces well in hand in the vicinities of Berryville and Winchester, except that during the expedition of General Jones into West-Virginia, by order from your headquarters, I sent portions of them into that State. During my occupancy of Winchester, I almost continually kept out heavy cavalry scours, and the imperfection of all. The battles of Winchester were of no small moment, deciding as they did the fate of the Great Valley, as well as the fate of Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Could Winchester and neighboring towns have still been held in spite of the desperate courage and efforts of the enemy, Martinsess would have resulted in the capture of the enemy's camp, with a large amount of supplies, which had been left exposed by the withdrawal of his forces into Western Virginia. But this affair had no connection with the evacuation of Winchester, and the incorporation of this telegram into the record is calculated unjustly to injur
Summit Point (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
m as to my designs. He fully expected to find me in Winchester on Monday morning. Having succeeded in making this impression upon him, and thus allayed his suspicions as well as his vigilance, that time was the most favorable that could possibly have been selected for the retreat. No skill or precaution on my part, however, could have enabled me to evade the enemy where we met him on Monday morning. He was posted in a position to command both roads, at the point where the one leading to Summit Point diverges from the Martinsburgh road. Here we fought him until we heard a signal gun in the direction of Winchester, and two sections of the enemy's artillery, on the road from that place, were seen in hot pursuit of us. I then ordered the march to be continued, and the larger part of my forces went in different directions from the field of battle. The result of this engagement would have been far different if my orders had been obeyed, or my example followed. When the retreat commenc
Martinsburg (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
st of the town, between the Front Royal and Martinsburgh roads. During this skirmishing the rebels ed and formed in line of battle west of the Martinsburgh road, and that officer again directed to enbattle he had retreated to the right of the Martinsburgh road. About the time that I had given the as impossible for me to retreat upon either Martinsburgh or Harper's Ferry. without encountering it to believe that they intended to march for Martinsburgh. One of the sections of the battery was ven miles north-east of Winchester, on the Martinsburgh road. Here Major W. T. Morris was commandiestimates are correct. The attack on the Martinsburgh road, our defeat and retreat, have been so ttached our forces at Bunker's Hill, on the Martinsburgh road. My line of communication with Majous route, and the enemy was probably on the Martinsburgh road. It is doubtful whether I could have order; and it was therein resolved that the Martinsburgh road, being commanded by the guns of the fo[9 more...]
Front Royal (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
nually kept out heavy cavalry scouts on the Front Royal road as far as Front Royal, and on the Stra one on the Strasburgh and the other on the Front Royal road. The one on the Strasburgh road consihat direction. The reconnaissance of the Front Royal road was abortive. The expedition consistere eight o'clock, my cavalry patrols on the Front Royal road reported that the enemy was approachin stated. I immediately sent forward on the Front Royal and Strasburgh roads forces to observe and enemy located in a wood at the right of the Front Royal road. After a short artillery skirmish, Com thence in a northern direction across the Front Royal road, and north of that road to the HollingRomney, Pughtown, Martinsburgh, Berryville, Front Royal, and Strasburgh roads, lead into the town. ses of the Blue Ridge from the direction of Front Royal, it was impossible for me to retreat upon erk woods in the direction of Strasburgh and Front Royal were turning gray with the hordes of rebels[11 more...]
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
y, and one section of battery L, Fifth regiment artillery, under command of Col. Shawl, of the Eighty-seventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. This reconnoissance was conducted with energy, in pursuance of instructions, and its results were-second regiment O. V. I., Col. Ball; One Hundred and Twenty-third regiment O. V. I., Col. Wilson; Thirteenth regiment Pennsylvania cavalry, Col. Gallagher; Twelfth regiment Pennsylvania cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Moss; battery L, Fifth regiment artillery,Pennsylvania cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Moss; battery L, Fifth regiment artillery, First Lieut. Randolph. Second brigade, Colonel Ely, Eighteenth Connecticut, commanding: Eighty-seventh regiment Pa. V. I., Colonel Shawl; Twelfth regiment Va. V. I., Col. Klunk; Eighteenth regiment Conn. V. I., Lieut.-Col. Nichols; Fifth regiment Mdr were of no small moment, deciding as they did the fate of the Great Valley, as well as the fate of Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Could Winchester and neighboring towns have still been held in spite of the desperate courage and effo
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
s were to keep open our communication with Harper's Ferry, and to watch the passes of the Blue Ridgember of my division which have reported at Harper's Ferry and Bloody Run and other places exceeds fiht, when I received from Colonel Piatt, at Harper's Ferry, the following telegram: In accordanc to remove your command from Winchester to Harper's Ferry. You will, without delay, call in Colonelly and without inconvenience, fall back to Harper's Ferry. don Piatt, Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief ch sent me, which he forwarded to you from Harper's Ferry, misunderstood me, and somewhat exceeded herve as a look-out, should be withdrawn to Harper's Ferry. No large amount of supplies should be lean order to me to fall back Immediately to Harper's Ferry. R. H. Milroy, Major-General. It is cleigade at once. If you should fall back to Harper's Ferry, he will be in part on your way, and cover offered the best route for a retreat upon Harper's Ferry, and that it was indispensable for the saf[7 more...]
Winchester (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Doc. 11.-evacuation of Winchester. Major-General Milroy's report. Baltimore, June 30, 1863. Colonel: I have been compelled by the exigencies of public duties connected with my late command to defer until this time a report of the recent operations about Winchester. Having no reports from brigade commanders and not even an opportunity of conferring with them, I am still unable to give a detailed report. A sense of duty to myself and to the officers and soldiers which I had the honor to command requires that I should submit some general statements. I occupied Winchester with my command on the twenty-fifth of December last, and continued in its occupancy until Monday morning, the fifteenth instant, when, for reasons which will appear in the sequel of this report, I was compelled to evacuate it. When I first occupied Winchester, the valley of the Shenandoah, from Staunton to Strasburgh, was occupied by the rebel General Jones, with a force variously estimated at from fiv
Millwood (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
regiment New-York volunteer cavalry, and the Baltimore battery, at Berryville, Colonel McReynolds, of the First New-York cavalry, commanding. My instructions to Col. McReynolds were to keep open our communication with Harper's Ferry, and to watch the passes of the Blue Ridge (Snicker's and Ashby's Gaps) and the fords of the Shenandoah River known as Snicker's and Berry's. To this end he was to cause to be diligently scouted, the country between him and those localities, and as far south as Millwood. I was expressly instructed to undertake no offensive operations in force. Acting in accordance with these instructions, I kept my forces well in hand in the vicinities of Berryville and Winchester, except that during the expedition of General Jones into West-Virginia, by order from your headquarters, I sent portions of them into that State. During my occupancy of Winchester, I almost continually kept out heavy cavalry scouts on the Front Royal road as far as Front Royal, and on the Stra
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