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Bolivar, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
ght, the battle-flags of A. P. Hill. rose on Bolivar Heights, and Harper's Ferry was doomed. Returning, I found General Jackson at the church in the wood on the Bolivar and Halltown turnpike, and just as I joined him a white flag was raised on Bolivar and all the firing ceased. Lieutenant-General Ambrose P. Hill, C. S. A. From a photograph. Under instructions from General Jackson, I rode up the pike and into the enemy's lines to ascertain the purpose of the white flag. Near the top o The fruits of the surrender were 12,520 prisoners ( Official Records ), 13,000 arms, 73 pieces of artillery, and several hundred wagons. General Jackson, after sending a brief dispatch to General Lee announcing the capitulation, rode up to Bolivar and down into Harper's Ferry. The curiosity in the Union army to see him was so great that the soldiers lined the sides of the road. Many of them uncovered as he passed, and he invariably returned the salute. One man had an echo of response a
Leesburg (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
ember, 1862, the Federal army under General Pope having been confounded, General Lee turned his columns toward the Potomac, with Stonewall Jackson in front. On the 5th of September Jackson crossed the Potomac at Whitens Ford, a few miles beyond Leesburg. The passage of the river by the troops marching in fours, well closed up, the laughing, shouting, and singing, as a brass band in front played Maryland, my Maryland, was a memorable experience. The Marylanders in the corps imparted much of th Potomac at White's Ford. Lieutenant Robert Healy, of the 55th Virginia, in Stonewall Jackson's command, tells the following incident of the march into Maryland: the day before the corps waded the Potomac at White's Ford, they marched through Leesburg, where an old lady with upraised hands, and with tears in her eyes exclaimed: the Lord bless your dirty ragged souls! Lieutenant Healy adds: Don't think we were any dirtier than the rest, but it was our luck to get the blessing. --Editors. the
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
he directed General McLaws to march on Harper's Ferry by way of Middletown and seize Maryland Heights, and General Walker to cross the Potomac below Harper's Ferry and take Loudoun Heights, all to be in position on the 12th, except Jackson, who was first to capture, if possible, the troops at Martinsburg. Early on the 10th Jackson was off. In Frederick he asked for a map of Chambersburg and its vicinity, and made many irrelevant inquiries about roads and localities in the direction of Pennsylvania. To his staff, who knew what little value these inquiries had, his questions only illustrated his well-known motto r Mystery, mystery is the secret of success. I was then assistant inspector-general on his staff, and also acting aide-de-camp. It was my turn this day to be intrusted with the knowledge of his purpose. Having finished this public inquiry, he took me aside, and after asking me about the different fords of the Potomac between Williamsport and Harper's Ferry, told me that h
Jackson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
uffered.--extract from a letter written by Lieut. Robert Healy, of Jackson's corps. On the 3d of September, 1862, the Federal army under im with smiles and embraces and questions, and then jumped into Jackson's men wading the Potomac at White's Ford. Lieutenant Robert Hea's Ferry and Sharpsburg proved the wisdom of Hill's request and of Jackson's compliance with it.) During the 14th, while Jackson was fixin Grant afterward gave Lee at Appomattox. Of the expectations of Jackson's men, Lieutenant Robert Healy says, in a letter written in 1886: ions of Meade, Doubleday, and Ricketts, struck the first blow, and Jackson's old division caught it and struck back again. Between such foesext Mansfield entered the fight, and beat with resistless might on Jackson's people. The battle here grew angry and bloody. Starke was killith tried his luck and was repulsed. Sumner then ordered a halt. Jackson's fight was over, and a strange silence reigned around Dunker Chur
Boonsboro (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
ing from their hair, and small Union flags in their hands, rushed out of a house as we passed, came to the curbstone, and with much laughter waved their flags defiantly in the face of the general. He bowed and raised his hat, and, turning with his quiet smile to his staff, said: We evidently have no friends in this town. And this is about the way he would have treated Barbara Frietchie! Having crossed South Mountain, at Turner's Gap, the command encamped for the night within a mile of Boonsboro‘, Here General Jackson must determine whether he would go on to Williamsport or turn toward Shepherdstown. I at once rode into the village with a cavalryman to make some inquiries, but we ran into a squadron of Federal cavalry, who without ceremony proceeded to make war upon us. We retraced our steps, and although we did not stand upon the order of our going, a squad of them escorted us out of town with great rapidity. When I tried a couple of Parthian shots at them with my revolver, the
Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
r, directing General Jackson to move the next morning, cross the Potomac near Sharpsburg, and envelop Harper's Ferry on the Virginia side. In the same order he direcl Hill to his command. The work the Light Division did at Harper's Ferry and Sharpsburg proved the wisdom of Hill's request and of Jackson's compliance with it.) er daylight on the 16th he crossed the Potomac there and joined Longstreet at Sharpsburg. General McClellan had, by that time, nearly all his army in position on theive work on his own front, for there were no unfought troops in Lee's army at Sharpsburg; every soldier on that field tasted battle. General Burnside, with his corhis advance. Jackson was at General Lee's headquarters on a knoll in rear of Sharpsburg. A. P. Hill was coming, but had not arrived, and it was apparent that Burnsiy war. The artillery tore, but did not stay them. They pressed forward until Sharpsburg was uncovered and Lee's line of retreat was at their mercy. But then, just t
Middletown (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
9th, he issued an order, directing General Jackson to move the next morning, cross the Potomac near Sharpsburg, and envelop Harper's Ferry on the Virginia side. In the same order he directed General McLaws to march on Harper's Ferry by way of Middletown and seize Maryland Heights, and General Walker to cross the Potomac below Harper's Ferry and take Loudoun Heights, all to be in position on the 12th, except Jackson, who was first to capture, if possible, the troops at Martinsburg. Early on ncident. [See p. 619.--Editors.] On the march that day, the captain of the cavalry advance, just ahead; had instructions to let no civilian go to the front, and we entered each village we passed before the inhabitants knew of our coming. In Middletown two very pretty girls, with ribbons of red, white, and blue floating from their hair, and small Union flags in their hands, rushed out of a house as we passed, came to the curbstone, and with much laughter waved their flags defiantly in the f
Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
ill, the officer next in rank. Early that day the army went into camp near Frederick, and Generals Lee, Longstreet, Jackson, and for a time Jeb Stuart, had their s near one another in Best's grove. Hither in crowds came the good people of Frederick, especially the ladies, as to a fair. General Jackson, still suffering from his tent he was seen no more that day. The next evening, Sunday, he went into Frederick for the first time to attend church, and there being no service in the Presbypossible, the troops at Martinsburg. Early on the 10th Jackson was off. In Frederick he asked for a map of Chambersburg and its vicinity, and made many irrelevantoem, Barbara Frietchie. An old woman, by that now immortal name, did live in Frederick in those days, but she never saw General Jackson, and General Jackson never sand shot a hole in my new hat, which, with the beautiful plume that a lady in Frederick had placed there, rolled in the dust. This was of little moment, but at the
South Mountain (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
g. In Middletown two very pretty girls, with ribbons of red, white, and blue floating from their hair, and small Union flags in their hands, rushed out of a house as we passed, came to the curbstone, and with much laughter waved their flags defiantly in the face of the general. He bowed and raised his hat, and, turning with his quiet smile to his staff, said: We evidently have no friends in this town. And this is about the way he would have treated Barbara Frietchie! Having crossed South Mountain, at Turner's Gap, the command encamped for the night within a mile of Boonsboro‘, Here General Jackson must determine whether he would go on to Williamsport or turn toward Shepherdstown. I at once rode into the village with a cavalryman to make some inquiries, but we ran into a squadron of Federal cavalry, who without ceremony proceeded to make war upon us. We retraced our steps, and although we did not stand upon the order of our going, a squad of them escorted us out of town with grea
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.73
handsome black horse, was carefully dressed and had on untarnished gloves, boots, and sword. His staff were equally comely in costume. On the other hand, General Jackson was the dingiest, worst-dressed, and worst-mounted general that a warrior who cared for good looks and style would wish to surrender to. The surrender was unconditional, and then General Jackson turned the matter over to General A. P. Hill, who allowed General White the same liberal terms that Grant afterward gave Lee at Appomattox. Of the expectations of Jackson's men, Lieutenant Robert Healy says, in a letter written in 1886: On the evening of the 14th we took position within six hundred yards of a Federal fort on Bolivar Heights. We lay that night in a deep ravine, perpendicular to the Shenandoah. The next morning by dawn I crept up) the hill to see how the land lay. A few strides brought me, to the edge of an abatis which extended solidly for two hundred yards, a narrow bare field being between the abati
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