, 1865-07-28
MORNING, TkI.EEEKLY Aas WEEKLY
FRIDAY, JULY IS. 1863.
sronEwALL JAcKsoS,s nrpnoC

CIoss Keys. with Gen. Shields and Gen +,
mont, on the 9Th end 9Th Of June. 1852. r
acconnl ne gives Of those actions ayrca an
A.sntially with the Federal version. eyre,
1aa1 1aekson claims tho victory, while F.
"ent also claims It. Tho truth lies hrt tuenn
uel1nes party won decided advantage: i: b,
lno fepel General accomplished that Il
Mmca no gave battle-tiue to retreat arm
Inc Shenandoah river and make c<ood his e
cape from his pursuera. Neither of tbe =,
gseemenss were very desperate or blood,
1aes wore moderately well fought On enc
1oe' Only portion, however, Of the Fet
e1A HOOPS we're brought into action. Th
t"o battles were the closing paragraphs {
military chapter that exercised 3mncns
'1huacnco on the whole campaign OF 1867
"nlch WIS 80 disastrous to the Federal cause
a shcrt review Of s;onewa1l Jackaon's ia
nous pursuit Of Gen. Banks may prove In
s&ructtvc to the reader, ~ showing how The
neglect OF Gen Fremont TO obey q mill.
fa'y order OF President Lincoln affected the
entire campaign, and led to the aad and
bloody roTe1ses OF the Potomac a.my-not
that Fremont nlcne blundered or disobeyed
orders, hut that Ills tr1nsg1ession was the
parent Of much evil to our cause. Our com
Dande:s we're nearly all shamefuily and
thock'ne'y out-gcneraled in that whole cam.
l'ai n. The common citizen soldiers, few
months from the plow, the forge and the
nntrs1orm, suartiog under the secollec-
tlen Of the Bull Run s.ar7p.de Of the pre.
sious Sears fought with reckless courage, and
spnled their blood as freely as water. But
they wcre 10 badly handled that their hero
Ism and sacrifices csTunted for little or naurht,
0o the 10Th Of May, 1852, the military Sit
natien Of the Potoma. amy was as follows.
Gen. Mcclellan, Mt the head Of 1s0, 900 ttoons
was digging in the Chickahominy svamns
within dlzen miles Of Rchmond, AFRAID Ia
ADVANCE, and haw1inE At The President for
more men," LIE was defending tie rebel
capital with 10000 troops, but IVES expecting
reinforcement Of 1000 frcm Bcaurcsard's
amy. which had fought Grant snd Buell. at
Shiloh. Hal1eck's army vas lying torpid ut
Coafnth- Mcdowell was at Fredericksburg,
" Lilies from Richmond, at the head Of s.. 600
mer' including shIcld's division, just with.
Lawn fssm Banks, and preparing
70 form Juucioa With MrClrl-
!sns Fight wing at Gaipes' Mill.
Up The Shenandoah Valley at st.asburr.
" miles south Of Ha-pers Ferry Law Gen
halks with 1000 men, as corps Of obse.yn.
Lon on raids in that direction. Be-
tween Banks sDd Mcdowell, out in
1font Of Bull Run, were some {, 900 men under
uealy and Duryea, protecting Washington
On that side. Over beyond Banks' division,
on Inc opposite side Of the Shenandoah
Aountain, lay Gen. Fremont's army Of u 900
men ut franklin, on the banks Of the south
Branch Of the Potomac, distsu. IS
miles from Har1isonbnrg and New Market
fusther up the valley, On the cast side OF the
mountain, lay 6tonexall Jackson with s5. 90
mtn awaiting orders from Richmond
The rebels, knowing the position end
strength Of our fc1ces, and f.nrinr that No
LOWELL would join Mcclellan before Beaure-
sa4os relniorcements from Corinth could
reach Rtchmnnd, devised plan to Illustrate
LUIS Junction, 1h:ow the whole North into 4
Panic Tor the safety Of Washington, cause
McOo~ell to fall back to the North side of ]
me Happahannocl1. aud ennble the Western |
Eesn1oIcenenh to join Lee, well knowing |
hat HxnecE Tas aAlcep and would not wake
Ip before wintcr. The plan IVES, for Stone
Fau jackson to make sudden dash down
he Shenandoah Valley, strike and destroy
8aRks' column 1t strasburg, make
oold characterization on Washington. and
Turing the consequent fright aud con
nsion at our capital, retire to Richmond as
petdily ~ posslble, unite with Lee, rein
osced fom the South and West, and with
he Fhclc force fall on the feeble and irreso-
ute Mcclellan, defeat him, and. II possible,
lelas A'' a'us ana toen Mafch on wash
neton, csp.ure 1t, and dictate peace to the
'.dcralE Fl ON their own capital,
e.Ise ae =. va; eccni' LUIS WIG una ftcS-
90 p'au 81 ,e ope. 3uous etne ~1tnln an ace Of
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~ 4nshed Il the hssa ~ % M M +,oan.
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he aSd AZ Mnv Ashhr c,rnc1- p.,r., ~
,ost at Fs,nt Roral-sons e,oht rt.r m5,az
,wsy from The main h.dv AT strashnrr~
Commanded bv Col. Ktn1r who ,n,t,ra1r
,.ye f3rbt. and for tuo honrs htld b1e vort:.
hen ,,strfn,. a ,oa,n mods s+.n5 or.~e
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ea,.sr1d ~ 4s..a .sss1s" oAS Aau
arad psn,.a, ,,.+,. esss -
as'a 49, naaHs 100 uts4e at@s aon eaptue' on
ns ust "4a'N o@uAs a''nso I"e AtlAIoa'
-nu o'oeteo nslAn. teueaEou1nlnR up MS
'sEEsse ono sto1cA' ~ o.sot 1onR ne nuf"
lea ioF"s5o " 1eaen Winchester IN ADVANCE
JACKSON, VINO ~as also mAUng =
ofceo masch along the 'FRONT.' HoyRl
'lAnkroad 10 the same point The
cspecflTe routes were Hke sne TWO sides OF
n inverted with Winchester at the angle
u Juncturc. It was one OF the most exciting