Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-02-28
For the Herald.


include notices of the battles OF 2od
Manassas, Aniietam, fredericksburg.
Charlottesville, aud tie Valley cam.
paign IN 1864.
-"General Pope, commanding the
Union forces IN Northern Virginia, was
defeated at Cedar Mountain and three
weeks later, had 10 encounter the
WHOLE army of Lee on the old battle
field. of Bull Run" Eclec. Hist. L. 81
As Is pretty well known among the
patrons of the pupils studying ;hs his
torv. Lees whole army was sliil less
than Pope's. 1t !, also pretty we'll
known that Jackson with his corps OF
q. 900 meu, by forced marches, got III
Popc's rear, captured all the latIer's
stores at Manassas and slubbOrnly held
his ground agains; the odds OF Pope
until Longstreet came up with the re-
mainder CT Lees army. Then forming
that famous 'foarchette,' like the wide"
spre aiding jaws OF son.e vast monster
they enticed Pope within it and man
gle6 him. Pope's army consisted Oi
the corps oi Banks, Shlelds, Fremont
and Mcdowell united, amounting to
between fifty aud Sky thousand. Lees
w-uoLE torce was AZ SOC. Pope was
ana If the "Ou TO Richmond" men.
He was Likewise tue author OF some
terrible NJ pclamatiOus. Besides an
;r,nonso loss in killed and wounded
which were burIe.' and removed, he lett
in Lees hands 100 prisoners, 1000
wounded. 2o, 900 small /. ''n'' nuune'ou' :
colors, 80 cannons," and ''o'e' 0O~
sislng OF storehouses of bac, - 80
-four and ammunition, With two "''
OF burden trains, laden with army sto.
and luxuries. Such was Pope's IlIao
of woes.'
ANTIErAM For fourteen hours
the mountains echoed 10 tue var OF 500
cannons aud mortars, and when night
came. 5000 men lay dead or wounded
upon the field; but neither side could |
claim a vic ory." Eclee. Hist. U. s.
In this battle, Lees force barely
reached $1,000. McCiellar's 90 900 at
the minimuns, while the advantage oil
position, of number. and size OF artill-
cry, of quautitY aud quality of ammuni-
tion, belonged 10 the Federals. The
whole Confederate loss in Maryland.
including the capture ot Harper's
Ferry. was 10000.
s 527; FREDERICKSBURG. -"Burn-
-ide advanced in Desenber to attack
the strong Confederate works in the
rear of Fredeucks burg on the Kappa
hammock. The assault was made With
spendid courage aud steadiness and
was five times renewed under a storm
of cannon.balls, but it was repulsed
with a loss of twelve thousand men,"
Eclec. Hist, L. S.
Instead Of strong Confederate works
il should be slight. In front Of Jack
son. who TOOK position the night before
tue battle, there were no forIihcatl"n'.
The long stretch Of earlh~c crks there
when the Confederales lett the next
Spring, were put up after the battle,
TO proyide for future assault if made.
The Fe deras had posted on the OPP
posile heights, besides immerable bat
teries of light artillery, lSo guns oil
large slze, some OF them thro wing shot
of a hundred pounds weight. Before
the assault the Federal batteries on the
opposlte height shelled the Conteder-
ates. while batteries of light field pieces
preceded the assaulling columns tor the
same purpose. BurHside's army num-
bcred l30, 900; Lees, $4,000. II should
be noted that the retreat OF The FEEDER
ais across the Rappahannock vas very
skllfally performed:
| s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. In
January, 1868, General Hooker sue
lceeded to the command of the army OF
| The Potomac. He found it greatly de-
moralized $4,000 men aud 5000 OIL
GERS were absent irom their posts. HIS
rigorous discipline soon made 1t the
finest army vn the planet 1t was
defeated. however, III TWO days oat'
tie at Chancellorsvile, with loss OF
IlZOOO men. To the South the JOY oil
victory was cloudcd by the loss oil
'Stonewall Jackson, whose impeluou'
charge With 25 900 men upon the Union
riobt had decided the fortunes the day
&c. (EcIec. Hist. Q. S.)
80. 900 men and 600 officers absent
from their posts That was more men
than Lee ever had. Can you calculate,
Mr.. Editor, the minimum OF that army
which can allow the absence OF oO,OOV
and 1900 officers without undergoing
humiliation {? However this may be-
fighting joe rem odeled and vigorously
, disciplined it, and so ted it, clothed II
; : and equipped it, that, according TO his
own declaration, it was the finest army
, on the planet
And We echo according to the old
song
"Which nobody can deny !"
He then started out TO pulvarlze The
4 rebellion'aud did we'll for the irst day U
s two. 1t may be Of interest to note a'
e a side issue that his army rumoer''
S l25. 900 men while that of Lee wa
}, 45 900. Lougstreet not gettlag oae'
d from Southeast Virginia until alter th'
e battle.
Leaving Sed~ick with bods oil ~,
900 men. and sending Stonenau with
u BODY Of 10000 cavalry to Gu! Lee
u communications and threaten Ken
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