The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-14

II was resolved 70 storm the lines a. ua,
break unless the reveiatlons conclusion.
should lead TO chanSe W trorn that
Before dawn message cam BRADLEY II.
antsrnrfsino officer General blau'e'
Johnson Who had pushed on W ~
suburbs OF Baltimore. ina, ~ voshirg-
Grants army had arrNssu datarmined 10
ton and reluctantly EarS n,tn ~
~. Ill ILL a. he retreated portion OF
tho Siyth corps advanced 10 at'aeh "nlie
Precedent Lincoln ana Some ilthin.is VI
his cabinet looked on from Eene rT'' R,dweI S
IN ms trritsd States officer in command. ~
we ,.;,b a slight loss 70 Early, VINO
~ turned towards virginia
co,,n WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN rAkfN'
,,ora1A L. Long. the Chief Of Artillery
-, ,ha expedition. the gallant olhceI' VIZ
Notwithstanding the loss OF ms eys a
49, rte declining years In writlhs "a
Ststnrv OF the operations in when ne sooS
u ',,eoTthy part, says in his memoir y,
General r. T.. Lee, this cafnpalsno "
General Early Is remarkable lot the force
,Iisbing more In proportion 10 the l1rov
pp,r1,nloved and for having gwen
, Inap public satisfaction than ,s any
other campaign OF the war. a r,a
is entirely due to IN the Washington
should have been taken. and tnis , tnss
he passed over as one OF the absurdi''ess
~ public sentiment on the conducI VI
the war .ha, Early
III bave cantured Washington Is only
a case in which the wish was la'nci ~, ~
the thought. The city was uele..t 81
seven hundred seige guns, a1de'.s ~
trees had been placed before ule CraeL
worIs the high banks OF Rock creek
formed a natural fertilization anu -
rjas ~ forts mounted with heaVy GUNS
covered all the approaches. anu W., W. ~
arranged that II one were taken the
otbars commanded IT, There was SUI
Iterabundance Of field batteries ior
Grant had sent back i'm the spfihs Il
hundred guns which lencuihoeteu ia
army. Early nag out sts oyer twenty
muskets while there were over tmchhy
thousand four hundred men IN the ne
fences OF Washington enough 10 ue. ',.is
him before Wrights corps ana %iloty :
division arrived And herewas the sixth
and part OF the nineteenth corps on
hand II he had taken Washlhgton l
with so small a force II would nave oesn
futile and short lived success On tnc
ali the prisoners OF Monocacy' harS
marched to the Potomac and on tne
18th. crossing near Leesburg was again
in old Virginia.
THE BRILLIANcY or THIRTY DAYS CAMPAIGN
I count this thirty days campaign as
enc of the most brilliant OF our own
or any other war. Within tnat pIieed
time General Early with less imam INV
men all told, had. . 80
+ Driven cut Of the field the army OF
Hunter. eighteen thousand FIVE hundred
strong ,,.- 49,,
Win a force OF six thousand strong.
z Defeated Wallace. at the Mono
cacv and sent him whrling into Balti-
more with an army Of six to seven thou
4. Diverted from Grants army the
sixth corps: and a part OF the nineteenth
corps which just at this time happily Tor
Grant. was arriving at Fortress Monroe
| from New Orleans -
central and Piedmont Virginia where II
| maeuaeed the rear OF Lee, 20 the border
| line of Northern Virginia on the Potomac
where 1t began three years before.
| Counting tho men in the detences OF
| Washington Early had Occupied tuly
| sixty thousand men 10 oppose him. All
! the objects OF the campaign were, up
| TO this time roundlv accomplished no
| doubt there was hone that Washington
might possibly be captured. and that
Grant Ike Mcclellan might be forced
10 abandon operations on the James
| and both his and ices armies transfer
! red 10 the Northern border. But this
hope was never either design or eX-
| pcctation.
THB GREATEST MARCH OF MODERN WAR.
The march OF Early from Cold Harbor
J by Charlottesville, LynchbUrg Salem.
Stanton and Winchester across The Pc
! tomac and the Monocacy and through the
! South mountain passes 20 washington
| and back to Virginia between The l3tn
J of June and the 18th Of July q distance
! Of five hundred and ten miles, an average
! OF sixteen miles a day. is for lengln and
! rapidity, without a parallel IN our own
J or aDV modern war. Inc TACT INT most
Of his men covered sixty miles from
Charlottesville 20 Lynchburg on the cars
! does not alter this statement II TOOK
Sherman nearly three months 70 get over
| three hundred miles from Atlanta 10
d trffn
ment. Crawford's division Of yelling
TONS army marched Seventy-tWo niles
! in tWenty-fOur hours 10 laldFeIa puI
never did yelling on, St0neWau jackson,
or that / have been able to discover did
Napoleou B0naparfe achieve so great a
consecutive distance i'm 50 Drlet Tune.
AID when it Is remembered that EaEy
had 20 thread his path into a hostlle coul-
tI-y through the meshes Of four opposing
forces two Of which (Hunter's and Wal
lace's) he defeated, one OF Whoch tolsel -
ne eliminated and foled, while the
fourth he confronted at washington WI,
numbers treblng his own, eng ina -, ~
lid not lose gun-the exploit Is mar
veIous. and is at least worthy com
nanfon piece OF rhe Valley Campaign
Of Jackson.
SLIPPING HE SEI-rHE SECOND iN'AsloS AND
ITS SEQUEL
The foot cavalry" paused near Lees
burg. July l4th and 10TH ana soon lIldICn
and fight" is again the watch Word.
Their situation IS pcriious Tor gDlui9n
commanded by General IT. g. NIlSul
consisting Of the 9Th and loth CORPS -
moving on their rear from WASHINGTON
while Hunters army which had returned
from the Ohio river by railroad mas
united with Sigel at Harpers FERRY ana
this force has moved under Major Gen
erai Crook down into LOHd0un couAP-
To slip between them Is the pIODleH.
Early solved II. ON the lbtn OF July'
ne moved through Smokers Gap
to the valley crossing the Shenandoah
on the 18th, and taking position on the
18th near Berryvile skirmshinS success
fully and repelling the advance on
Wrlghts column at tasteman.S feFiy.
on the 10Th. Ramseur had an affair with
Averills cavalry which was threaten
ing our trains from Slevenson's Depot,
and was badly worsted losing four pieces
of artillery. General Lewis and Lilly be
ing wounded and Col. Board OF the
5Sth Virginia. beirg killed. Grant now
wrote Hafleck 10 send back to him the
GtL and 18th corps before Early could
get back 10 Lee; but Early was too quick
for him.
KERssTowS, TuLY %, 1861.
on the 22nd. Early posted himself
across Cedar Greek near Stsausburg.
on the 23rd news came which proved
to be correct, that Wrights column had
returned to Washington where trans
ports were ready TO convey them to
Grart at Petersburg and that Crook and
Averill had united at KernstOwn.
Quick as an eagle swOOpS upon It's prey
Early leaped upon Crook. who command
ed the Army Of West Virginia. consist
Ing Of Hunters and Sgels forces and
AVerills cavalry and there where jackson