Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
MaTyIanders in the War.

ahe t;sree military orders wkic
follow lelow are of great histor cs.l
lntsrs:st having never before apps q
esi u prints The copies are exc
the clreless punctuations ind catina
tlse fasse IF the writer's. They were
shoFss = IL Smn reporter BY Judg,
George w. Wilson. OF Upper Mar
i,oro. Nd. who was q gallant solo ie
In she First Maryland Battery, c.
s. l., kIaised and FIRST commanded
by Gen. r Snowden Andrews, Of
Battinaorel. who received them fron,
| h mss Battle Averitt (when
I1ppey Marlhosa ate
the war;, who was chaplain OF Col.
Turner Asbby s cavalry. and became
the official custodian of the precious
documents.
The first in order of the curious
papers IS an order from Gen. ]. r.
Johnston . Captain Ashby when
Johnston commanded the Confeder-
aiss at Han per's Ferry, having re
lieyed Col. t. ]. Jackson (promoted
TO oriPsdier-general June IS, 1850.
His far hest outpost under Ashby
vas at Berlin Bridge, which in this
order Of June 3. 1861. he directs
AsAby toonrn. Johnston evacuated
l7arper's Ferry june 10, and on the
22d he issued a special order com
plirnenting the First Maryland Reg
iment, under Lieut.. Col. George III.
Steuar>, for efficiency in carrying
out his orders, and he further said /:
loving 70 their discipline no pri-
vate 7rcperty was injured and no
unodsnling gcitizens disturbed. The
sol1ierly qualities OF the Maryland
regiment viii not be forgotten in The
day OF action.
Among the property thus saved
from destruction were II 900 musket
stocks, which were sent to North
Carolina in Acknowledgements of that
State having armed and equipped
the Aarylanders.
The order OF January 2, 1862, from
General Jackson to Colonel Ashby.
occurred during Jackson's sudden
movement from Winchester to Rom
ney, Va. with the design to destroy
tho Ralt more and 0hiorailroad;. but
the r, su 5, while satisfactory, was
not noag Jackson S famous sue
cesse;. Moreover. intensely cold
weltl er ensued, with rain and snow
his IN n were mostly without suit
able lcthing 10 protect them and
hence suffered terribly. During
thi; lovement Jackson issued an
or er 10 General Loring which Lor-
in2 d sregarded. A contention fol-
loved which resulted in the Confed-
err le War Department sustaining
Lo II :. Jackson Immediately re-
sii le, lis commission. and was on
tn i a. ef retiring to Lexington,
Va retake his chair ut the Will
tai ;,itute, when Governor Letch-
er. g. pretending the tremendous
los q the Confederacy by Jackson
re ri Z from the field, prevailed
up he Richmond authorities tc
re, ons der their decision.
The next order from Jackson to
As b. April Is, 1862 occurred De.
tween hetime Jackson fougbtShields
at Kea 'nstown, March 8, 1862, and
his defeat of Milroy at Mcdowell
May 10 following. Returning sw lift.
ly to the Valley of Virginia. Jack sor
prepared to pursue the campaign
which resulted 20 quick and suct es
sive defeats of the armies of Ban IS
Fremont and Shields, which m de
Jackson master of the entire valley
| In May 1862, the First Maryland
Infantry. under Major-General w
ell, joined Jackson in the Valley
Major w. w. Goldshorough, in Ms
Maryland Line. G. S. A., 1867,
| tells of Jackson at this time thus
To our utter amazenent, wher
we turned cur faces to where we a6
passed his army the evening pre-
vious nothing met our gaze but tbs
smoldeiine enters of his deserted
campfres. We rubbed our eyes anC
looked again and again, 10th to DE
lieve oa sense of vision. But gons
be was ard vh thcr and for what M
one could tell. Quietly, in the deld
of night, ne Tad arisen from hi:
biai kss' al calling his troops around
him, " h hem had disappeared.
| "aor more than two weeks bis
waerea lou.s remained a mystery
and va o. were the conjectures a.
TO vha b: 4 become of him. when ON,
day IN. Q anne the news Of Aiilroy
defeat Mcdowell, more than To-
miles way. Swiftly he had ira
ver..ed he steep rangesof mountain,
| that Sc arated him from his prey
and wi n irresistible fury had hurl
ed his legions upon the astonishes
foe in his mountain fastness ans
routed him with heavy loss. and wa,