The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03
LEES GENERALSHIP
AT SECOND MANASSAS
One of Great Leaders, MASTERPIECE jackson s
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| Lees rcsourccfuiIcHs :, direct at
| 'ack upon Pore Oh the river would be
| strategy must work ont the problem
an able factor In that problem was
! ,tackson'a foot cavalry. so General lee
[ determined 10 use them.
! VIE Wag! Wig wag.r waved Tie
J Federal signal hags. says NJ. Quad. on
| ihc 23th Of August, and They spelled
(, Jackson is moyIng." While Major
Lewis (whose pen name OF n. quad
/ rs so well known 10 the reading public
gives the date, correctly, there is grave
| nvubt that the Federal general had dis
! covered the fact that Jackson was In
/ motion. Subsequently events strongly
! fortlfy this belief. for he took little or
no Drecaution to lead off the speedy
root cavalry, IL he wns in possession
OF the fact That Jackson was In mo-
''S Y,,, ILL.,,
Rupahannoc with Longstreet'g infan-
try. General Leo employed PoDe's at
tention while Mumford. with the See
ond virginia cavalry leading. Ewell's.
y: J.. HIS and Taliafeyro.s divisions
! or Infantry, pressed for the upper
Rapahannock, with three days scant
sooked rations in their harersacks.
! The first days august o5) march
4 brought the Stonewal column to
/ naicin on the Manassas Gap railroad
AZ early dawn the next morning. the
/ line of march changed 10 right
angie and Thoroughfare Gap soon
| ioomEd In view. then the Stonewnll
corps knew "Old Juck" was reaching
ioT Popc's rear. At Gainesville
| stuart overlook Jackson's column,
bringins fitz. Lees and Robcrtson's
brigades OF cavalry TO Jackson's sup
port.
Nearing Manassas Junction, Jackson
deuected TO the right. striking the O.
| ana y. r. H., Popc's main line OF sun
J ply. ut Bristol Station. where he halt
ca for the night. having covered the re.
! IHarkablc distance OF titty-six miles in
Two days. That night jackson sent
s! with 800 infantry to support
Junction - Pope's vast storehouse.
jackson began tearing un the o. and
~. X. X TO cnlbarrasS Popc's move
msnis. The nearest Federal troops to
him were Reno's and Heintzclman's
corps ut Warrcnton Junction, ten miles
away. stuart captured 500 prisoners
aud nm cight-gun battery along with
the great storchousc. On the eth,
Jackson left Ewcll at bristol to con-
tihne TIE damage TO the railroad and
70 relard any movement against him
With the balance Of his troops he
Joined Stuart at tho junction.
Then those tired troopers weary
Ea'susts' ST I'M ana sturdy cannoneers,
Ieasted as they had not in many, many
moons. LuNurics that were but Il
memory we're plentiful. and how these
snTnt gray soldiers feasted.
Nnguc news reached Washington
mat some audacious gray soldiers had
fespassetl unon General Pope's store
/ mouse and were liable to cause some
damage at Manassas, so Taylor's New
these marauders. Fitz Lee discovered
that no supports from Slocum or
+! hranklin were following Taylor. who
nepiorfd In battle line and marched
In excellent order across the plains
of Manassas TO cxpel the foraglng
party.
Fitz advised jackson to lot them
come well on toward the junction,
and the troops In front could swing
upon the tanks and envelope the at
+ lacking brigade. The Federal battery
Grrtnred NJ Manassas was turned upon
Iaylors men, apprising them the
iorce 1t was attacking was stronger
than they had expected. and after Tay
Tor and many OF his troops were killed
ana others wounded and captured the
remainder beat hasty retreat. Now,
the Federal government at Washing
ton and Pope on the Rappahannock
became convinced Lee and jackson
contemplated trouble
That evening, the 2Sth, Hooker was
III contact with IIwcll. who had been
industriously damaging the railroad
Ewell retired after tart engagement
in compliance with Juckson's order
and reunited with the main column
at the junction
The situation was this; Jackson.
with fourteen brigudes of infantry,
two Of cavalry and eighteen light bnt
tcries- had swung upon Pope's rear
seized and appropriated his Immense
stores at Manassas and placed himself
troops at Wnshingt on--the latter he
ing rapidly augmented by McClellan's
forces from the James.
i The RaDpnhannock and Bull Run
were barriers between General Lee
and Longstrcot and the balance of the
mishty stonewail Jaokson's force
gath of August with his own army,
augmented by Reno's corps of Burn.
sside's forces and Reynolds's division OF
PENNSYLVANIA reserves, gave him 5O.-
oep. and two days later there came TO
him Fttz John Portcr's and Heintzel-
mans Corps, swelling his numbers TO
| 10000. The student oE war has an
ifobject lesson OF rare audacity
Pope had the alternative of hurting
MS whole force upon Longstreet's So
900 Oh the Rappahannock and pvcr-
Wheim hin, and then turn !lpoh Jack
himself upon the Stoncwall and crush
him before Lee and I.ongstrcet could
come 10 his relief. He chose to at
tempt the iatlcr Meantime the troops
Of the Army OF the Potomac were
hurrSlng. TO tho defense OF Washing
ton as fast ds transportation could
convey them. Lees strategy was to
crush Pope before Mcclellan could
white with him. Pope's disposition for
tho plan he had adopted was excel
lent. MCDOWELL with his own and
sisefs Corps and Reynolds's Division
were at Gainesville, only, nye miles
from ThorouEhfare Gap, Lees gate
way to jackson; Reno's. Corps and
Reary's division Of Heintzlemon,s
Corps ut Greenwich. in easy support
Inf disiance; Hooker at Rristol, four
miles from Manassas. and Banks and
; Fitz John Porter at Warrcnton juno J
ton and McClellnn's army inassins at
Washington. This was the situation
in the evering of August 81 while
Jackson was resting, and feasting his
\ troops at Manassas Junction. Il
I.a2 Pope.s plan wa ITO moyo tllssaS iy,a7}