The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-25

cover McCiellan's retreat from tho PEN
insula. The purpose to order McClel.
Ian TO leave the peninsula had not
been decided upon when Pone's FIRST
move in the Virginia campaign was
made
Lee TOO Quick
This move took place on July -
when Pope directed Banks to order
General John 2. Halch to send for
ward his cavalry brigade to occupy
Gordonsville, twenty-five mics south
west from Culpeper GordonsvIie WIS
tho point where the Virginia Central
Railroad. Richmond chief line of com
Iuuniatton with the Shenandoah VAL
ley was crossed by The Orange and
Alexandria Railway. the principal line
between Washington and the South in
that part OF Virginia. /, was seventy
milos northwest OF Richmond ninety
miles southwes, OF Washington. and
was important strategic point
Instead OF making Il dash with his
cavalry alone. Hatch delayed until he
obtained an infantry ard artillery
support. and when mis- scouts got with
in sight of GordonsvNle they found
that Eweirs division OF Jackson's
corps had already reached there and
held the place I.ee had grasped the
Importance OF Goraonsville little
earlier than Pope. and as he correctly
assumed that the next move on Rich
mond would be made by Pope and not
by Mcclellan. he cent Jackson to seize
bn ny 2aif
| don which turned out to be correct,
that Mcclellan would soon be with
drawn from the peninsula and that
large part of his troops would be
sent to Pope. he told Jackson TO oc-
cuDy Gordonsville with his entire
corps in preparation for a new dash
| toward Washington Jackson himself
arrived a. Gordonsville with the re-
mainder OF his corps two or three
days after Ewell had reached there.
When Hatch founl that Ewell had
reached the objective poist ahead %
him he fell back to CDlpeper. An
that region was peopled by Southern
sympathlzers. and ,he news OF every
move made by any part OF Pope's army
was quickly communicated TO jackson.
! or whoever the nearest Confederate
commander would be This was the
first OF Pope's disappointments, and he
vas to have many OF them in the Few
weeks following which were to close
his Virginia operations.
jackson rested for about two weeks
| at Gordonsville, obtained new horses
as far as no could Tor his cavalry and
artillery. and got his men into efsar.
tive shape for the campaign which
he saw was Just anead ~ him. Pops
too. strengthened mis- lines as far rs
, possible with such troops as he could
induce Lincoln 70 send 20 him from
the defenses at Washington.
4 Cavalry Dn-b.
an, pona dtd a, a,,.., go
| federatss % ranos, n.a,os,,,f. 80
! dorsviiie ANN .h
Jncksor,s s,sv ~ a.. 1,,.,a 49,
DAYS after stnnsv,i.s .rri,.si a., go.
! dorsvfla pona ord.-,a s..,a, ,,,,e,..
kim Who co1nr..,d.d dt,.t.,a,, a,
troons =, I-redsrirLshr- 60,
-eet,,a,. o.,..t..
! road IN Tho rearo 80 rets M
| no ere, ca,,ir,. AN 80 va
! IN vtrri,ia h, 80, 49,
/ this branch OF the military service tho
/ Confoderates were superior to tho
national troops for tho FIRST two years
/ Of the war as was shown by tho
/ forsys made By Ashbv and l. Z IS
Stuart in Virginia and hy Morgan and
/ Forrest in kentucky and Tennessee.
/ although Sheridan in July. ISIS. i'm mis-
| raid on Bonneville. Miss. into the
enemy's country. showed some OF tho
dash AMI skin which he was to display
! later on. with a bigger force and on
/ a larger field, under Grant in Vir-
| sinia
The command which General King
selected for this work was the Ira
Harris ligh, Cavalry. New YORK
regiment. commanded hv colonel i A.
! Davies. Crossing tho Rappnhannok
! Just at dusk on tho evening Of Julv
/ 10. about 500 strong. this regiment
rode southwark In tho direction OF
| Richmond. through region which
was infested with Confederatos ana
arrived at Beaver Dam. forty miles
| south OF Fredericks burg their obiec-
tive point at o'clock on tho morn
ing OF the eOth which v-as Sunda,.