. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Virginia shore by daylight of the 11th. About the same time a heavy rain set in, and as the men were muchexhausted by their night inarch, I put them into bivouac. I would hereremark that the Army of Northern Virginia had long since discarded theirtents, capacious trunks, carpet-bags, bowie-knives, mill-saw swords, and six-shooters, and had reduced their kits to the simplest elements and smallestdimensions. Resuming our march on the morning of the 12th, we reached Hillsboroand halt
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Virginia shore by daylight of the 11th. About the same time a heavy rain set in, and as the men were muchexhausted by their night inarch, I put them into bivouac. I would hereremark that the Army of Northern Virginia had long since discarded theirtents, capacious trunks, carpet-bags, bowie-knives, mill-saw swords, and six-shooters, and had reduced their kits to the simplest elements and smallestdimensions. Resuming our march on the morning of the 12th, we reached Hillsboroand halted for the night. During the night I was sent for from the villageinn by a woman who claimed my attendance on the ground that she was justfrom Washington, and had very important information to give me. Answer-ing the call, I found seated in the hotel parlor a young woman of perhapstwenty-five, of rather prepossessing appearance, who claimed to have left 4. See General D. H. Hills statement, p. 570; General Colgroves, p. 603, and the test of the order, p. 664.—Editors. 6o8 JACKSONS CAPTURE OF HARPERS LOUDOUN HEIGHTS. VIEW FROM WALKERS POSITION ON LOUDOUN HEIGHTS OP THE UNION CAMP AND POSITION ONMARYLAND HEIGHTS. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. Washington the morning before, with important information from ourfriends in the Federal capital which she could communicate only to GeneralLee himself, and wished to know from me where he could he found. I sawat once that I had to do with a Federal spy; but as I did not wish to beencumbered with a woman prisoner, I professed ignorance of General Leeswhereabouts and advised her to remain quietly at the hotel, as I should, nodoubt, have some information for her the next morning. Before resumingour march the next day I sent her under guard to Leesburg, directing theprovost marshal at that place to hold her for three or four days and thenrelease her. Resuming the march at daylight on the 13th, we reached the foot of Lou-doun Heights about 1
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