. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . in the district then commanded byColonel T. J. Jackson. When General Joseph E. Johnstonrelieved Colonel Jackson, the forces were withdrawn fromHarpers Ferry, and the headquarters of that army were atWinchester, in the Shenandoah valley. On July 1, 1861, General Patterson crossed the Potomacat Williamsport witli the intention of operating against Gen-eral Johnston, and preventing him from reenforcing Beaure-gard at Manassas. The first engagement of any kind betweenthese opposing forces is known as the affair at FallingWaters, in whi
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . in the district then commanded byColonel T. J. Jackson. When General Joseph E. Johnstonrelieved Colonel Jackson, the forces were withdrawn fromHarpers Ferry, and the headquarters of that army were atWinchester, in the Shenandoah valley. On July 1, 1861, General Patterson crossed the Potomacat Williamsport witli the intention of operating against Gen-eral Johnston, and preventing him from reenforcing Beaure-gard at Manassas. The first engagement of any kind betweenthese opposing forces is known as the affair at FallingWaters, in which Jackson, with three hundred and eightyinfantry and one piece of artillery, detained the advance ofPattersons army for some days. Colonel Stuart, with his cav-alry, was reconnoitering on Pattersons right flank. Whilepassing along the edge of a piece of woods, he came suddenlyupon a company of Pennsylvania infantry, separated from himby a high rail fence. Stuart, dressed in a blue-flannel coat andcorduroy trousers, rode to the fence and in peremptory tones. ONE OF THE EARLIEST CONFEDERATE CAVALRY EXPLOITS A month before the first battle of Bull Run, the bridge at Berlin, Md., six miles below Harpers Ferry, was thoroughly destroyed in oneof the first exploits of the Confederate cavalry. It was not yet organized. A few detached bands here and there—the Clarke company atthe bridge over the Shenandoah River near Harpers Ferry, Ashbys company at the bridge over the Potomac River at the Point ofRocks, and Drakes company at the bridge at Brunswick—were operating along the first Confederate line of defense. But they hadalready begun to demonstrate their daring and effectiveness. This was the prelude to the bold rides of Stuart and Forrest, to theswift raids of Morgan and the terror-inspiring Mosby. It was acts like this that hampered the LTnion leaders, and detained an armybetween Washington and the Confederates. Not until the ITnion cavalry had learned to retaliate, and to meet a
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