. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . repare to evacuate both the Heights andHarpers Ferry. French had under him there about 10,000effective men. Halleck, on being notified of Hookers pur-pose to evacuate these places and to unite Frenchs commandwith the Army of the Potomac for the impending battle,countermanded Hookers order; thereupon the latter, by tele-gram from Sandy Hook, requested to be relieved from thecommand of that army.
. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . repare to evacuate both the Heights andHarpers Ferry. French had under him there about 10,000effective men. Halleck, on being notified of Hookers pur-pose to evacuate these places and to unite Frenchs commandwith the Army of the Potomac for the impending battle,countermanded Hookers order; thereupon the latter, by tele-gram from Sandy Hook, requested to be relieved from thecommand of that army. His request being persisted in, hewas, on June 28th, relieved, and Major-General George was, by the President, assigned to succeed , also feeling in need of reinforcements, on the sameday asked permission to order French, with his forces, to joinhim. Halleck, though placing French under Meades com-mand, did not consent to this. French, however, with all histroops (save my brigade), under orders from Washington,abandoned Harpers Ferry and Maryland Heights, and be-came a corps of observation to operate in the vicinity ofFrederick, Maryland, in the rear of the Army of the MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM H. FRENCH.{From a photograph taken l86j.) Gettysburg 23 « And though no enemy was threatening, nor likely to do sosoon, I was ordered to dismantle the fortified heights, loadthe guns and stores on Chesapeake and Ohio canal boats, andescort them to Washington, repairing the canal and locks onthe way. This work was done thoroughly, and we arrivedwith a fleet of twenty-six boats in Washington shortly aftermidnight, July 4, 1863. It was my first visit to that city. Under orders from Halleck, I started on the 6th, by rail, toreoccupy Harpers Ferry, but was stopped by Meade atFrederick, and there again reported to French. French hadbeen assigned to command the Third Army Corps (to succeedGeneral Daniel E. Sickles, wounded at Gettysburg), and hislate command became the T
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