. Bright skies and dark shadows . immediately arrested,that he might be held in a position to cover thus defeated twa armies and paraljzed a third^Jackson obeyed the injunction to gather up the fiag-ments that nothing be lost.* At Winchester the Govern-ment had accumulated enormous stores—the w^aggon trainthat took them up the Yalley was fourteen miles long !—allof which feU into Jacksons hands, and was removed toStaunton to furnish supplies for the Confederate army^No wonder that they nicknamed Banks their CommissaryGeneral! But Jacksons work was not over, for otherforces we
. Bright skies and dark shadows . immediately arrested,that he might be held in a position to cover thus defeated twa armies and paraljzed a third^Jackson obeyed the injunction to gather up the fiag-ments that nothing be lost.* At Winchester the Govern-ment had accumulated enormous stores—the w^aggon trainthat took them up the Yalley was fourteen miles long !—allof which feU into Jacksons hands, and was removed toStaunton to furnish supplies for the Confederate army^No wonder that they nicknamed Banks their CommissaryGeneral! But Jacksons work was not over, for otherforces were gathering against him. McDowell was pre-pai-ing to cross the mountains; while Fremont, who hadbeen reinforced, was retuining to the attack, so that Jack-son was confronted by sixty thousand men aj)proachingfrom opposite quarters. In the advance of such forces hefell back till he could place himself between the two ; and THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Illustrating Valley Campaign OF STONEWALL JACKSON, JED. HOTCHKISS, T. ^t-S - 12 IG 20 24 1. Martinsburg. 2. Haipers Ferry. 3. Berryville. 5. Winchester. 6. Kenistown. 7. Middletown. 8. Front Royal. 9. Strasburg. 10. Woodstock. 11. New Market. 12. Luray. 13. Conrads Store. 14. HaiTisonburg. 15. Cross Keys. 16. Port Republic. 17. Meehums River. 18. Staunton. 19. McDowell. 20. Franklin. 21. Dry River Gap. 22. Bridgewater 23. Hagerstown. 24. Mt. Jackson. 72 SCALE OF ENGLISH STATUTE MILES Suiilher» S: Engrii »iid Prt, Tlie red line indicates Jacksons route, the arrows shou-ino the direction taken. THE VALLEY CAMPAIGJ^. 283 tlien, facing about at Cross Keys, he gave Fremont asecond blow as stunning as tlie first; and the very next dayfougbt an equally decisive battle with McDowells advance,under Shields, at Port Republic. This was the famous Valley Campaign, and I leave it to the students of bothto say, if there was anything more brilliant in the ItaliancamjDaigns of the First Napoleon.* * For the r
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