Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . whuh stood on thetop--of the lii<;h \)llo\\in<i the lineof the Ilmunkey,]\r()V advance-2;uaid leached the Chifkahominyon the of Ma\, and could plainlysee the vjJiKs and steeples of Rich-mond ^\hl(ll ^^ i^ thiown into a stateof iiieit iliim RiiM f(ll most ofthe tunc and the iim ot the Chicka-hominy carried away tlie bridges,made the surrounding country aswamp, and badly divided the Unionarmy. One of
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . whuh stood on thetop--of the lii<;h \)llo\\in<i the lineof the Ilmunkey,]\r()V advance-2;uaid leached the Chifkahominyon the of Ma\, and could plainlysee the vjJiKs and steeples of Rich-mond ^\hl(ll ^^ i^ thiown into a stateof iiieit iliim RiiM f(ll most ofthe tunc and the iim ot the Chicka-hominy carried away tlie bridges,made the surrounding country aswamp, and badly divided the Unionarmy. One of tlie most effective meansemployed by the Confederate com-mander against the Union advance was by creating a diversion in the Siienan-doah Valley and fear for the safety of Washington. Rather than lose that,our government would have sacrificed the Army of the Potomac. GeneralJohnston had sent Stonewall Jackson into the Valley, where Banks was in. MOIST WEATHEK AT THE FRONT. 320 AmiINISTRATION OF LINCOLN. command. He was another of the political generals, wholly unfitted for theresponsibilities placed in his hands. At the opening of hostilities, Banks was so confident that he telegrajjhedthe government that Jackson was on the eve of being crushed; but it provedthe other way. Banks was completely outgeneraled and sent flying towardWashington. His troops marched more than thirty miles a day, and wouldhave been captured or destroyed to a man had Jackson continued his pursuit,but his forces were fewer in numbers, and he allowed the exhausted and panic-stricken fugitives to find refuge in Washington. This routing of Banks frightened Washington again, and McDowell wasliastily called from Fredericksburg to the defense of the capital. This was thevery thing for which the Confederates had 2:)laniied, since it kept those rein-forcements away from McClellan, who was ordered by President Lincoln toattack at once or give up his j^lan. Still
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