. Young folks' history of the civil war . the Army of thePotomac. The panic had taken complete possession of theauthorities at Washington, and they remained firm in theirdecision. On the 24th of May, McDowell again turnedback. Then another race began, in which, as usual, Jacksoncame out ahead. He slipped between Fremont, and Shieldssdivision of McDowells corps; and in the battles of CrossKeys and Fort Republic he whipped the Nationals, andtook many prisoners. General Turner Ashby, the daringand efficient commander of Jacksons cavalry, was killedat Port Republic. His loss was deeply felt, for h
. Young folks' history of the civil war . the Army of thePotomac. The panic had taken complete possession of theauthorities at Washington, and they remained firm in theirdecision. On the 24th of May, McDowell again turnedback. Then another race began, in which, as usual, Jacksoncame out ahead. He slipped between Fremont, and Shieldssdivision of McDowells corps; and in the battles of CrossKeys and Fort Republic he whipped the Nationals, andtook many prisoners. General Turner Ashby, the daringand efficient commander of Jacksons cavalry, was killedat Port Republic. His loss was deeply felt, for he was oneof the best generals in the Confederate army. AH this time the Army of the Potomac kept moving in 254 Yo7mg Folks History of the Civil War. [1862. the general direction of Richmond, going so slowly, andresting so often, that there hardly seemed a pretence of pur-suit. On the 16th of May the Union gunboats, headed bythe Monitor, went up the James River. At Fort Darling,however, within a few miles of Richmond, they were checked ;. A DOUBLE-TURRET IRONCLAD. and after a sharp fight they returned to City Point. Theappearance of the gunboats so near the rebel capital, inconnection with McClellans advance, caused a great ex-citement there. The main body of General Johnstons army was alreadyunder cover of the batteries of Richmond before McClellanleft Williamsburg. It will be remembered that troops underFranklin and Porter had gone up the York River to We5<^ i862.] A Story of Disappoiiitiiicnt. 255 Point. General Stoneman had been sent by land to co-operate with them, and as early as the i6th had establishedcommunication with them at the White House, on the southbank of the Pamunkey River. This does not mean, of course,the White House at Washington, in which the President is a house bearing that name, within seven miles of Rich-mond, and built upon the spot where another white housestood, in which General Washington was married. This oldhouse was removed many years
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