. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . 3°5 crossing the Hagerstown and Williamsportroad, he destroyed the greater part of Long-streets reserve ordnance trains. This escapeof Davis from Harpers Ferry, and Forrestsescape from Fort Donelson, under very similarcircumstances, show what a bold subordinatemay achieve after his superior has lost sooner had the surrender of HarpersFerry been assured, than my division took upits line of march to join General Lee. At two k a. m. of the 16th my advance overtook the rear of Jacksonsforce, and about eight oclock inthe morning, after s
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . 3°5 crossing the Hagerstown and Williamsportroad, he destroyed the greater part of Long-streets reserve ordnance trains. This escapeof Davis from Harpers Ferry, and Forrestsescape from Fort Donelson, under very similarcircumstances, show what a bold subordinatemay achieve after his superior has lost sooner had the surrender of HarpersFerry been assured, than my division took upits line of march to join General Lee. At two k a. m. of the 16th my advance overtook the rear of Jacksonsforce, and about eight oclock inthe morning, after seeing our re-spective commands safely acrossthe Potomac at the ford belowShepherdstown, Jackson and my-self went forward together to-wards Sharpsburg. As we rodealong I mentioned my ruse in. were interested in seeingour tattered Confederatesfraternizing in the mostcordial manner with theirwell-dressed prisoners. Iwas introduced by GeneralA. P. Hill to Federal Brig-adier-General White. Heexplained to me that, al-though of superior rank toColonel Miles, he had de-clined to assume command of the garrison,since he was at Harpers Ferry by accident— an unfortunate accident too, he added. I am of the opinion that it would have beenpracticable for Colonel Miles to have escapedwith the infantry of his garrison during thenight of the I4th-i5th, as did a body of thir-teen hundred cavalry, under Colonel Grimes Davis.* This enterprising young officer crossedhis cavalry to the Maryland side of the Poto-mac, over the pontoon bridge, and followedthe road on the berme side of the Chesa-peake and Ohio canal, leading north to Sharps-burg. Mention of this very meritorious actionis made in neither Federal nor Confederateaccounts of the capture of Harpers Ferry thathave fallen under my notic
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