. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . BRIGADIER-GENERAL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,C. S. A. FROM A lHOTOGRAPII. VOL. IV. 34. ^-*&WL*2gm /lEW ON THE VALLEY TURNPIKE WHERE SHERIDAN JOINED THE ARMY AT CEDAR CREEK. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1885. WINCHESTER, FISHERS HILL, AND CEDAR CREEK J BY JUBAL A. EARLY, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL, C. S. A. THE object of my presence in the lower valleyduring the two months after our return fromWashington 3> was to keep up a threatening atti-tude toward Maryland and Pennsylvania, and pre-vent the
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . BRIGADIER-GENERAL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,C. S. A. FROM A lHOTOGRAPII. VOL. IV. 34. ^-*&WL*2gm /lEW ON THE VALLEY TURNPIKE WHERE SHERIDAN JOINED THE ARMY AT CEDAR CREEK. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1885. WINCHESTER, FISHERS HILL, AND CEDAR CREEK J BY JUBAL A. EARLY, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL, C. S. A. THE object of my presence in the lower valleyduring the two months after our return fromWashington 3> was to keep up a threatening atti-tude toward Maryland and Pennsylvania, and pre-vent the use of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroadand the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as well as tokeep as large a force as possible from Grants armyto defend the Federal capital. Had Sheridan, bya prompt movement, thrown his whole force onthe line of my communications, I would have beencompelled to attempt to cut my way through, asthere was no escape for me to the right or left,and my force was too weak to cross the Potomacwhile he was in my rear. If I had moved up thevalley at all, I could not have stopped short ofNew Market, for between that place and thecountry in which I was there was no fo
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