. Young folk's history of the war for the union . rpj^g priucipal places occupied by the Con- federates were Harpers Ferry and Manassas Junction. A glanceat the map will show the importance of these two points. Har-pers Ferry, at the head of the great valley of the Shenandoah,which extends into the heart of Virginia, was the meeting placeof two railways, one leading down the valley, the other west-ward. Manassas Junction was also the meeting-place of tworailways, one connecting Washington with Eichmond, the otherrunning westward through Manassas Gap into the ShenandoahValley. Troops could easi
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . rpj^g priucipal places occupied by the Con- federates were Harpers Ferry and Manassas Junction. A glanceat the map will show the importance of these two points. Har-pers Ferry, at the head of the great valley of the Shenandoah,which extends into the heart of Virginia, was the meeting placeof two railways, one leading down the valley, the other west-ward. Manassas Junction was also the meeting-place of tworailways, one connecting Washington with Eichmond, the otherrunning westward through Manassas Gap into the ShenandoahValley. Troops could easily pass by railway between HarpersFerry and Manassas Junction, and threaten Maryland from theone point and Washington from the other, while Eichmond wasat the same time protected. The command of the forces atHarpers Ferry, called the Army of the Shenandoah, was givento General Jose^jh E. Johnston, who had been a brigadier-gen-eral in the United States army, but who had resigned about thesame time with Colonel Lee. Under him were Colonel Thomas. 1861.] WASHINGTON A CAMP. 79 Jonathan Jackson, known after the battle of Bull Run asStonewall Jackson, and Colonel J. E. B. Stuart, afterwardfamous as a cavalry leader. The army at Manassas Junction,then called the Army of the Potomac, was commanded by Gen-eral Beauregard. Besides these two armies, there was a small Confederateforce near Hampton, on the peninsula between the James andthe York rivers, under command of Colonel J. B. Magruder,another old officer of the United States army who had resignedafter the secession of Virginia, his native State. This forcewas watching the Federal troops at Fortress Monroe, then underGeneral B. F. Butler, who had been sent there from Baltimore
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