. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . ould be plainly heard. But he could get no directinformation of what was passing. The crest of the Massa-nuttons, although the sun shone bright on the cliffs below,was shrouded in haze, completely forbidding all obser-vation; and it was not till near noon, after a march ofseven miles, which began at dawn and was practically un-opposed, that Fremont reached the Shenandoah. There, inthe charred and smoking timbers of the bridge, the groups ofFederal prisoners on the plain, the Confederates gatheringthe wounded, and the faint rattle of musketry far
. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . ould be plainly heard. But he could get no directinformation of what was passing. The crest of the Massa-nuttons, although the sun shone bright on the cliffs below,was shrouded in haze, completely forbidding all obser-vation; and it was not till near noon, after a march ofseven miles, which began at dawn and was practically un-opposed, that Fremont reached the Shenandoah. There, inthe charred and smoking timbers of the bridge, the groups ofFederal prisoners on the plain, the Confederates gatheringthe wounded, and the faint rattle of musketry far downthe Luray Valley, he saw the result of his timidity. Massing his batteries on the western bluffs, and turninghis guns in impotent wrath upon the plain, he drove theambulances and their escort from the field. But the Con-federate dead and wounded had already been removed, andthe only effect of his spiteful salvoes was that his sufferingcomrades lay under a drenching rain until he retired toHarrisonburg. By that time many, whom their enemies. ^«|^CTptt VJf H ^. **^^«*l3TH.«2^^UKEB ^^/j y* .^^ wSyers CaviMLMendian I ] \\lo, r^<„^ ,;CJHEAOORS-VALLEY C -^ BATTLES OF • -^^ t;^i|M-^^. CROSS KEYS -^%, ^^i^i^E*^PORT REPUBLIC Juae 8th. and 9th. i86z. English Miles9 d i^ ¥ I 2 J. Botchkiss , 1863. UaLker Cr/Sontallsc. RESULTS OF PORT REPUBLIC 886 would have rescued, had perished miserably, and not a fewof the dead, with some perchance of the mangled living,were partially devoured by swine before their burial. The pursuit of Tyler was pressed for nine miles downthe river. The Ohio regiments, dispersed at first by theConfederate artillery, gathered gradually together, andheld the cavalry in check. Near Conrads Store, whereShields, marching in desperate haste to the sound of thecannonade, had put his two remaining brigades in positionacross the road, the chase was stayed. The Federal com-mander admits that he was only just in time. Jacksonshorsemen, he says
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