. History of the American Civil War . gton and embarrass the movements of McClellan in thePeninsula. Jackson was therefore now confronting three national„ .;. ... armies—that of Fremont, on his left; that of Position of the na- * tionai armies. Banks, before him; that of McDowell, on hisright. Fremont had been ordered by the President to comeJackson checks down to Franklin and Harrisonburg, con-Fremont, verging toward Banks. Jackson, learningthis, determined to strike at them in succession. Leav-ing Ewell to confront Banks, he himself rapidly movedagainst Fremonts advance, compelling it to ret
. History of the American Civil War . gton and embarrass the movements of McClellan in thePeninsula. Jackson was therefore now confronting three national„ .;. ... armies—that of Fremont, on his left; that of Position of the na- * tionai armies. Banks, before him; that of McDowell, on hisright. Fremont had been ordered by the President to comeJackson checks down to Franklin and Harrisonburg, con-Fremont, verging toward Banks. Jackson, learningthis, determined to strike at them in succession. Leav-ing Ewell to confront Banks, he himself rapidly movedagainst Fremonts advance, compelling it to retreat toFranklin. Then, quickly crossing the Shenandoah Mount-ains, he rejoined Ewell at Newmarket, and, moving upthe Valley between the Blue Ridge and the Masanuttenrange to Front Royal,he accomplished a double object;he created a panic in Washington, and, indeed, as we shalland attacks Kcniy see> a11 throughout the North, and fell inat Front Royai. overwhelming force on Colonel Kenly, who 392 THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. [Sect. THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. was at Front Koyal, capturing many prisoners and guns,and a large amount of stores. This was on the 23d ofMay. About a week before this time (May 17th), the nation-al government, desirous of re-enforcing McClellan in the ] the eetreat of banks. 393 n, . , , Peninsula, had ordered Shields to leave Detachments sent toMccieiian. Bankss corps and join that of McDowell,which was on its march to McClellan, Banks being or-dered to fall back to Strasburg and there fortify was thus left with about 6000 men to defend thevalley. Banks heard of the disaster at Front Royal on the evening of its occurrence. He saw his peril. attacked by jack1 He retreated instantlv from Strasburg; (Mav son, J o \ «/ 24th), the Confederate advance already ap-pearing. His losses in this forced march were great, buthe gained Winchester by midnight. He was unable torest there more than a couple of hours, for Jackson wasfast enveloping him.
Size: 1347px × 1855px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordraperjohnwilliam1811, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860
