Life and campaigns of JJackson, (Stonewall Jackson) . en, two divisions of the corps of Jackson andthat of General Walker were in position, and the hope of beat-ing the Southern army in detail was at an end. The position selected by General Lee for his final concen-tration is marked by the little village of Sharpsburg, a clusterof German farm-houses, which had spent its quiet existenceamidst the hills and woods, dreaming little of the fame whichwas to connect its name forever with the greatest battle of thisgigantic campaign. It is situated at the intersection of six roads,two
Life and campaigns of JJackson, (Stonewall Jackson) . en, two divisions of the corps of Jackson andthat of General Walker were in position, and the hope of beat-ing the Southern army in detail was at an end. The position selected by General Lee for his final concen-tration is marked by the little village of Sharpsburg, a clusterof German farm-houses, which had spent its quiet existenceamidst the hills and woods, dreaming little of the fame whichwas to connect its name forever with the greatest battle of thisgigantic campaign. It is situated at the intersection of six roads,two and a half miles east of the Potomac, and one mile west ofAntietam Creek, a picturesque mill-stream, which descends fromthe north, and separates between the rolling hills of the greatvalley, and the long, sloping ridges which form the western basesof the Blue Ridge^ or South Mountain. The roads which centreat the village lead southward to Ilarpers Ferry, northward toIlagcrstown, westward to Shephcrdstown, upon the Yii-ginian CONFEDERATE POSITIONS AT SHARPSBURG. 559. 3pale, 3-4 Inch, lo a Mile. CONFEDERATE POSITIONS AT SHABPSBUBG. 5GO LIFE OP JACKSON. shore of tlic Potomac^ east-ward to Boonsborough, and southeast-v.;ird to Pleasant Valley. It was by the last two that IMClellansarmy approached; and these highways passed the Antietam uponsiiijstantial bridges of stone; while other practicable crossings,a;)Ove and below, were offered by fords and country roads ofless note. The country around Sharpsbui-g is elevated androlling, with woods, fields, farm-houses, and orchards interspersed,divided by stone fences, and scarred here and there with ledgesof limestone which project a few feet from the soil. It offered,therefore, a strong defensive position for an army receiving theattack of its enemies; but the ground lay imder two graveobjections, of which the one was, that this army had the Potomacin its immediate rear, and the other, that its lines were almostenfiladed b
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