. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . ould fall an easy prey to nearly, if not quite, a quarter ofa million of the best-armed and best-equipped men ever put into the field byany government. Early in May, Jackson was near Port Eepublic contemplating his surround-ings and maturing his plans. What these latter were no one but himself knew. Suddenly the appalling news spread through the Valley that he had fled to I This seems to us an overestimate of the Uuion 10,203),aggregated about
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . ould fall an easy prey to nearly, if not quite, a quarter ofa million of the best-armed and best-equipped men ever put into the field byany government. Early in May, Jackson was near Port Eepublic contemplating his surround-ings and maturing his plans. What these latter were no one but himself knew. Suddenly the appalling news spread through the Valley that he had fled to I This seems to us an overestimate of the Uuion 10,203),aggregated about 21,000. Total,44,840. forces actually in the Valley during the operations Saxton had about 7000 at Harpers Ferry, which of May and June. April 30th, Banks had 9178 were not engaged.— for duty; May 31st, Fremont had 14,672 (Cox and Kelley not in the Valley); Mc- ^ We estimate that there were not above 80,000 Do wells force that reached the Valley (including Union troops in the three departments that could Shields division, which on May 31st numbered have been moved toward Richmond.—Editors. STONEIVALL JACKSON IN THE the east side of the Blue Eidge throughBrowns and Swift Eun Gaps. OnlyAshby remained behind with about onethousand cavalry, scattered and mov-ing day and night in the vicinity ofMcDowell, Franklin, Strasbm-g, FrontEoyal, and Luray, and reporting toJackson every movement of the was fast setthng upon theminds of the people of the made no concealment of hisflight, the news of which soon reachedhis enemies. Milroy advanced tworegiments to the top of the Shenan-doah Mountain, only twenty-two milesfrom Staunton, and was preparing tomove his entire force to Staunton, tobe followed by Fremont. Jackson had collected, from Char-lottesville and other stations on the Vir-ginia Central Eailroad, enough railwaytrains to transport all of his little it was to be taken to Eichmondwhen the troops were all embarked
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