. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . *lV* ^^1 ARRIVAL OF FREMONTS VANGUARD ABOVE STRASBURG, IN VIEW OF JACKSONS TRAIKS MOVINGTOWARD FISHERS HILL. FROM A SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME. miles from Winchester. Jackson paid his respects to this fortified post, bymarching a large part of his forces close to it, threatening an assault, longenough to allow all the captured property at Winchester to be sent awaytoward Staunton, and then returned to Winchester. His problem now wasto escape the
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . *lV* ^^1 ARRIVAL OF FREMONTS VANGUARD ABOVE STRASBURG, IN VIEW OF JACKSONS TRAIKS MOVINGTOWARD FISHERS HILL. FROM A SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME. miles from Winchester. Jackson paid his respects to this fortified post, bymarching a large part of his forces close to it, threatening an assault, longenough to allow all the captured property at Winchester to be sent awaytoward Staunton, and then returned to Winchester. His problem now wasto escape the clutches of Fremont, knowing that that officer would bepromptly ad\4sed by wire of what had befallen Banks. He could go backthe way he came, by the Luray Valley, but that would expose Staunton(the most important depot in the valley) to capture by Fremont, and hehad made his plans to save it. I had been left at Staunton organizing my recruits. On his way to attackBanks, Jackson sent me an order from New Market to throw as many menas I could arm, and as quickly as possible, into Brocks Gap, west of Harri-sonburg, and into any other mountain-pass th
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