. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . stto Winchester, and another south-west by Moorefieldand Franklin to Monterey, where it intersects thegreat road, constructed by one of Napoleons engineers,that leads from Staunton in the Valley to Parkersburg onthe Ohio. When Jackson advocated the occupation of this impor-tant point the whole of West Virginia, between the Alle-ghanies and the Ohio, was in possession of the army of occupation, under General Kosecrans,amounted to 27,000 men and over 40 guns ; but the troopswere dispersed in detachments from Eomney to GauleyBridge, a
. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . stto Winchester, and another south-west by Moorefieldand Franklin to Monterey, where it intersects thegreat road, constructed by one of Napoleons engineers,that leads from Staunton in the Valley to Parkersburg onthe Ohio. When Jackson advocated the occupation of this impor-tant point the whole of West Virginia, between the Alle-ghanies and the Ohio, was in possession of the army of occupation, under General Kosecrans,amounted to 27,000 men and over 40 guns ; but the troopswere dispersed in detachments from Eomney to GauleyBridge, a distance of near two hundred miles, their com-munications were exposed, and, owing to the mountains,co-operation was almost impracticable. 5,000 men, based on Grafton, occupied Eomney. 18,700, based on Clarksburg, occupied the passes south-east of Beverley. 9,000, based on the Ohio, were stationed on the GreatKanawha, a river which is navigable for small steamers towithin a few miles of Gauley Bridge. 4,000 protected the lines of iraltrrd-HpiimllS!. SUGGESTS A SECOND PLAN 229 Jacksons letter to the Secretary of War was asfollows :— Deeply impressed with the importance of absolute secrecy respecting military o]3erations, I have made it a point to say but little respecting my proposedNov. 20. „ . „ movements m the event of sufficient remforcements arriving, but since conversing with Lieutenant-ColonelPreston [his adjutant-general], upon his return fromGeneral Loring, and ascertaining the disposition of thegenerals forces, I venture to respectfully urge that afterconcentrating all his troops here, an attempt should bemade to capture the Federal forces at Komney. Theattack on Eomney would probably induce McClellan tobelieve that General Johnstons army had been so weakenedas to justify him in making an advance on Centreville; butshould this not induce him to advance, I do not believeanything will, during this winter. Should General Johnston be attacked, I would
Size: 1696px × 1474px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1898
