. Book of the Royal blue . Manassas, destroyed his connec-tions and forced Pope to retire from theline of the river. He held Pope at bay,even with the aid he received from McClel-lans army, until the 30th of August, whenLees army was again in line of battle,and the second battle of Bull Run wasfought, resulting in the retreat of all theUnion forces into the intrenchments ofWashington. Lee moved from the second Bull Runbattle into Maryland and it was necessaryfor Lees safety that Harpers Ferry, withits seventy guns and garrison of 13,000men, should be captured. But one man wasthought of for tha
. Book of the Royal blue . Manassas, destroyed his connec-tions and forced Pope to retire from theline of the river. He held Pope at bay,even with the aid he received from McClel-lans army, until the 30th of August, whenLees army was again in line of battle,and the second battle of Bull Run wasfought, resulting in the retreat of all theUnion forces into the intrenchments ofWashington. Lee moved from the second Bull Runbattle into Maryland and it was necessaryfor Lees safety that Harpers Ferry, withits seventy guns and garrison of 13,000men, should be captured. But one man wasthought of for that duty, and that wasJackson. He made forced marches nightand day, invested Harpers Ferry, capturedit on .September 15, and two days later hewas on the Antietam battle field fightingMcClellan with the captured Union gunsand munitions. Without rest for himselfor his troops he was in command of theleft wing of Lees army that in turn repulsedthe assaults of Hooker, Mansfield and Sum-ner. One of his divisions under A. P. Hill,. BATTLE FIELD OF OHElJlON CREEK. one of the most delicate and desperateduties when he proposed to move from theRappahannock with some 25,000 men andto flank Popes army on the right; but itwas made with his usual celerity, vigor andsuccess. He not only turned Popes flank, did not reach Antietam until the afternoon,and it saved the army from having its rightflank turned by Burnside. At Fredericks-burg he commanded the right wing of Leesarmy, having been promoted to lieutenant-general, and he there repulsed the only 18 TWO GREAT LIEUTENANTS OF THE CIVIL WAR. hopeful movement that was made by theUnion forces on that bloody field. Thusfrom May 1 until the battle of Fredericks-burg, in December, Jacksons corps mademore forced marches and fought more ment and his ability to meet any emer-gency, he was detached from Lees armyand made a forced march of some ten hoursto Hank Hookers right. Late in the eve-ning he was in position to strike the rear of
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