. Pictorial history of the great Civil War : embracing full and authentic accounts of battles by land and sea ... . tely after the ratification ofthe ordinance, General George B. Mc«Clellan, to whom had been as- jjfaysigned the command of the De- 1^»partment of the Ohio, including West-ern Virginia, was ordered to cross theOhio and advance along the line of theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad, as far asHarpers Ferry. Having issued ad-dresses to the people and to his soldiers,in one of which he denounced the in-famous attempt of the traitorous con-spiracy dignified by this name of theSouthern Confed
. Pictorial history of the great Civil War : embracing full and authentic accounts of battles by land and sea ... . tely after the ratification ofthe ordinance, General George B. Mc«Clellan, to whom had been as- jjfaysigned the command of the De- 1^»partment of the Ohio, including West-ern Virginia, was ordered to cross theOhio and advance along the line of theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad, as far asHarpers Ferry. Having issued ad-dresses to the people and to his soldiers,in one of which he denounced the in-famous attempt of the traitorous con-spiracy dignified by this name of theSouthern Confederacy, he moved for-ward and occupied Parkersburg, theterminus of the railroad on the OhioRiver. There was a Confederate forceat Grafton Junction, not far was another Confederate force of12,000 men at Romney. In addition tothese. General Joseph E. Johnston, atthe head of a large army, lay at Har-pers Ferry. The force at Grafton was under theconunand of General G. A. the appearance of McClellan at Par-kersburg, Porterfield issued an addressin which he called on the people to arise. GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON THE FAMOLiS CONFEDERATE COMMANDER
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