. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . of the beautifulSouth Branch is a land of easy wealth and old-fashionedplenty. From Eomney an excellent road runs south-eastto 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 Eosec
. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . of the beautifulSouth Branch is a land of easy wealth and old-fashionedplenty. From Eomney an excellent road runs south-eastto 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 Eosecrans,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 Great Cooke, p. 87,. Ifal/ser &MontaUjc SUGGESTS A SECOND PLAN 187 Kanawha, a river which is navigable for small steamers towithin a few miles of Gauley Bridge. 4,000 protected the lines of communication. Jacksons letter to the Secretary of War was asfollows :— * Deeply impressed with the importance of absolutesecrecy respecting military operations, I have made it a J, - point to say but Uttle respecting my proposedmovements in the event of sufficient reinforcementsarriving, 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 Eomney. 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
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