. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . when the Commander-in-Chiefs letter was received, had already been put in roads lead from Conrads store in the Elk RunValley to Johnsons position at West View; one throughHarrisonburg; the second by Port Republic, Cross Keys,and Mount Sidney; the third, the river road, by PortRepublic and Staunton. The first of these was alreadyoccupied by the Federals ; the second was tortuous, andat places almost within view of the enemys camps; whilethe third, though it was nowhere less than ten milesdistant, ran obliquely across their front. In
. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . when the Commander-in-Chiefs letter was received, had already been put in roads lead from Conrads store in the Elk RunValley to Johnsons position at West View; one throughHarrisonburg; the second by Port Republic, Cross Keys,and Mount Sidney; the third, the river road, by PortRepublic and Staunton. The first of these was alreadyoccupied by the Federals ; the second was tortuous, andat places almost within view of the enemys camps; whilethe third, though it was nowhere less than ten milesdistant, ran obliquely across their front. In fact, to allappearance. Banks with his superior force blocked Jacksonsmarch on Staunton more effectively than did Jackson his. On the 29th, Ashby, continually watching Banks, madea demonstration in force towards Harrisonburg. On theApril 30 ^^^^ ^® drove the Federal cavalry back upon theircamps; and the same afternoon Jackson, leavingElk Run Valley, which was immediately occupied byEwell, with 8,000 men, marched up the river to Port Baltimore. Scale of Miles ^° T 3p Richmond I ConfederateI Federal Situation April 30th. 1862. Yorktown 00 iraUerCrBoutalls THE MARCH FROM ELK RUN 286 Republic. The track, unmetalled and untended, had beenturned into a quagmire by the heavy rains of an ungenialspring, and the troops marched only five miles, bivouack-ing by the roadside. May 1 was a day of continuousrain. The great mountains loomed dimly through thedreary mist. The streams which rushed down the gorgesto the Shenandoah had swelled to brawling torrents, and inthe hollows of the fields the water stood in sheets. Menand horses floundered through the mud. The guns sunkaxle-deep in the treacherous soil; and it was only by thehelp of large detachments of pioneers that the heavy wag-gons of the train were able to proceed at all. It was in vainthat piles of stones and brushwood were strewn upon theroadway; the quicksands dragged them down as fast as theywere placed.
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