. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . added to his command, giving him a force sufficientlystrong to overpower the large army confronting him. Hiselation was brief; on the afternoon of the same day he re-ceived another dispatch from Mr. Lincoln announcing that the order for McDowell to marchtoward Richmond had been revok-ed. The reason for this suddenchange of order is to be found inthe bold and skillful operations ofStonewall Jackson, who was onehundred and fi
. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . added to his command, giving him a force sufficientlystrong to overpower the large army confronting him. Hiselation was brief; on the afternoon of the same day he re-ceived another dispatch from Mr. Lincoln announcing that the order for McDowell to marchtoward Richmond had been revok-ed. The reason for this suddenchange of order is to be found inthe bold and skillful operations ofStonewall Jackson, who was onehundred and fifty miles from Mc-Clellan and half as far from Mc-, Dowell. In the previous autumn, as wehave already stated, Jackson hadbeen assigned to the command ofthe Confederate forces in the STONEWALL JACKSON. t-> xt. Snenandoan valley. During thewinter and early spring of 1862 his forces were about tenthousand men, but this number was apparently doubledby the celerity of his movements. The rapidity of hismarches, says a Confederate writer, is something por-tentous. He is heard of by the enemy at one point, andbefore they can deliver a blow he is off at another. He. 92 ELWOODS STORIES keeps so constantly in motion that he never has a sicklist and no need of a hospital. Simultaneously with Johnstons abandonment of Manas-sas in March, Jackson fell back up the valley from Win-chester toward Staunton, followed by General Shields witha division of Banks 5th corps. This retreat was kept upas far as New Market which brought Jackson within fivemiles of Johnston, who lay near Gordonsville awaiting de-velopment of McClellans plans. Shields undertook to de-coy Jackson from joining Johnston by feigning a retreatback to Winchester, marching his whole force thirty milesin one day. The result was crowned with success. Jack-son turned to pursue. Banks, who thought it impossiblethat Jackson would venture to attack him, moved his wholecorps, with the exception of the division of GeneralShields,
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