. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ttle toFremont, on June 8th, and, after a long and bloody conflict, as night closedin he was master of the field. Leaviug one division—Ewells—on the ground,to resist Fremont if he should return next day, he that night marchedthe rest of his army to Port Republic,which lies in the forks of the river,and made his arrangements to attackthe troops of Shieldss command nextmorning on the Lewis farm, just belowthe town. On the day of the conflict at CrossKeys I held the bridge across Nor
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ttle toFremont, on June 8th, and, after a long and bloody conflict, as night closedin he was master of the field. Leaviug one division—Ewells—on the ground,to resist Fremont if he should return next day, he that night marchedthe rest of his army to Port Republic,which lies in the forks of the river,and made his arrangements to attackthe troops of Shieldss command nextmorning on the Lewis farm, just belowthe town. On the day of the conflict at CrossKeys I held the bridge across NorthRiver at Mount Crawford with a bat-talion of cavalry, four howitzers, anda Parrott gun, to prevent a cavalryflank movement on Jacksons trains atPort Republic. About 10 oclock atnight I received a note from Jackson,written in pencil on the blank marginof a newspaper, directing me to reportwith my command at Port Republicbefore daybreak. On the same slip,and as a postscript, he wrote, Poor Ashby is dead. He fell gloriously. BATTLE OF CKOSS KEYS JUNE 8, 292 STONEWALL JACKSON IN THE SHENANDOAH.
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