Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . he Federaltroops corralled at Harpers Ferry. Pleasant Valleywas the camping-place of McLaws on the nightof September ii. He had marched behind Long-street and the ordnance trains as far as Middletown,hence his progress was retarded. Daybreak of Sep-tember 12 saw McLaws advancing to attack theMaryland Heights, but the ledges of rock and denseundergrowth prevented a vigorous assault. Walkersbrigades were across the river at Point of Rocks onthe morning of the nth. That entire day, they re-mained in camp to rest; the morning of the 13thbrought
Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . he Federaltroops corralled at Harpers Ferry. Pleasant Valleywas the camping-place of McLaws on the nightof September ii. He had marched behind Long-street and the ordnance trains as far as Middletown,hence his progress was retarded. Daybreak of Sep-tember 12 saw McLaws advancing to attack theMaryland Heights, but the ledges of rock and denseundergrowth prevented a vigorous assault. Walkersbrigades were across the river at Point of Rocks onthe morning of the nth. That entire day, they re-mained in camp to rest; the morning of the 13thbrought them only to the foot of the Blue Ridge,and the morning of the 14th saw Walkers guns inposition on the Loudoun Heights. Lee was engaged in a difficult game on the mili-tary chessboard. At Hagerstown on the 12th heawaited reports concerning Harpers Ferry. In aletter to President Davis, on that day, he expressedanxiety concerning food and clothing for his 13 found him still waiting for newsfrom Walker and McLaws. To the latter he OUTLINE MAP. CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN 1862. 18621 Ilii^ (- apiurr oj Ifarpcrs berry. 205 Jackson will be at Harpers Ferry by noon to-day. The depletion of the army by stragglingnow began to oppress Lee, and he sent this messageto the President: Our ranks are very much dimin-ished—I fear from a third to one half of the originalnumbers. The afternoon of Saturday, September 13, broughtnews of McClellans rapid approach toward theBoonsborough mountain-pass. The morning ofthat day had given to McClellan, in Frederick, acopy of Lees order (No. 191) outlining the cam-paign. Two copies had been sent to D. H. Hill,since Hill had been previously made subject to Jack-sons commands. The copy of the order receivedby Hill at Frederick and displayed by him after theclose of the war was in Jacksons handwriting. Thecopy sent to Hill directly from Lees headquarterswas left in the camp by a careless subordinate; aFederal soldier discovered i
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