Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . attack began Colonel Kenly lost no at once sent off a messenger to General Banks to warnhim of his danger. Then for two hours he kept the Con-federates in check. But then they attacked him on theflank. He tried to cross the Shenandoah River and burnthe bridge behind him. At the first movement he made the Confederates chargedand drove him over thebridge. But Colonel Kenlyfought every step of theway until darkness he had to Jacksons force hadbeen held in check so longthat Banks was in safety. In the whole of thi
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . attack began Colonel Kenly lost no at once sent off a messenger to General Banks to warnhim of his danger. Then for two hours he kept the Con-federates in check. But then they attacked him on theflank. He tried to cross the Shenandoah River and burnthe bridge behind him. At the first movement he made the Confederates chargedand drove him over thebridge. But Colonel Kenlyfought every step of theway until darkness he had to Jacksons force hadbeen held in check so longthat Banks was in safety. In the whole of thiscampaign of Jacksons,Colonel Johnsons regimentserved with great a battle near Harrison-burg, a Virginia regimentwas engaged with the Penn-sylvania ^Bucktails. Thefight was close and bloody. Colonel Johnson came up withhis regiment in the hottest part of the fight. By a dash-ing charge he drove the enemy off and killed a great manyof them. ^In commemoration of this gallant conductI ordered one of the captured Bucktails to be appended 206. JOHN R. KENLY NORTH AND SOUTH as a trophy to their flag. . Four color-bearerswere shot down in succession, but each time the colorswere caught before reaching the ground, and werefinally borne by Corporal Daniel Shanks to the close ofthe action. This is what General Ewell said in his report of thebattle. The war had gone onfor about a year and ahalf when General RobertE. Lee crossed the Poto-mac to ^deliver Marylandand invade Pennsyl-vania. Many fierce andbloody battles had beenfought in Virginia. ThatState was so laid wastethat General Lee couldnot get food for his mennor forage for his crops had been burntor trampled into theearth by the feet of horses and men. The wheels of wagons and cannon had rolledover the fields. Houses and barns were burned to theground. General Lee hoped to get in Maryland all the supplieshe needed. Besides, many persons declared that Mary-
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