The Shenandoah Valley in 1864 |
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advance Aggregate present army arrived artillery attack Averell Averell's Baltimore Battalion Battery battle Berryville Blue Ridge Breckenridge bridge Brig.-Gen brigade BRIGADIER-GENERAL burned camp campaign Capt captured cavalry Cedar Creek Charlottesville City Point Colonel command Confederate Crook crossed Custer despatch division of cavalry Duffié Early Early's enemy enemy's fire Fisher's Hill Fitz Lee's flank force ford Front Royal Gordon Gordonsville Grant guns Halleck Halltown Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg Hunter infantry Kershaw's division killed and wounded Lomax loss Lynchburg Martinsburg Maryland McCausland Merritt miles military morning Mount Jackson moved night Nineteenth Corps officers Ohio Opequon orders Pennsylvania pickets position Potomac prisoners railroad Ramseur reached rear reconnoissance regiments reinforcements reported retreat Richmond river road Rodes Rosser sent Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sigel Sixth Corps skirmishers Snicker's Staunton Strasburg Thoburn's Torbert town trains troops Union Valley pike Virginia Central Railroad wagons Washington West Virginia Wharton Winchester
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Page 149 - He was off promptly to time, and I may here add, that the result was such that I have never since deemed it necessary to visit General Sheridan before giving him orders.
Page 193 - In moving back to this point the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made entirely untenable for a rebel army.
Page 193 - ... sheep. This destruction embraces the Luray Valley and Little Fort Valley, as well as the main Valley. A large number of horses have been obtained, a proper estimate of which I cannot now make. Lieutenant John R. Meigs, my engineer officer, was murdered beyond Harrisonburg, near Dayton. For this atrocious act all the houses within an area of five miles were burned.
Page 146 - Berryville — that either could bring on a battle at any time. Defeat to us would lay open to the enemy the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania for long distances before another army could be interposed to check him. Under these circumstances I hesitated about allowing the initiative to be taken. Finally, the use of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which were both obstructed by the enemy, became so indispensably necessary to us, and the importance of relieving...
Page 281 - WAR, they will issue a series of volumes, contributed at their soliciation by a number of leading actors in and students of the great conflict of i86i-'65, with a view to bringing together, for the first time, a full and authoritative military history of the suppression of the Rebellion.
Page 147 - Pennsylvania and Maryland from continuously threatened invasion so great, that I determined the risk should be taken. But fearing to telegraph the order for an attack without knowing more than I did of General Sheridan's feelings as to what would be the probable result, I left City Point on the 15th of September to visit him at his headquarters, to decide, after conference with him, what should be done.
Page 113 - ... or of following him to the "death," in any direction. I repeat to you, it will neither be done nor attempted, unless you watch it every day and hour...
Page 77 - If the enemy has left Maryland, as I suppose he has, he should have upon his heels veterans, militiamen, men on horseback, and everything that can be got to follow to eat out Virginia clear and clean as far as they go, so that crows flying over it for the balance of this season will have to carry their provender with them.
Page 43 - After the work laid out for General Sheridan and yourself is thoroughly done, proceed to join the Army of the Potomac by the route laid out in General Sheridan's instructions. If any portion of your force, especially your cavalry, is needed back in your department, you are authorized to send it back. If on receipt of this you should be near to Lynchburg and deem it practicable to reach that point, you will exercise your judgment about going there.
Page 73 - I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here, and with General Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good. I have great faith that the enemy will never be able to get back with much of his force.