The Army of Northern Virginia in 1862Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892 - 537 pages |
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A. P. Hill advance Anderson's Antietam artillery assault attack Banks batteries battle Boonesborough bridge brigade Bull Run Burnside Burnside's Carolina cavalry centre Centreville Chickahominy Colonel Confederate army Confederate line corps crossing D. H. Hill directed dispatch driven Early's enemy enemy's engaged eral Federal army Federal commander Federal lines Federal troops field fight fire flank force ford Franklin Fredericksburg front gade Gordonsville ground Groveton guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Heintzelman held Hill's division Hooker infantry Jackson James River Lee's Longstreet loss Magruder Malvern Hill Manassas McClellan McClellan's report McDowell McDowell's McLaws miles morning moved movement night North Carolina north side numbers ordered placed Pope Pope's Porter position Potomac railroad Rappahannock reached rear Records regiments reinforcements repulse retreat Reynolds Richmond river road says Sharpsburg Sigel skirmishers soon south side Stuart Sumner turnpike Virginia Warrenton Wilcox woods wounded
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Page 4 - Kentucky, the army and flotilla at Cairo, and a naval force in the Gulf of Mexico, be ready to move on that day. " That all other forces, both land and naval, with their respective commanders, obey existing orders for the time, and be ready to obey additional orders when duly given. " That the heads of departments and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates...
Page 331 - Believing that the people of Maryland possess a spirit too lofty to submit to such a government, the people of the South have long wished to aid you in throwing off this foreign yoke, to enable you again to enjoy the inalienable rights of freemen, and restore the independence and sovereignty of your State.
Page 330 - It is right that you should know the purpose that has brought the army under my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns yourselves. The people of the Confederate States have long watched with the deepest sympathy the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the citizens of a Commonwealth allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political, and commercial ties.
Page 332 - The army will resume its march to-morrow, taking the Hagerstown road. General Jackson's command will form the advance, and, after passing Middletown, with such portion as he may select, take the route...
Page 78 - I will do all that a general can do with the splendid army I have the honor to command, and, if it is destroyed by overwhelming numbers, can at least die with it and share its fate. But if the result of the action which will probably occur to-morrow, or within a short time, is a disaster, the responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders; it must rest where it belongs.
Page vi - THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF VIRGINIA. Chancellorsville, embracing the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia. From the First Battle of Fredericksburg to the Death of Lt.-Gen. TJ Jackson. By Jed. Hotchkiss and William Allan. Illustrated with five Maps and Portrait of Stonewall Jackson. Andrews
Page 156 - taking strong positions and holding them," of "lines of retreat,
Page 156 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Page 332 - Railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg; and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry. General Longstreet's command will pursue the same road as far as Boonsboro', where it will halt with the reserve, supply and baggage trains of the army.
Page 157 - If a soldier or legitimate follower of the army be fired upon from any house, the house shall be razed to the ground, and the inhabitants sent prisoners to the headquarters of this army. If such an outrage occur at any place distant from settlements the people within five miles around shall be held accountable, and made to pay an indemnity sufficient for the case.