Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign (Civil War America)

640 Pages·2008·45 MB·English

by  Peter Cozzens

SHENA NDOA H
1862
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Gary W. Gallagher, Editor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cozzens, Peter, 1957–
Shenandoah 1862 : Stonewall Jackson’s Valley
Campaign / Peter Cozzens.
p. cm. — (Civil War America)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8078-3200-4 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862. 2. Jackson,
Stonewall, 1824–1863—Military leadership. I. Title.
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for my beloved
antonia,
for my sister,
pamela dimond,
and in
loving memory
of our mother,
audrey h. cozzens,
1925–2005
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c o n t e n t s
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1 This War Is a Farce 7
2 Daughter of the Stars 18
3 They Ain’t Rigged Out Like Uncle Sam’s Men 37
4 The Dam[n] Trip 46
5 Our True Policy Is to Attack 65
6 Is Not War a Game of Risks? 80
7 Be Careful Not to Be Caught 92
8 Dangers Close Us Round on Every Side 114
9 We Are Very Hard Pressed Now 129
10 Keep That Army in the Valley 146
11 We Are in for It 159
12 It Seems Very Much Like Murder 176
13 General Jackson Was Completely Taken In 187
14 Vacillation Is Our Name 209
15 Now We’ll Have War in Earnest 227
16 A Country to Fight For 250
17 God Blessed Our Arms with Victory 260
18 On Your Course May Depend the Fate of Richmond 276
19 Go It, Boys! Maryland Whip Maryland! 292
20 We Must Cut Our Way Through! 310
21 This Is a Crushing Blow 340
22 Attack at Daylight 349
23 A Question of Legs 378
24 I Was Never So Relieved in My Life 393
25 Save the Bridge at Port Republic 420
26 The Preservation of Our Army Depended on Us 434
27 I Have Lost Confidence in Frémont 456
28 All Has Gone Wrong Today 477
29 The Game Cock of the Valley 502
Appendix: The Opposing Forces in the Shenandoah
Valley Campaign 515
Notes 521
Bibliography 583
Index 613
i l l u s t r a t i o n s
The North Fork of the Shenandoah River and Massanutten Mountain 21
The Valley Pike near Newton 24
A typical Shenandoah Valley covered bridge 25
Lander’s command evacuates Romney 94
Hillman’s Tollgate 160
The 14th Indiana pursues the Irish Battalion at the Battle of Kernstown 195
Strasburg under Federal occupation 283
New Market Gap 290
Peaked Mountain 429
The morning artillery duel at Cross Keys 463
A portion of Schenck’s command at Cross Keys 472–73
The Port Republic battlefield 483
The climax at Port Republic 495