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Title: Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Henderson, G. F. R. (George Francis Robert), 1854-1903
Subjects: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 Confederate States of America. Army Generals
Publisher: London New York Bombay Calcuta : Longmans, Green, and Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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icers to Press forward to the Potomac ! Elzeys, the reserve brigade, was ordered to take up thepursuit; and within the town, where the storehouses hadbeen already fired, the battle was renewed. The Federalregiments, with the exception of the 2nd Massachusetts, lostall order in the narrow streets. The roar of battle followedclose; and with the rattle of musketry, the crash of shells,and the loud cries of the victors speeding their rapid flight,the Northern infantry dispersed across the fields. As theConfederates passed through the town, the people ofWinchester, frantic with triumph after their two months ofcaptivity, rushed out from every doorway to meet thetroops; and with weeping and with laughter, with the Banks aide-de-camp, Colonel Strother, says, For several minutes itlooked like the commencement of a Bull Bun panic. The stragglers, headds, rapidly increased in numbers, and many threw down their arms.—Ha/rpers Weekly. See also Jacksons Report, 0. R., vol. xii., part i., p. 706,
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PURSUIT 841 blessings of women and the fierce shouts of men, the soldiersof the Valley were urged forward in hot pursuit. As they emerged from the town, and looked down uponthe open pastures through which the Martinsburg turnpike10 A M runs, they saw the country before them coveredwith crowds of fugitives. Jackson, still in advance,turned round to seek his cavalry. From the head of everystreet eager columns of infantry were pouring, and, de-ploying without waiting orders, were pushing hastily acrossthe fields. But not a squadron was in sight. Ashby,with the handful of men that still remained with him, hadridden to Berryville, expecting that the enemy wouldattempt to escape by Snickers Gap. Steuart, with thetwo regiments that had done such service at FrontKoyal, was with Ewell and Trimble; but although Don-nellys regiments could be seen retiring in good order,they were not followed by a single sabre. Despatching an aide-de-camp to order Steuart to thefront, Jackson called up his batter

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