ARMY OPERATIONS (1862). 



mont ordered to the relief of General Banks, 

 104; order of the President, 104; his reply, 

 104; reaches Strasburg, 105; skirmish with 

 General Jackson's rear, 105; valley of the 

 Shenandoah, 105 ; situation of General Banks, 

 105 ; connection with the forces east, 105 ; the 

 plan to capture General Banks, 105 ; designs 

 of the enemy, 105; movements of General 

 Jackson, 105, 106 ; attack at Front Royal, 106 ; 

 plan of General Banks on hearing of it, 106 ; 

 his movements, 106 ; retreats, 106 ; pursuit of 

 General Jackson, 106 ; fight at Winchester, 106 ; 

 further retreat, 107; crossing the Potomac, 

 107 ; address of General Jackson to his troops, 

 107 ; panic occasioned by the attack at Front 

 Royal, 107; extends to Washington, 107; alarm 

 of the Government, 107; telegraphic dispatch 

 of the Secretary of War, 107 ; do. of Governor 

 Morgan, of New York, 107 ; orders of Govern- 

 or Curtin, of Pennsylvania, 107 ; proclamation 

 of Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, 108 ; 

 order of Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, 

 108; proclamation of the Governor of Ohio, 

 108; order of the Secretary of War taking 

 military possession of the railroads, 108 ; ex- 

 citement in the Northern States, 108 ; success 

 of General Jackson's movements, 108 ; advance 

 upon Harper's Ferry, 108 ; attack by his rear- 

 guard, 109; retreat of General Jackson, 109; 

 of his rear, 109 ; position of Generals Fremont 

 and Shields, 109; General Fremont attacks 

 General Jackson's rear-guard, 110; movements 

 of General Shields, 110; movements of Gen- 

 erals Banks and Sigel, 110 ; General Fremont 

 attacks the rear of General Jackson beyond 

 Strasburg, 110; pursuit continued, 110; affair 

 near Mt. Jackson, 111 ; conflict near Harrison- 

 burg, 111 ; Colonel Ashby killed, 111 ; battle 

 at Cross Keys, 111 ; situation of Port Republic, 

 111 ; advance of General Shields repulsed, 112 ; 

 General Jackson escapes, 112; General Fre- 

 mont reaches Port Republic, 112; force of 

 General Jackson, 113 ; advance of General 

 Heath in Western Virginia, and defeat, 113; 

 consequences of these movements to prevent 

 reinforcements to General McClellan, 113; 

 order of General McClellan to his troops, 113 ; 

 crossing of the Chickahominy, 113 ; battle of 

 Fair Oaks, 114-116; retreat of the Confed- 

 erate troops, 116; difficulties in capturing the 

 city, 116; Confederate march in the rear 

 of General McClellan, 117; another prospect 

 of the cooperation of General McDowell, 117 ; 



letters of General McDowell; 118; address of 

 President Davis to the Confederate army, 118 ; 

 completion of the bridges across the Chicka- 

 hominy, 118 ; advance of General Hooker, 118 ; 

 his recall, 118; reason, 118; plans of the Con- 

 federate generals, 118 ; flank march of General 

 Jackson, 119; position of General McClellan's 

 forces, 119; attack on his right, 119; firm re- 

 sistance of General Porter's corps, 121 ; cross- 

 ing to the right bank of the Chickahominy, 

 121 ; opinion of Confederate officers, 121 ; fur- 

 ther developments, 121 ; plans of the Federal 

 general comprehended, 121 ; battle at Savage's 

 Station, 122; do. at White-Oak Swamp, 122; 

 do. at Charles City Crossroads, 122 ; confusion 

 of the Confederate troops, 122; "Onward to 

 Richmond! " shout of Federal troops, 122 ; des- 

 perate valor of Confederate troops, 122 ; attack 

 of Generals Wise and Holmes, 123 ; attack at 

 Malvern Hill, 123 ; army at Harrison's Landing, 

 122 ; address of General McClellan to his sol- 

 diers, 123 ; address of President Davis to Con- 

 federate army, 124 ; arrival of General Halleck, 

 124; his views, 124; instructions to General 

 McClellan, 124; letter of General McClellan, 

 124 ; reply of General Halleck, 125 ; Army of 

 the Potomac withdrawn from the Peninsula, 

 126. 



General Pope assigned to command the Army 

 of Virginia, 126; General Fremont resigns, 

 126 ; General Pope's address, 126 ; his orders, 

 127; situation of his army, 127; plans of the 

 Confederate officers, 128 ; call of the President 

 for three hundred thousand men, 128 ; move- 

 ment of Confederate troops, 128 ; skirmishing 

 on the Rappahannock, 128; battle of Cedar 

 Mountain, 130 ; capture of Louisa Court-House, 

 130; nature of the country, 131; forces of 

 General Pope begin to fall back, 131 ; Rappa- 

 hannock bridge, 131 ; attempts of Confederates 

 to cross the Rappahannock, 131 ; dash on Cat- 

 lett's Station, 132; advance of Confederate 

 army, 132 ; General Pope continues to fall 

 back, 132 ; concentration of his forces, 133 ; 

 attack at Manassas Junction, 133; attack on 

 Bristow's Station, 133 ; further movements of 

 the Confederate forces, 133 ; continued retreat 

 of General Pope, 133 ; battle near Manassas, 

 134; conflict near Gainesville, 134; battles near 

 Bull Run, 135 ; dispatch of General Lee, 135 ; 

 message of President Davis, 135; excitement 

 at Washington and through the North, 136; 

 General Pope falls back to the heights of Ger- 



