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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
ashington. The only force at hand with which to dispute Early's advance was a body of a few thousand foot artillerists, hundred days men and invalids under General Wallace, then in command at Baltimore. But on learning the irruption of the enemy across the Potomac, General Grant detached the Sixth Corps from the Army of the Pot arrived in Hampton Roads. Without debarking it was sent to follow the Sixth. The advance division of the Sixth Corps under General Ricketts having arrived, General Wallace, with that added to his own heterogeneous force, moved forward to meet Early, and took position on the Monocacy. Here he received battle on the 8th, and though he was discomfited, the stand he made gained time that was of infinite value. Wallace fell back on Baltimore, and the route to Washington being clear, Early at once pushed forward in that direction—sending towards Baltimore a cavalry force that destroyed a long stretch of the Northern Central Railroad and burnt the viaduct of
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
on justifiable desolations by armies, 560. Valley of Humiliation, the Shenandoah Valley called, 318. Virginia, her vote to secede, 13; the theatre of the war, 13, 15, 18; river and mountain defensive systems of, 19; preparations for war—--Governor Letcher's call for, 26; first entered by the Federal army (for further—see Manassas and subsequent campaigns), 30; winter operations, difficulties of, 73; see also West Virginia. Wadsworth, General, the death of at the Wilderness, 434. Wallace, stand before Early on the Monocacy, 526. Warren, General G. K., evidence on Big Bethel affair, 32; at Manassas No. 2, 190; report of Manassas battle No. 2, 189; evidence on disaster to Eleventh Corps at Chancellorsville, 286; at Cedar Run, 381; at battle of Bristoe, 383; at Mine Run, 393-396; capture of Weldon Railroad, 532; at movement on Southside Railroad, 541; report of operations at Hatcher's Run, 545; report of operations of March 30, 1865, 587; report on effort to gain the White