A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenadoah in 1861 3d Thousan
A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenadoah in 1861 3d Thousan
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4, 600 1 regiment from North Carolina, 1, 000 5 regiments from Mississippi, 4, 500 2 regiments from Maryland, 1, 200 Several regiments from Virginia, 10, 000 Militia from Virginia, 5, 000 One regiment of cavalry, 600 Several batteries, 700 35, 200 " On Wednesday, the 18th, at 2 p. M. , he commenced his movement southeast. Number taken, 30, 000 Confederate troops ; number left, 5200 militia. " IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHENANDOAH. 61 These statements, with many others, taken by differ- ent officers, ...from different persons, at different times and places, agree very much in the main facts.
Like most other reports, these were doubtless exag- gerated, and required, as they received, due allowance. We are not, however, to rush into the other extreme? and believe nothing, because the narrator may be sup- posed to have exceeded the truth. We have in the present case a most valuable witness, one whose interest it was to underrate his own force and overrate mine, General Johnston himself Stating my force at thirty thousand, he alleges his inferiority in men as a reason for not attacking me, and would therefore, to justify himself, make his force as small as possible.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
4, 600 1 regiment from North Carolina, 1, 000 5 regiments from Mississippi, 4, 500 2 regiments from Maryland, 1, 200 Several regiments from Virginia, 10, 000 Militia from Virginia, 5, 000 One regiment of cavalry, 600 Several batteries, 700 35, 200 " On Wednesday, the 18th, at 2 p. M. , he commenced his movement southeast. Number taken, 30, 000 Confederate troops ; number left, 5200 militia. " IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHENANDOAH. 61 These statements, with many others, taken by differ- ent officers, ...from different persons, at different times and places, agree very much in the main facts.
Like most other reports, these were doubtless exag- gerated, and required, as they received, due allowance. We are not, however, to rush into the other extreme? and believe nothing, because the narrator may be sup- posed to have exceeded the truth. We have in the present case a most valuable witness, one whose interest it was to underrate his own force and overrate mine, General Johnston himself Stating my force at thirty thousand, he alleges his inferiority in men as a reason for not attacking me, and would therefore, to justify himself, make his force as small as possible.
What to read after A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenadoah in 1861 3d Thousan?
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