The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 34, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 24
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2,LOUISIANA AND TIE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.
and a detached line in front of it, but for some cause failed to a(d-
vance promptly to the ridge l)eyonlld. ladl they d(lone( this, I lhave
every reason to( l)elieve that Peterslburg would have fallenll. ()tll(er'
troops were immediately pushed forward, btut the tin(e 'collnsumed inl
getting them up enabled the enemy to rally fronl his surlprise whichl
had been complete) and get forces to this )point for its defense. The
captured line thus held being untenable and of no advantage to us,
the troops were withdrawn, but not without heavy loss. Thus ter-
mninated in disaster what promised to be the most successful assault
of the campaign.*
Immediately upon the enemy's ascertaining that General IHutler
was retreating from Lynchburg by way of' the Kanawha River, ths
laying the Shenandoah Valley open for raids into Maryland and(
Pennsylvania, he returned northward, alnd moved down that valley.
As soon as this movement of the enemy was ascertained, General
Hunter, who had reached the Katawlthat River, was directed to 1m(oe
his troops without delay, by river and railroad, to Harper's Ferry
but owing to the difficulty of navigation )y reason of low water
and breaks in the railroad, great delay was experienced in getting
there. It became necessary, therefore, to 111(1 (ol er troo()ps to check
this movement of the enemy. For this l)purpose the Sixth. Co()rps was
taken from the armies operating against Ric nio1. to which was
added the Nineteenthl Corps, then, forltunately, )egiliing to( arrive(
in Hampton Roads from the Gulf Depa1,rtment, ile(r order's isst(ed
immediately after the ascertainment of thle result of Ilhe Red River
expedition.
The garrisons of Baltimore and Waslhington were at this 1imo
made up of heavy artillery regiments, hundred-day men, an(l de-
tachments from the Invalid Corps. One division, under co nunmid
of General Ricketts, of the Sixth Corps, was sent to Baltimore. and
the remaining two divisions of the Sixth Corps, und(ler General
Wright, were subsequently sent to Washington. On the of
July the enemy approached Martinsburg; General Sigel, who was
in command of our forces there, retreated across the Potomac
at Shepherdstown, and General Weber, commanding at Harper's
Ferry, crossed the river and occupied Maryland Heights. On the
6th, the enemy occupied Hagerstown, moving a strong column to-
ward Frederick City. General Wallace, with Ricketts' division and
his own command, the latter mostly new and undiscil)lined troops,
pushed out from Baltimore with great p)romptness and met the
enemy in force on the Monocacy, near the crossing of the railroad
bridge. His force was not sufficient to insure success, but he fought
the enemy nevertheless, and although it resulted in a defeat to our
arms, yet it detained the enemy and thereby served to enable Gen-
eral Wright to reach Washington with two divisions of the Sixth
Corps, and the advance of the Nineteenth Corps before him. From
Monocacy the enemy moved on Washington, his cavalry advance
reaching Rockville on the evening of the 10th. On the 12th. a re-
connaissance was thrown out in front of Fort Stevens. to ascertain
the enemy's position and force. A severe skirmish ensued, in which
we lost about 280 in killed and wounded. The enemy's loss was
probably greater. He commenced retreating during the night.
Learning the exact condition of affairs at Washington, I requested
* Subordinate reports of operations against Petersburg and Richmond from June
13 to July 31, 1864, will appear in Vol. XL.24
[CHAP. XLVI.
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