The Event On Which the Great Civil War Hinged An Unwritten Chapter Relating to
The Event On Which the Great Civil War Hinged An Unwritten Chapter Relating to
A P Hutchison
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It is not strange that unvarying success should PAGE TEN set Lee to dreaming dreams. He will invade Maryland. A victory on her soil will draw her into secession. It might open the way to the capture of Baltimore or Washington. A big victory would impel a recognition of the Confederacy. Recogni- tion would lift the embargo on Southern ports. It would stiffen the Southern credit. A big stake loomed up in Lee's dream. If any man on earth could make a dream come true that man was Lee. Swift as an a...valanche he hurled his left, under Jackson, upon Harper's Ferry. Jackson knew how to deal a blow. On September 1 5th, '62, the strong- hold fell. Standards were captured and 15, 000 rifles. Seventy-three pieces of artillery were taken, and 12, 500 prisoners of war, and all with little loss. ^With Jackson time was everything and now he hur- ries away to join Lee, who has gone on to Antietam. In order to hold McClelland off, Lee worked a brilliant bluff, and so gained time till Jackson came. Late in the afternoon of September 16th, the battle opened with fierce determination.
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