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A MOVE ON POINT LOOKOUT. 629
Station from Ellicott's Mills, crowded with the remnants of General Wallace's
command. Upon the arrival of this train, it was surrounded by thousands of
anxious spectators. Alexander's battery and the Federal cavalry marched
into Baltimore by the turnpike, nearly exhausted. Siegel's and Mulligan's
wagon trains, accompanied by their guards, also passed through the city and
proceeded to the east end where they encamped.
After the defeat of Wallace, the Confederates had everything their
own way until they chose to return to Virginia. Small parties traversed
the country in every direction without opposition, collecting forage, grain,
horses and army supplies of all sorts. General Early, after burying his dead
and caring for his wounded at the Monocacy, on the morning of the 10th, took
up his line of march towards Washington, and made twenty miles that day,
camping within four miles of Rockville. On the following Monday morning
he resumed his march and appeared before the defences at Washington, on
the Seventh street pike. His force at this time had been reduced to about
eight thousand infantry and forty pieces of artillery manned by about seven
hundred men and one thousand cavalry. The rest of the cavalry force had
been detached at Frederick, on the 9th, under General Bradley T. Johnson,
with special orders from General Lee to destroy communication between
Baltimore and the North, threaten Baltimore, break the railroad and cut the
telegraph wires between Baltimore and Washington, and thence move on
Point Lookout, so as to attack on the morning of the 12th, when an attack
was also to be made on the bay-side. After releasing the prisoners, some
fifteen thousand, General Johnson was to take command of them and rejoin
Early at Bladensburg, while that general was in the meantime to attack
Washington and carry it by assault. As soon as Early's movements were disclosed in the neighborhood of Washington, General Kenly, General Rawlings,
■and most of the regular troops engaged in the defences of Baltimore, hastened
to Washington and manned the fortifications at that point.
Johnson moved his whole force to Cockeysville, and after destroying the
bridges there, he detached the 1st and 2d Maryland cavalry, under Gilmor,
and directed that officer to burn the railroad bridges over the Bush and Gunpowder rivers.1 At Texas, Baltimore County, on the line of the Northern
Central Railway, the telegraph wires were cut and poles pulled down; the
bridge above Cockeysville was destroyed and a portion of the track torn up ;
the Hanover bridge was destroyed and two others south of the Junction ; the
bridge at Ashland was burnt and the telegraph line cut. After operating
with the greatest boldness on the north of Baltimore, they pushed across the
•country, cutting the telegraph wires on the Harford and Philadelphia turnpikes. A small detachment came down Charles street avenue and burned the
•country house of GoArernor Bradford, five miles from the city, with all his
household furniture, valuable library, paintings, etc. This was done in
retaliation for General Hunter's destruction of Governor Letcher's residence
1 Goldsborough's Maryland Line, p. 249.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000664 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | A MOVE ON POINT LOOKOUT. 629 Station from Ellicott's Mills, crowded with the remnants of General Wallace's command. Upon the arrival of this train, it was surrounded by thousands of anxious spectators. Alexander's battery and the Federal cavalry marched into Baltimore by the turnpike, nearly exhausted. Siegel's and Mulligan's wagon trains, accompanied by their guards, also passed through the city and proceeded to the east end where they encamped. After the defeat of Wallace, the Confederates had everything their own way until they chose to return to Virginia. Small parties traversed the country in every direction without opposition, collecting forage, grain, horses and army supplies of all sorts. General Early, after burying his dead and caring for his wounded at the Monocacy, on the morning of the 10th, took up his line of march towards Washington, and made twenty miles that day, camping within four miles of Rockville. On the following Monday morning he resumed his march and appeared before the defences at Washington, on the Seventh street pike. His force at this time had been reduced to about eight thousand infantry and forty pieces of artillery manned by about seven hundred men and one thousand cavalry. The rest of the cavalry force had been detached at Frederick, on the 9th, under General Bradley T. Johnson, with special orders from General Lee to destroy communication between Baltimore and the North, threaten Baltimore, break the railroad and cut the telegraph wires between Baltimore and Washington, and thence move on Point Lookout, so as to attack on the morning of the 12th, when an attack was also to be made on the bay-side. After releasing the prisoners, some fifteen thousand, General Johnson was to take command of them and rejoin Early at Bladensburg, while that general was in the meantime to attack Washington and carry it by assault. As soon as Early's movements were disclosed in the neighborhood of Washington, General Kenly, General Rawlings, ■and most of the regular troops engaged in the defences of Baltimore, hastened to Washington and manned the fortifications at that point. Johnson moved his whole force to Cockeysville, and after destroying the bridges there, he detached the 1st and 2d Maryland cavalry, under Gilmor, and directed that officer to burn the railroad bridges over the Bush and Gunpowder rivers.1 At Texas, Baltimore County, on the line of the Northern Central Railway, the telegraph wires were cut and poles pulled down; the bridge above Cockeysville was destroyed and a portion of the track torn up ; the Hanover bridge was destroyed and two others south of the Junction ; the bridge at Ashland was burnt and the telegraph line cut. After operating with the greatest boldness on the north of Baltimore, they pushed across the •country, cutting the telegraph wires on the Harford and Philadelphia turnpikes. A small detachment came down Charles street avenue and burned the •country house of GoArernor Bradford, five miles from the city, with all his household furniture, valuable library, paintings, etc. This was done in retaliation for General Hunter's destruction of Governor Letcher's residence 1 Goldsborough's Maryland Line, p. 249. |
