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Show • ) .... 210 ROEBUCK . C II A P T' I~ l t X I X . THEl\[AlNIC. I~ the spring of the year eighteen hnnclred nnll , 1x:t y-two, both Fitzhugh nnd Tremaine hn.cl been prolnotc< l to the rank of colonel in the c~valry of their r e.'pecti ve s rv ices. In the previouR antun1n Captaiu Fitzhugh, ·with his con1pnny, 'vas s nt to the Valley, and H rved under .Jackfion in g uarding the junction, in tho \vintcr xpedition to Bath an<l ltornncy, nnd in th~ b ril11. '1.11 t R]Wi no- ca.m1)ai o·n hco-i 1111 i 110: \\Tith ICernHlown ' ::J n ' b ., nna ndin g with P ort ltopublic, ·which Jir,'t 1nndo tho nnrno or .Tackoon r onownecl. Probably no other ca1npnign n1a<.le by , o .·1nnll a for '0 in ~o Rhort a ti1nc ever prodn · \<1 1noro import: mt c1roctR tl1an the rapid . uceossion of ren1~rk :1blo vj ctorios then ·won by Jackson over B \\'Oral armi es. 'The iuunediate influence of 1l1iR hrilli:1ut mHl unexpected success upon the 1nincl · or the South ern people ·was aB extraorc1innry as it 'Nas ti1nel y. Never at any other tin1c <.lurin o- the "'var until the finn.l cata ·Lrophc 0 • " 'a-.; at L:uHl, wa~ the ~ outh so deRponc1ont as 1n tho Rpri ng of ei o·h t eon hun drctl nn c1 Bixty-two. AbouL 1l1at timn t.l1e ov •rw·(•enin g- confitlen •o in~pire<.l by the <Jo nf'•d cratc 1-3UUC'•sse:-; of the previOUS year W;l,H turn c•<l to <1i snt:ly by Rever:tl (lis:tster.·. l\Iost of the vohmt een:; who CO illposecl the nrmy oC the South l1:td enlisted. lor a year only and. their t enn of serviee was al>out to expire. It ' vas apprehen<.le<l that not Inany would. renc,v ih eir eng agement, nncl that a new army. R 0 En U 0 I\: . 2] 1 conltl not he fonnc<l b f< re the <li: b:Ln<ling of the old, if at :tll. It. " ':t cl ccn1e<l nee .·~ary to pa~. the hw of c·on s<'rjption, vl1ich eornpcii ~ <1 all "'\'11ite m:ll rcs i <1 c nt ~ 1> Lw<•cu t.h r age.· of eight •en an(l 1l1irty- fl v<> (with a few <'xcmpt ions) to fierve j 11 th [trm y three )'<1 :1 rH or Lo fLtrnj ~h substitute:-;. It r e<l'Lir etl tl1ose '\rho l1:1d volunLcc ro<l Cur a ye:1,r to re1nain in .~ rvicc two year~ lon o·r r. l\Iany feare<.l b that tl1iH severe 1nons ure \Vo td(l provoke re~ i stan cc, bnL jt ·wa.s obC>yotl " ' ii ll almosL nncomphining patriotis1n. The hw however, 1vas a viol }ut an<l irnpracti enl>le lllcn: nrc, ancl \Va~ art erward:-) Ull10Jig the promin ent <'<lnse,• oL' the downfttll or the Confcd ~ ra('y. Tho general alarrn ·whi ch led to its cn:wtn1 cnL \\' :lH AtH-1<1 11ly reli evc(lby the acl1iovcm nt.-1 of "SLone wall " Jack~o n in 1 he Y : lll<.~y, ii' iL is proper thus to nsvribe to hirn nlonc victori e:-3 whi ·h were due .. io the 111arv •li ons erHlttr:tnce and un<·oJHJHCrahlo Yalor of 1 he ]j t Uc army "'vh iel1 he lo<l, noL Jes. thn,n to the gcn i liS or t h \i r lea<1c·r. IL ·will l>c r oadi ly nnc1 crs1 ood that the activity of that :tnny, the extent of eountry whi ·h it proLecLeu, the 11umber of its battl e~, wi Lh tho skirmishoB an<l oLh er in cidents of such a, eampaig n, afT'onletl t.o cv ry 1nan opportunitic. lor the di splay of the best qnalitie. of a soldier. The large amounL of illtclligence then iu the ranks, the gen ral spi1:iL of' pntriotis1n ntHl the in <.lividJJ:tl in\l 'p cn<.l '' llCO nounl')he<l in t;outh r rn I-30tieLy fitte<l ahno::>L e vL~ry Itta.n Lo play nn e!I'<.•(·tiYe p:trt. . . . This volume cannot be atl orn ctl wiLh :1. J1r sLory of thn.L noLle anny. "\Ve cnnnoL eren take Hp:w Lo rccor< t the p:trti euln.r exploitB or our li'i cnds. IL Jna~ L sufli ec Lo 111entiou Lrielly th:tL IIugh Fit~hngh l>cc:uno a lieutenant-colonel d nring Lhc 'vin ter, that when Lho whole n,nny \V:l3 reorg<tni~eJ in tho spring, under thQ |
