An Encyclopedia of Battles by David Eggenberger

Author:David Eggenberger [David Eggenberger]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

McDowell (American Civil War), 1862. After his defeat at Kernstown, the Confederate general Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson withdrew up the Shenandoah Valley to Swift Run Gap. The Federal general Nathaniel Banks, with superior forces (15,000 men), pursued cautiously as far as New Market. Learning of a Federal plan to have Gen. John Frémont’s army in West Virginia link up with Banks, Jackson determined to strike the former first. Leaving a holding force at Swift Run Gap on April 30, he set out with about 6,000 men to cross the Shenandoah Valley in front of Banks. In four days the Confederates marched 92 miles and covered 25 more by rail. Picking up 3,000 men from Gen. Edward Johnson’s division at West View, Jackson reached McDowell on May 8. Here he was attacked by the brigades (3,000 men) of Gens. Robert Schenck and Robert Milroy from Fremont’s army. The outnumbered Federals were defeated and driven back across Bull Pasture River, although they inflicted 498 casualties at a loss of 256 to themselves. Jackson pursued the vanquished troops northward as far as Franklin, W. Va., then marched back to the Shenandoah to resume his campaign of tying down Union forces there. See Kernstown I; Front Royal; American Civil War.

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