1862 Civil War Broadside STONEWALL JACKSON Shenandoah V

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of more HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE ORIGINAL newspaper BROADSIDE EXTRA, the Calais Herald EXTRA (St Croix, MAINE) dated March 21 (1862). Long narrow 19" x 3" blank back broadside with detailed woodcut engraving of a Civil War Canon firing and a US flag waving in the breeze. Bold headlines with breaking news report that Strasburg, VIRGINIA has been captured by Union forces. THis was the time of the VALLEY CAMPAIGN in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This was right before the BATTLE of KERNSTOWN !! Also has news from GALLATIN, Tennessee as well as NEWBERNE, North Carolina. Displayable and RARE Civil War broadside from the SHENANDOAH VALEY CAMPAIGN. Strasburg is a town in Shenandoah County , Virginia , United States , that was founded in 1761 by Peter Stover. It is the largest community, population-wise, in the county and known for its pottery, antiques, and civil war history. Strasburg, Virginia Location of Strasburg in Virginia The Valley Campaign was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's brilliant spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War . Employing audacity and lightning movements, Jackson's 17,000 men won several minor battles and successfully engaged three Union armies (over 60,000 men), preventing them from reinforcing the Union offensive against Richmond . In the spring of 1862 "Southern morale ... was at its nadir" and "prospects for the Confederacy's survival seemed bleak." Following the successful summer of 1861, particularly the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), its prospects declined quickly. Union armies in the Western Theater , under Ulysses S. Grant and others, captured Southern territory and won significant battles at Fort Donelson and Shiloh . And in the East , Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's massive Army of the Potomac was approaching Richmond from the southeast in the Peninsula Campaign , Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell 's large corps was poised to hit Richmond from the north, and Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks 's army was threatening the Shenandoah Valley . However, Jackson's Confederate "troops were in excellent spirits", laying the foundation for his performance in the Valley that spring, which helped derail the Union plans and re-energize Confederate morale elsew Initial movements In November 1861, Jackson commanded the Valley District , with his headquarters at Winchester . Jackson, recently a professor at Virginia Military Institute and suddenly a hero at First Manassas, was familiar with the valley terrain, having lived t for many years. His command included the Stonewall Brigade and a variety of militia units. In December, Jackson was reinforced by Brig. Gen. William W. Loring and 6,000 troops, but his combined force was insufficient for offensive operations. While Banks remained north of the Potomac River , Jackson's cavalry commander, Col. Turner Ashby , raided the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . Jackson fought inconclusively with two small union posts at Romney and Bath . Banks reacted by crossing the Potomac in late February and moving south to protect the canal and railroad from Ashby. Jackson's command was operating as the left wing of Joseph E. Johnston 's army, and when Johnston moved from Manassas to Culpeper in March, Jackson's position at Winchester was isolated. On March 12, 1862, Banks continued his advance to the southwest ("up the Valley") and occupied Winchester. Jackson had withdrawn up the Valley Pike to Strasburg . Banks's orders, as part of the overall strategy for the Peninsula Campaign, were to move farther south and drive Jackson from the Valley. After accomplishing this, he was to withdraw to a position nearer Washington, D.C. A strong advance force under Brig. Gen. Ja... read more

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