April 17, 2024
Evening Orders in Strasburg ( Fine Art Giclee ) by John Paul Strain
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EVENING ORDERS IN STRASBURGby John Paul StrainStonewall Jackson & Captain Abram SpenglerSpengler Hall - Strasburg, Virginia - March 22, 1862Issue Price: 200 S/N Paper Giclées - $225Image Size 19 1/4" x 25 1/4"" I have only to say, that if the valley is lost Virginia is lost", were the words of General Stonewall Jackson in the winter of 1862. Explaining his strategy and intent to his officers Jackson declared, "War means fighting! The business of a soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, live in camps, but to find the enemy, and strike him; to invade his country, and do him all possible damage in the shortest possible time." But Jackson's first task was to deal with the Federal armies that had invaded his country.US General Nathaniel P. Banks and his army of 40,000 men were threatening Winchester from three directions. With only 3600 soldiers ready to oppose the huge force, Jackson moved his men and supplies to Strasburg. General Jackson would choose the ground on which to attack his enemy, but his troops were insufficiently drilled and unprepared for such a daunting task. Consolidating his forces in the Woodstock-Mt. Jackson region, General Jackson readied his army.Believing the Confederates had been pushed out of the valley and were no longer a threat, US General George B. McClellan
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