SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 191.
HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA,
September 9, 1862.
I. The citizens of Fredericktown being unwilling, while
overrun by members of this army, to open their stores, in order to give them
confidence, and to secure to officers and men purchasing supplies for benefit
of this command, all officers and men of this army are strictly prohibited from
visiting Fredericktown except on business, in which case they will bear
evidence of this in writing from division commanders. The provost-marshal in
Fredericktown will see that his guard rigidly enforces this order.
II. Major Taylor will proceed to Leesburg, Va., and arrange
for transportation of the sick and those unable to walk to Winchester, securing
the transportation of the country for this purpose. The route between this and
Culpeper Court-House east of the mountains being unsafe will no longer be
traveled. Those on the way to this army already across the river will move up
promptly; all others will proceed to Winchester collectively and under command
of officers, at which point, being the general depot of this army, its
movements will be known and instructions given by commanding officer regulating
further movements.
III. The army will resume its march to-morrow, taking the
Hagerstown road. General Jackson's command will form the advance, and, after
passing Middletown, with such portion as he may select, take the route toward
Sharpsburg, cross the Potomac at the most convenient point, and by Friday
morning take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, capture such of
them as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to escape from
Harper's Ferry.
IV. General Longstreet's command will pursue the main road
as far as Boonsborough, where it will halt, with reserve, supply, and baggage
trains of the army.
V. General McLaws, with his own division and that of General
R. H. Anderson, will follow General Longstreet. On reaching Middletown will
take the route to Harper's Ferry, and by Friday morning possess himself of the
Maryland Heights and endeavor to capture the enemy at Harper's Ferry and
vicinity.
VI. General Walker, with his division, after accomplishing
the object in which he is now engaged, will cross the Potomac at Cheek's Ford,
ascend its right bank to Lovettsville, take possession of Loudoun Heights, if
practicable, by Friday morning, Keys' Ford on his left, and the road between
the end of the mountain and the Potomac on his right. He will, as far as
practicable, co-operate with Generals McLaws and Jackson, and intercept retreat
of the enemy.
VII. General D. H. Hill's division will form the rear guard
of the army, pursuing the road taken by the main body. The reserve artillery,
ordnance, and supply trains, &c., will precede General Hill.
VIII. General Stuart will detach a squadron of cavalry to
accompany the commands of Generals Longstreet, Jackson, and McLaws, and, with
the main body of the cavalry, will cover the route of the army, bringing up all
stragglers that may have been left behind.
IX. The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws, and Walker,
after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join
the main body of the army at Boonsborough or Hagerstown.
X. Each regiment on the march will habitually carry its axes
in the regimental ordnance wagons, for use of the men at their encampments, to
procure wood, &c.
By command of General
R. E. Lee:
R. H. CHILTON,
Assistant
Adjutant-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
19, Part 2 (Serial No. 28), p. 603-4
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