THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE
LYNCHBURG EXPEDITION.
THE UNION ARMY.—Maj.-Gen. David Hunter.
first infantry division, Brig.-Gen. Jeremiah C. Sulli-van.
First Brigade, Col. Augustus Moor, Col. Geo. I). Wells:34th Mass, (transferred from 2(1 Brigade June 8tli), Col.George D. Wells, Capt. George W. Thompson; 28th Ohio (sent to the rear with prisoners, etc., June 8th), Lieut. -Col. Gottfried Becker; 116th Ohio , Col. James Wash-burn ; 123d Ohio , Col. William T. Wilsou ; A, B, C, and 1),6tli N. Y. Jly. Arty., Lieut.-Col. Edward Murray. SecondBrigade, Col. Joseph Thulium: 18th Conn, (transferredfrom 1st Brigade June 8tli), Col. William G. Ely; 1st W.Va., Lieut.-Col. Jacob Weddle; 12th W. Va., Col. WilliamB. Curtis. TJnassigned: 2d Md. (Eastern Shore), Col.Hubert S. (Rodgers; 2d Md. (Potomac Home Brigade),Lieut.-Col. G. Ellis Porter.
second infantry division, Brig.-Gen. George Crook .
First Brigade, Col. (Rutherford B. Hayes: 23d Ohio ,Lieut.-Col. James M. Comly; 36th Ohio , Col. Iliram F.Duval; 6th W. Va., Col. A. A. Tomlinson; 13th W. Va. ,Col. William R. Brown. Second- .Brigade , Col. Carr B.White: 12 th Ohio , Lieut.-Col. Jonathan D. Hines; 91stOhio, Col. John A. Turley, Lieut. -Col. Benjamin F.Coates; 9tli W. Va., Col. Isaac II. Duval; 14tli W. Va. ,Col. Daniel D. Johnson. Third Brigade, Col. Jacob M.Campbell: 54tli Pa. (transferred from 2d Brigade, 1stDivision, June 9th), Col. Jacob M. Campbell, Maj. Enoch
D. Yutzy; 3d and 4th Pa. Reserves (battalion), Capt.Abel T. Sweet; lltli W. Va. (6 co’s), Col. Daniel Frost;15thW. Va. , Lieut.-Col. Thomas Morris. Artillery: 1 stKy., Capt. Daniel W. Glassie; 1st Ohio, Lieut . GeorgeP. Kirtland.
ARTILLERY, Capt,. Henry A. DuPont: B, Md. ,-
30tli (N. Y. , Capt. Alfred von Kleiser; I), 1st W. Va., CaptJohn Carlin ; B, 6tli U. S. ,-.
FIRST CAVALRY division, Maj.-Gen. Julius Stahol, Brig.-Gen. Alfred N. Dultie.
First Brigade, Col. William B. Tibbits: 1st N. Y."(Lin-
eoln), -; 1st N. Y. (Veteran), -; 21st N. Y. ,
-; 1st Md. , P. II. B., -. Second Brigade, Col.
John E. Wynltoop: 15tli N. Y.,-; 20th Pa. ,-■;
22<1 Pa.,-.
second cavalry division, Brig.-Gen. William W.Averell .
First Brigade, Col. Janies N. 8elioonmaker: 8tli Ohio ,
Col. AlplieusS. Moore; 14tliPa.,-. Second Brigade,
Col. John I-I. Oley: 34th Ohio (m’t’d infantry),-; 3d
W. Va., -; 6th W. Va., -; 7tli W. Va.,--
Third Brigade, Col William II. Powell: 1st W. Va.,-; 2 d W. Va. , -.
Hunter started on this expedition with about 8500men of all arms. After uniting with Crook and Averell at Staunton his force was about 18,000 strong.
THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
The forces resisting Hunter’s advance were com-manded by Generals W. 15. Jones (killed at Piedmont),J. C. Vaughn, John McCausland , W. L. Jackson, and J.
1). Imboden. General John C. Breckinridge ’s divisionand Jubal A. Early’s corps arrived at Lynchburg in timeto defend the place against Hunter’s meditated attack.
EARLY’S MARCH TO WASHINGTON IN 1864. J
O N the 12tli of June, 1864, while the SecondCorps (Ewell’s) of the Army of NorthernVirginia was lying near Gaines’s Mill, in rear ofHill’s line at Cold Harbor, I received orders fromGeneral Lee to move the corps, with two of thebattalions of artillery attached to it, to the Shen-andoah Valley; to strike Hunter’s force in therear and, if possible, destroy it; then to movedown the valley, cross the Potomac near Leesburg ,in Loudoun County, or at or above Harper’s Ferry ,as I might find most practicable, and threatenWashington city. 4- I was further directed to com-municate with General Breckinridge , who wouldcooperate with me in the attack on Hunter andthe expedition into Maryland .
The Second Corps now numbered a little overeight thousand muskets for duty. It had been onactive and arduous service in the field for fortydays. Divisions were not stronger than brigadesought to have been,' nor brigades than regiments.On the morning of the 13th, at 2 o’clock, we
commenced the march, and on the 16tli arrivedat the Rivanna River, near Charlottesville, havingmarched over eighty miles in four days. At Char-lottesville I received a telegram from Breckinridg e >dated at Lynchburg , informing me that Hunterwas then in Bedford County about twenty mile 8from that place and moving on it. The railroadand telegraph hotwoen Charlottesville and Lynch-burg had been, fortunately, hut slightly injuredby the enemy’s cavalry, and had been repaired. Jordered all the trains of the two roads to ho sent tome with all dispatch, for the purpose of transportingmy troops to Lynchburg . The trains were not Wreadiness to take the troops on hoard until sum'D®on the morning of tho 17th, and then only enoughwere furnished to transport about half my i"'fantry. I accompanied Ramseur’s division, goingon tho front train ; hut the road and rolling stockwere in such had condition that I did not reachLynchburg until about 1 o’clock in the afternoon,and the other trains were much later.
j Condensed from General Early’s “ Memoir of the LastYear ol the War for Independence in the ConfederateStates of America.” Lynchburg : Published by CharlesW. Button for the Virginia Memorial Association, 1867;here printed by permission of the author.
^ See j). 485, et sec[.
4 In a letter to the editors under date of Novouibei23d, 1888, General Early says: “General Loo did n°*expect, me to lie able to enter Washington. His 01 'ders were merely to threaten tho city, and when I sug-gested to him tlio idea of capturing it lie said it wouhhe impossible.”
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