Autograph endorsement signed "T. J. Jackson / Lt Genl" on verso of an autograph letter signed to him by D. H. Hill, providing marching orders en route to Fredericksburg.
Shenandoah Valley]: 20 November 1862 [Hill’s letter]. 17 lines, on verso of Hill’s 1 p. letter, single sheet of blue paper (250 x 200 mm). Condition : minor spotting, expert restoration along the folds. stonewall jackson field orders directing d. h. hill to the battle of fredericksburg. Hill’s letter: “Capt. Pendleton’s instructions do not state whether I am to go through Harrisonburg. Shall I cross over directly from New Market to Luray or shall I go to Harrisonburg to Stanardsville. I infer the latter. We have about 120 sick at Strasburg & Middletown, besides a good number unfit to march. May I appropriate all my returning ambulances? I learn that we have but nine (9) in the Division.” Jackson’s reply: “My medical director has given directions to yours respecting the sick as he is not with me at this time. I cannot answer yr questions respecting the ambulances. Your route will be from New Market via Columbia bridge & Fisher’s Gap. You will leave the Valley pike at New Market & pass to the right of Luray. There will be no occasion I hope for you to use the flour at Harrisonburg.” The wounded referred to in the above were presumably casualties inflicted at the Battle of Antietam (17 Sept 1862). Just five days prior to this letter by Hill, Union forces under Burnside had begun marching toward Fredericksburg. The quick movement by Longstreet and Jackson’s corps in response, evidenced in part by this field communication which orders Hill to proceed on a direct course, foiled Burnside’s plans and resulted in the resounding Confederate victory at the Battle of Frederickburg (11-15 December 1862).
Autograph endorsement signed "T. J. Jackson / Lt Genl" on verso of an autograph letter signed to him by D. H. Hill, providing marching orders en route to Fredericksburg.
Shenandoah Valley]: 20 November 1862 [Hill’s letter]. 17 lines, on verso of Hill’s 1 p. letter, single sheet of blue paper (250 x 200 mm). Condition : minor spotting, expert restoration along the folds. stonewall jackson field orders directing d. h. hill to the battle of fredericksburg. Hill’s letter: “Capt. Pendleton’s instructions do not state whether I am to go through Harrisonburg. Shall I cross over directly from New Market to Luray or shall I go to Harrisonburg to Stanardsville. I infer the latter. We have about 120 sick at Strasburg & Middletown, besides a good number unfit to march. May I appropriate all my returning ambulances? I learn that we have but nine (9) in the Division.” Jackson’s reply: “My medical director has given directions to yours respecting the sick as he is not with me at this time. I cannot answer yr questions respecting the ambulances. Your route will be from New Market via Columbia bridge & Fisher’s Gap. You will leave the Valley pike at New Market & pass to the right of Luray. There will be no occasion I hope for you to use the flour at Harrisonburg.” The wounded referred to in the above were presumably casualties inflicted at the Battle of Antietam (17 Sept 1862). Just five days prior to this letter by Hill, Union forces under Burnside had begun marching toward Fredericksburg. The quick movement by Longstreet and Jackson’s corps in response, evidenced in part by this field communication which orders Hill to proceed on a direct course, foiled Burnside’s plans and resulted in the resounding Confederate victory at the Battle of Frederickburg (11-15 December 1862).
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