Rebels at the Gate: Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided (55 page)

366. R.E. Lee to his wife, August 4, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 62; Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 543.

367. Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 155; Armstrong,
25 Virginia Infantry
, 23.

368. R.E. Lee to his wife, August 4, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 61; Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 550.

369. Long,
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
, 117, 119; Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 154–55; Mills,
History of the Sixteenth North Carolina Infantry
, 4; R.E. Lee to his wife, August 4 and 9, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 61, 63. See Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 552–53 for a discussion of the roll played by Lee's sense of
noblesse oblige
in his handling of General Loring.

370. Ibid., 63; Taylor,
Four Years
, 35–36;
Randolph Enterprise
, June 25, 1925.

371. R.E. Lee to his wife, August 9, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 63; Warner,
Generals in Gray
, 184; R. Hatton to his wife, August 16, 1861 in Drake,
Life of General Robert Hatton
, 372.

372.
O. R
. series 2, vol. 3, 25–26; R.E. Lee to his wife, August 9, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 63. Joseph Reynolds had been an instructor of philosophy at West Point during Lee's tenure as superintendent of that institution.

373. Merrill,
The Soldier of Indiana
, 110–17.

374. Long,
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
, 121–22; Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 555.

375. Hermann,
Memoirs
, 39; Watkins, “
Company Aytch,”
53; Toney,
Privations
, 21.

376. J. Hotchkiss to Fitz Lee, October 22, 1891, Miller,
Mapping for Stonewall
, 42; Worsham,
One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry
, 15–16.

377. Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 577–78.

378.
O.R
. vol. 5, 552, 554–56, 561, 563–64; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 79–80.

379.
O. R
. vol. 5, 7–8; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 78–79; Sears,
George B. McClellan
, 97–101.

380. Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 155; S. Pryor to his wife, August 15, 1861 in Adams,
A Post of Honor
, 44; Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 559–60.

381. R.E. Lee to his daughters, August 29, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 67; A Member of the Bar,
Cheat Mountain
, 45–46; Worsham,
One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry
, 17.

382. Strider,
The Life and Work of George William Peterkin
, 47; R. Hatton to his wife, August 23, 1861 in Drake,
Life of General Robert Hatton
, 375.

383.
O. R
. vol. 5, 785; Taylor,
Four Years
, 17; Worsham,
One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry
, 17.

384. Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 156; A Member of the Bar,
Cheat Mountain
, 62; S. Pryor to his wife, August 3, 1861 in Adams,
A Post of Honor
, 33; Toney,
Privations
, 20; Taylor,
Four Years
, 17.

385. Worsham,
One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry
, 16; Strider,
The Life and Work of George William Peterkin
, 48; S. Pryor to his wife, August 9 and September 8, 1861 in Adams,
A Post of Honor
, 38, 63; R.E. Lee to his wife, September 1, 1861 and R.E. Lee to G.W.C. Lee, September 3, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 68–70.

386. R. Hatton to his wife, August 14 and 16, 1861 in Drake,
Life of General Robert Hatton
, 370, 373; R.E. Lee to G.W.C. Lee, September 3, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 70.

387. Mills,
History of the Sixteenth North Carolina Infantry
, 5; R. Hatton to his wife, August 18, 1861, Drake in
Life of General Robert Hatton
, 374–75.

388. R.E. Lee to his daughters, August 29, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 67.

389. Landon, “The Fourteenth Indiana Regiment on Cheat Mountain,” 352; Beatty,
The Citizen-Soldier
, 58–60.

390. Pool,
Under Canvas
, 24–25, 33; William Houghton Diary, August 14 and 15, 1861, IHS.

391. Pool,
Under Canvas
, 33; Landon, “The Fourteenth Indiana Regiment on Cheat Mountain, 358–59; “Letter from Cheat Mountain,”
Indianapolis Daily Journal
, September 24, 1861. The August snow on Cheat Mountain is well documented.
See also
Augustus Van Dyke to his folks, August 18, 1861, Van Dyke Letters, IHS; Merrill,
The Soldier of Indiana
, 79; J.H. Slaughter to his mother, August 17, 1861 and J.H. Slaughter to J.C. Rawlins, December 5, 1861, PC.

392. Pool,
Under Canvas
, 24, 33, 44; Augustus Van Dyke to his folks, August 23, 1861, Van Dyke Letters, IHS.

393. Augustus Van Dyke to his folks, August 12, 1861, Van Dyke Letters, IHS; Stevenson,
Indiana's Roll of Honor
, 158; George W. Lambert journal, August 1861, IHS; Baxter,
Gallant Fourteenth
, 49.

394. Augustus Van Dyke to Angie, August 18, 1861, Van Dyke Letters, IHS.

395. Baxter,
Gallant Fourteenth
, 59–60; Augustus Van Dyke to his folks, August 12 and 23, 1861, IHS; E.H.C. Cavins to his wife, September 9, 1861 in Smith,
The Civil War Letters of Colonel Elijah H.C. Cavins
, 10; William Houghton diary, August 24, 1861, IHS.

396. E.H.C. Cavins to his father, September 4, 1861 in Smith,
Civil War Letters
, 8; J.R. McClure to his cousin, August 18, 1861 in Baxter,
Hoosier Farm Boy
, 19; Landon, “The Fourteenth Indiana Regiment on Cheat Mountain,” 360, 362.

397. Warren Alford to his folks, August 28, 1861 in Skidmore,
The Alford Brothers
, 73; Augustus Van Dyke to Angie, August 18, 1861, Van Dyke Letters, IHS.

398. Boatner,
Civil War Dictionary
, 944; “The Feuding Generals—Floyd and Wise,”
The Pocahontas Times
, February 10, 1927 in Phillips,
War Stories
, 254–56; Hall,
Rending of Virginia
, 413;
O. R
. vol. 2, 290, 293, 908–09;
O. R
. vol. 5, 151;
O. R
. series 4, vol. 1, 367;
Richmond Enquirer
in Cohen,
Civil War in West Virginia
, 34.

399.
O. R
. vol. 2, 291–92, 1012; Jones, Beuhring H. “My First Thirty Days Experience as a Captain,”
Southern Literary Messenger
, vol. 37, no. 2, 1863 in Lowry,
The Battle of Scary Creek
, 147–48.

400.
O. R
. vol. 5, 152–53, 768;
O. R
. vol. 2, 908–09.

401. Warner,
Generals in Gray
, 89–90; Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 594;
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
, October 25, 1861;
New York Times
, September 13, 1861; R.E. Lee to his wife, October 7, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 80; Morrison,
Memoirs of Henry Heth
, 152.

402.
O. R
. vol. 5, 150, 773;
O. R
. vol. 2, 909; Morrison,
Memoirs of Henry Heth
, 153.

403.
O. R
. vol. 5, 153, 773–75, 778–81;
O. R
. vol. 51, pt. 2, 237.

404.
O. R
. vol. 5, 776, 780–82; Cox, “McClellan in West Virginia,” 142–43.

405.
O. R
. vol. 5, 782–85;
O. R
. vol. 51, pt. 2, 232.

406.
O. R
. vol. 5, 785–86, 788.

407. Ibid., 155.

408. Ibid., 789, 791–96;
O. R
. vol. 51, pt. 2, 237.

409.
O. R
. vol. 5, 156, 798–99, 802, 813.

410. Ibid., 115–16, 804–05, 810.

411. Pollard,
First Year of the War
, 164;
O. R
. vol. 51, pt. 2, 256–57; Lowry,
September Blood
, 158;
O. R
. vol. 5, 158–59.

412.
O. R
. vol. 5, 127.

413.
Congressional Globe
, 37 Cong., 2 Sess., Appendix in Curry,
A House Divided
, 73. Although originally known as the “Reorganized” Government of Virginia, the term “Restored” Government later gained widespread favor.
See also
Lewis,
Second Biennial Report
, 163.

414. Reorganized Government of Virginia,
Acts of the General Assembly
, 34–35; Hall,
Rending of Virginia
, 338, 342; Lewis, “How West Virginia Became A Member of the Federal Union,” 601. A House of Delegates met in the Custom House and the Senate in nearby Linsly Institute. This rump legislature consisted of more than thirty members.
See also
McGregor,
Disruption
, 220, and Curry,
A House Divided
, 73, 166n.

415. Ambler,
Francis H. Pierpont
, 114–15; Hall,
Rending of Virginia
, 347.

416. Lewis,
How West Virginia Was Made
, 183–90, 303, 308, 312; Hall,
Rending of Virginia
, 349–52.

417. Reorganized Government of Virginia,
Journal of the Convention
, 40–41; Lewis,
How West Virginia Was Made
, 192, 208–10, 218–20.

418. Lewis,
How West Virginia Was Made
, 218, 221, 255, 269; Basler,
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
, vol. 4, 263.

419. Lewis,
How West Virginia Was Made
, 245, 278, 280–88; Hall,
Rending of Virginia
, 354–57, 372–74; Curry,
A House Divided
, 82–84. The committee of six appointed to craft a compromise included Daniel Farnsworth, John Carlile, James Paxton, Peter Van Winkle, Lewis Ruffner, and Daniel Lamb. The convention's dismemberment document was titled: “An Ordinance to Provide for the Formation of a New State Out of a Portion of this State.” The thirty-nine Virginia counties unconditionally included within the new state boundary were Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Randolph, Tucker, Preston, Monongalia, Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Harrison, Lewis, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock.

420. Reorganized Government of Virginia,
Journal of the Convention
, 64–67; Curry,
A House Divided
, 85.

421. R.E. Lee to G.W.C. Lee, September 3, 1861 in Dowdey,
Wartime Papers
, 69–70;
O. R
. vol. 51 pt. 2, 283–84; Long,
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
, 123;
O. R
. series 4, vol. 1, 822; Lang,
Loyal West Virginia
, 47–48. Loring's force on the Huntersville line was said to be six thousand strong, Jackson's on the Monterey line, five thousand. The effective strength of Federal forces under Reynolds may have been no more than six to seven thousand.
See also
Stevenson,
Indiana's Roll of Honor
, vol. 1, 168.

422. General Orders No. 8, Hd. Qts. Army of N.W., Valley Mt. August 28, 1861, PC; R. Hatton to his wife, August 30, 1861 in Drake,
Life of General Robert Hatton
, 378; Clayton Wilson to his mother, August 22, 1861, PC.

423. Taylor,
Four Years
, 22; Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 156; Hotchkiss to Fitz Lee, October 22, 1891 in Miller,
Mapping for Stonewall
, 42. Hotchkiss lost most of his mapping equipment in the retreat from Rich Mountain.

424. Long,
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
, 122–23; Taylor,
Four Years
, 22–23; Price,
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County
, 449–50. John Yeager, Jr. was “the civilian engineer, whose name unfortunately does not appear in the records,” in Freeman,
Lee
, vol. 1, 560. William T. Price claimed that Yeager and Rust “succeeded in passing into and throughout the garrison” on Cheat Mountain without arousing suspicion!