Of Audacious Plans, a Pointless Retreat and Innumerable Epithets
Eric | January 10, 2012
January 10, 1862 (Friday) Immediately after General Stonewall Jackson’s men evacuated their positions opposite Hancock, Maryland, to make their icy trudge southward to Unger’s Store, Union General Frederick Lander planned to pursue. Originally, Lander had been dispatched to take command at Romney, but stumbled upon Jackson near Hancock and decided to lend a hand. The [...]













