Stonewall Jackson Takes Romney; Grant and Curtis Step Off

| January 14, 2012

January 14, 1862 (Tuesday) General Stonewall Jackson had been holed up with his men at Unger’s Store for nearly a week. Having failed to take Hancock, Maryland, Jackson turned for a move on Romney, forty frozen miles away. During that week, Romney had been abandoned by the Federals, much to the chagrin of General Frederick [...]