[12] Banks had received an order from Pope which might certainly be understood to mean that he should take the offensive if the enemy approached.—Report of Committee of Congress, vol. iii, p. 45.
[13] O.R., vol. xii, part ii, p. 201.
[14] O.R., vol. xii, part ii, p. 141.
[15] nReport. O.R., vol. xii, part ii, p. 184.ote
[16] O.R., vol. xii, part ii, p. 135.
[17] I may here express my regret that in the first edition I should have classed Mr. Ropes amongst the adverse critics of Jackson’s operations at this period. How I came to fall into the error I cannot explain. I should certainly have remembered that Mr. Ropes’ writings are distinguished as much by impartiality as by ability.
[18] So late as August 28, Pope reported that Banks’ troops were much demoralised. O.R., vol. xii, part iii, p. 653.
[19] O.R., vol. xii, part ii, p. 201.
[20] O.R., vol. xii, part ii, p. 185.