“In the Army of the Shenandoah you were the First Brigade!  In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade!  In the Second Corps of the army you are the First Brigade!  You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity as the First Brigade in this our second War of Independence.  Farewell!”

For a moment there was silence; then the pent-up feeling found expression, and cheer upon cheer burst forth from the ranks of the Valley regiments.  Waving his hand in token of farewell, Jackson galloped from the field.

NOTE 6.1.  THE TROOPS EMPLOYED ON THE HENRY HILL.

Federal.

First division:  Tyler.

Brigades:  4500. 
Keyes. 
Sherman. 
Schenck.

Second division:  Hunter.

Brigades:  6000. 
Porter. 
Burnside.

Third division:  Heintzleman.

Brigades:  7500. 
Franklin. 
Wilcox. 
Howard.

Total 18,000, and 30 guns.

Confederate.

Army of the Shenandoah [Johnston].

Brigades:  8700. 
Jackson. 
Bee. 
Bartow. 
Kirby Smith.

Army of the Potomac [Beauregard].

Brigades:  9300. 
Bonham. 
Cocke. 
Early.
7th Louisiana Regiment.
8th Louisiana Regiment. 
Hampton’s Legion. 
Cavalry.

Total 18,000, and 21 guns.

NOTE 6.2.  THE COST 0F AN INADEQUATE ARMY.

Lord Wolseley has been somewhat severely criticised for asserting that in the Civil War, “from first to last, the co-operation of even one army corps (35,000 men) of regular troops would have given complete victory to whichever side it fought on.”  Whatever may be argued as to the latter period of the conflict, it is impossible for anyone who understands the power of organisation, of discipline, of training, and of a proper system of command, to dispute the accuracy of this statement as regards the year 1861, that is, for the first eight months.

It is far too often assumed that the number of able-bodied men is the true criterion of national strength.  In the Confederate States, for instance, there were probably 750,000 citizens who were liable for service in the militia, and yet had the United States possessed a single regular army corps, with a trained staff, an efficient commissariat, and a fully-organised system of transport, it is difficult to see how these 750,000 Southerners could have done more than wage a guerilla warfare.  The army corps would have absorbed into itself the best of the Northern militia and volunteers;