| Blazing
with the fire of combat, Jackson rode onto the coaling.
He congratulated Taylor and promised him the captured
guns. The enemy staggered, but it didn’t break.
They preserved formation even as they left the field
along the road to Conrad’s store – pressured
all the while by Taliaferro and Winder. Tired after
the last few days, the Southerners were not able to
pursue rapidly – the infantry pounded out four
or five miles and the artillery pushed a few miles farther.
The spoils included about 450 prisoners, 800 muskets,
one more cannon and some wagons. “Ever laconic,
Jackson dispatched a one-sentence telegram to Richmond
advising, ‘Through God’s blessing the enemy
near Port Republic was this day routed with the loss
of Six (6) pieces of his artillery.’…Long
after the war Richard Taylor recalled, “I have
never seen so many dead and wounded in the same limited
space. ** In the painting, The Grim Harvest of War,
the artist chose to show Major Wheat in uniform, but
not “bloody as a butcher”. Southern casualties:
816 killed and wounded Union losses including prisoners:
800-1000. Area of the coaling: less than one square
mile.
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