He was drawing farther and farther away from McClellan and the Southern army before Richmond, and the great storm that was gathering there.

The army of Banks was not yet wholly destroyed, and there were other Northern and undestroyed armies in the valley.

His task there was not yet finished.

Jackson pushed on toward Harper's Ferry on the Potomac.

He was now, though to the westward, further north than Washington itself, and with other armies in his rear he was taking daring risks.