6/38 The figures of my spies say thirty-eight thousand, and we can muster scarcely five thousand here. We must move." Jackson spoke without emotion. His words were cold and dry, even formal. If eight times their numbers were advancing upon them, then they must abandon Winchester. They must leave to the enemy this pleasant little city, so warmly devoted to the Southern cause and confess weakness and defeat to these friends who had done so much for them during their stay. |