Dick was about to turn away when he
happened to glance at the wrapping lying on the floor.
His eyes were caught by the words written in large letters:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF NORTH--
Something seemed to shoot through his brain. It was like a flash of
warning or command and he obeyed at once. He picked up the paper and
smoothed it out in his hand. The full line read like the headline in a
newspaper:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
September 9, 1862.
Then with eyes bulging in his head he read:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
September 9, 1862.
Special Orders, No. 191.
The army will resume its march tomorrow, taking the Hagerstown road.
General Jackson's command will form the advance, and after passing
Middletown with such portions as he may select, take their route toward
Sharpsburg, cross the Potomac at the most convenient point and by Friday
morning take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, capture such
of them as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to
escape from Harper's Ferry.
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