Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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... early boyhood were accustomed to riding and handling the fine horses for which that section was cele- brated . On one occasion I heard a distinguished Confederate offi- cer say of them that he did not believe there were ever two finer ...
... early boyhood were accustomed to riding and handling the fine horses for which that section was cele- brated . On one occasion I heard a distinguished Confederate offi- cer say of them that he did not believe there were ever two finer ...
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... early on the morning of Monday , the 15th , and after brisk firing for an hour or more the white flag was displayed , and the place , being completely surrounded , was surrendered by General Julius White , who had returned from ...
... early on the morning of Monday , the 15th , and after brisk firing for an hour or more the white flag was displayed , and the place , being completely surrounded , was surrendered by General Julius White , who had returned from ...
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... early in the morning and carried off the field ) , and delivered the message . The words had barely escaped my lips when I saw the front line falling back and said to General Starke : " There they are , coming back now , General . " He ...
... early in the morning and carried off the field ) , and delivered the message . The words had barely escaped my lips when I saw the front line falling back and said to General Starke : " There they are , coming back now , General . " He ...
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... Early's brigade had been withdrawn from the support of the cavalry , which had been formed on a hill to the ex- treme left - front of the infantry , and General McLaws ' Division had reached the field on the extreme right . Soon two of ...
... Early's brigade had been withdrawn from the support of the cavalry , which had been formed on a hill to the ex- treme left - front of the infantry , and General McLaws ' Division had reached the field on the extreme right . Soon two of ...
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... Early and Grigsby on Sedgwick , after whose defeat , I might say rout , there was no more fighting on that portion of the line . Grigsby's handful of men - men of Jackson's old division , who had been through the Valley campaign , the ...
... Early and Grigsby on Sedgwick , after whose defeat , I might say rout , there was no more fighting on that portion of the line . Grigsby's handful of men - men of Jackson's old division , who had been through the Valley campaign , the ...
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