Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 17
... night to barracks . The beautiful Valley of Virginia was overrun and its people robbed and plundered many times . At the close of the war there was scarcely a barn or mill standing from Harper's Ferry to Staunton , and the renegade ...
... night to barracks . The beautiful Valley of Virginia was overrun and its people robbed and plundered many times . At the close of the war there was scarcely a barn or mill standing from Harper's Ferry to Staunton , and the renegade ...
Page 20
... night to enable a feeble force to resist the expected as- sault of a superior force the next morning . These slight obstructions were strengthened from day to day and the advance on Petersburg degenerated into the slow and tedious ...
... night to enable a feeble force to resist the expected as- sault of a superior force the next morning . These slight obstructions were strengthened from day to day and the advance on Petersburg degenerated into the slow and tedious ...
Page 21
... night , as were the Confederates , who had only enough men to thinly occupy their one line of works . A very short distance in front of the first line of works , each side had placed a heavy line of chevaux de frise , with an occasional ...
... night , as were the Confederates , who had only enough men to thinly occupy their one line of works . A very short distance in front of the first line of works , each side had placed a heavy line of chevaux de frise , with an occasional ...
Page 22
... night to give warning of an attack in time to enable their comrades to spring to their feet and seize their mus- kets . As the pickets could not look over the works without expos- ing themselves to certain destruction , small loopholes ...
... night to give warning of an attack in time to enable their comrades to spring to their feet and seize their mus- kets . As the pickets could not look over the works without expos- ing themselves to certain destruction , small loopholes ...
Page 23
... night before we were aware of their coming , and I added : " I can take their front line any morning before breakfast . ” General Gordon smiled and remarked : " Don't you forget what you have said ; I may call on you to make your words ...
... night before we were aware of their coming , and I added : " I can take their front line any morning before breakfast . ” General Gordon smiled and remarked : " Don't you forget what you have said ; I may call on you to make your words ...
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