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Page 13
... say of them that he did not believe there were ever two finer bodies of mounted men on earth . Our advance arrived in Berryville late in the evening of the 17th of October , and drove a scouting party of the enemy out of town . We did ...
... say of them that he did not believe there were ever two finer bodies of mounted men on earth . Our advance arrived in Berryville late in the evening of the 17th of October , and drove a scouting party of the enemy out of town . We did ...
Page 14
... say , did not kill a single man . We fired several times rapidly , and soon the courthouse was obscured by the smoke . I discovered that they had stopped firing and gave the command to my men to cease firing . When the smoke cleared ...
... say , did not kill a single man . We fired several times rapidly , and soon the courthouse was obscured by the smoke . I discovered that they had stopped firing and gave the command to my men to cease firing . When the smoke cleared ...
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... says : " Imboden , with half a dozen shells and a volley or two of carbine and pistol shots and con- siderable dash , had scooped in pretty nearly as many as his own force numbered . Our folks were never very proud of that day's work ...
... says : " Imboden , with half a dozen shells and a volley or two of carbine and pistol shots and con- siderable dash , had scooped in pretty nearly as many as his own force numbered . Our folks were never very proud of that day's work ...
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... say , Johnny , what are you doing in that corn ? " To this Johnny very innocently replied . " All right , Yank , I am just gathering me a little corn to parch ! " " Yank " answered : “ All right Johnny , I won't shoot ! " After a short ...
... say , Johnny , what are you doing in that corn ? " To this Johnny very innocently replied . " All right , Yank , I am just gathering me a little corn to parch ! " " Yank " answered : “ All right Johnny , I won't shoot ! " After a short ...
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... say- ing : " Don't shoot , General ! He is our captain , and a brave man . " The captain then said he was ready to go forward , and tried to ex- cuse his conduct by pretending that he did not know me by the starlight , and that , if he ...
... say- ing : " Don't shoot , General ! He is our captain , and a brave man . " The captain then said he was ready to go forward , and tried to ex- cuse his conduct by pretending that he did not know me by the starlight , and that , if he ...
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