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Page 14
... sent Captain McNeil and his adjutant , Captain F. B. Berkeley , in with a flag of truce to demand an immediate and unconditional surrender . Colonel Simp- son , the officer in command , gallantly replied : " Come and take us you can ...
... sent Captain McNeil and his adjutant , Captain F. B. Berkeley , in with a flag of truce to demand an immediate and unconditional surrender . Colonel Simp- son , the officer in command , gallantly replied : " Come and take us you can ...
Page 15
... sent two men with a wagon and four horses , which we discovered hitched up near the courthouse , to go in and load up with plunder , for the Yankees had left everything behind in their flight . I espe- cially gave orders to get all the ...
... sent two men with a wagon and four horses , which we discovered hitched up near the courthouse , to go in and load up with plunder , for the Yankees had left everything behind in their flight . I espe- cially gave orders to get all the ...
Page 17
... sent to Fort Delaware for safe keeping . I was there at the same time and recollect very well when the news was brought into our barracks that a new regiment had come to release the one that had for some time been doing guard duty on ...
... sent to Fort Delaware for safe keeping . I was there at the same time and recollect very well when the news was brought into our barracks that a new regiment had come to release the one that had for some time been doing guard duty on ...
Page 18
... sent outside of Maryland . Richardson's kinspeople , in Baltimore , were divided on the ques- tions involved in the war . His father had gone from the Whig party into the Know Nothing , the Native American , and , finally , the Black ...
... sent outside of Maryland . Richardson's kinspeople , in Baltimore , were divided on the ques- tions involved in the war . His father had gone from the Whig party into the Know Nothing , the Native American , and , finally , the Black ...
Page 22
... sent out to occupy these pits , and keep watch for any suspicious movements . To enable them to pass in and out a few gaps were left in the chev- aux de frise . These pickets were relieved every four hours , and in front of Fort Stedman ...
... sent out to occupy these pits , and keep watch for any suspicious movements . To enable them to pass in and out a few gaps were left in the chev- aux de frise . These pickets were relieved every four hours , and in front of Fort Stedman ...
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