Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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... staff out to the skirmish line to tell the officer in charge that we were re- treating and to fall back slowly , skirmishing as he returned . This order was obeyed too well , for he fell back slowly , fighting stubbornly all the way . I ...
... staff out to the skirmish line to tell the officer in charge that we were re- treating and to fall back slowly , skirmishing as he returned . This order was obeyed too well , for he fell back slowly , fighting stubbornly all the way . I ...
Page 33
... staff officer of the " Stonewall Brigade " ( Winder's ) , commanded by Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby , of the 27th Virginia Regiment , and later in the day of the division , as Colonel Grigsby succeeded to the command of the division after ...
... staff officer of the " Stonewall Brigade " ( Winder's ) , commanded by Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby , of the 27th Virginia Regiment , and later in the day of the division , as Colonel Grigsby succeeded to the command of the division after ...
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... staff secured a com- fortable fence panel and were soon imitating the men around them . Their slumbers , however , were rudely broken about daylight of the 17th by the renewal of the cannon - firing and the sound of musketry , showing ...
... staff secured a com- fortable fence panel and were soon imitating the men around them . Their slumbers , however , were rudely broken about daylight of the 17th by the renewal of the cannon - firing and the sound of musketry , showing ...
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... staff officer , Colonel Wm . M. Levy ( afterwards a member of Congress from Louisiana ) , and making use of a hand - car , I reached . the appointed spot , and found General Canby , with a large escort and many staff and other officers ...
... staff officer , Colonel Wm . M. Levy ( afterwards a member of Congress from Louisiana ) , and making use of a hand - car , I reached . the appointed spot , and found General Canby , with a large escort and many staff and other officers ...
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... staff officers reached my camp . The men were paroled and sent home . Public property was turned over and receipted for , and this as orderly and gently as in time of peace be- tween officers of the same service . What years of discord ...
... staff officers reached my camp . The men were paroled and sent home . Public property was turned over and receipted for , and this as orderly and gently as in time of peace be- tween officers of the same service . What years of discord ...
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