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Page 41
... horse fell . He was on his feet in an instant . " Men , " he cried , " cease firing - charge , for God's sake , charge ! " The next instant he fell dead - not twenty yards from the concealed marksman who had killed him . To the sketch ...
... horse fell . He was on his feet in an instant . " Men , " he cried , " cease firing - charge , for God's sake , charge ! " The next instant he fell dead - not twenty yards from the concealed marksman who had killed him . To the sketch ...
Page 46
... horse- man induced the British commandant of the post to secure his services as bearer of dispatches to the vice - royal governor at Williamsburg . Ashby at once proceeded on his mission , and in an incredibly short time presented ...
... horse- man induced the British commandant of the post to secure his services as bearer of dispatches to the vice - royal governor at Williamsburg . Ashby at once proceeded on his mission , and in an incredibly short time presented ...
Page 47
... horse was trained for tournaments and fox - hunting , and it is said to have been a common pastime of Ashby to take him into the meadow and jump him over hay - cocks and stone fences . Some of his feats of horsemanship are memorable ...
... horse was trained for tournaments and fox - hunting , and it is said to have been a common pastime of Ashby to take him into the meadow and jump him over hay - cocks and stone fences . Some of his feats of horsemanship are memorable ...
Page 48
... horse , then called " The Mountain Rangers , " did service on that oc- casion . He appeared to have felt and known the consequences which were to ensue from this frightful crusade . Thencefor- ward his physical and intellectual powers ...
... horse , then called " The Mountain Rangers , " did service on that oc- casion . He appeared to have felt and known the consequences which were to ensue from this frightful crusade . Thencefor- ward his physical and intellectual powers ...
Page 50
... horse which he rode proved false , and fell into a cattle - stop of the railroad with his unfortunate rider . He was overtaken , beaten , bruised , wounded , and left for dead . He was removed many hours afterwards , and lived for ...
... horse which he rode proved false , and fell into a cattle - stop of the railroad with his unfortunate rider . He was overtaken , beaten , bruised , wounded , and left for dead . He was removed many hours afterwards , and lived for ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery Ashby attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defences division driven enemy enemy's engaged evacuated Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker horse hour hundred infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded line of battle Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning movement night North Northern numbers o'clock occupied officers opened passed pieces of artillery Pope Port Hudson portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern surrender Tennessee thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington whole woods Yankee