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... railroad to Gordonsville for fear , if allowed to one , that many others would wish to do it , which would incommode the army . General Johnston is falling back from the Peninsula , or Yorktown , and Uncle Jeff . thinks we had better go ...
... railroad to Gordonsville for fear , if allowed to one , that many others would wish to do it , which would incommode the army . General Johnston is falling back from the Peninsula , or Yorktown , and Uncle Jeff . thinks we had better go ...
Page 32
... railroad trains were crowded with refugees . At every extortioner's shop on Main street , even including the bookstores , an array of packing trunks invited attention , and suggested the necessity of flight from Richmond . At the railroad ...
... railroad trains were crowded with refugees . At every extortioner's shop on Main street , even including the bookstores , an array of packing trunks invited attention , and suggested the necessity of flight from Richmond . At the railroad ...
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... railroad . Four of his sons , John , Samuel , Nimrod , and Thomson , served in the war of 1812 . The father of our hero died , as we have stated , leaving a family of children of tender age . Young Turner was put to school , where it ...
... railroad . Four of his sons , John , Samuel , Nimrod , and Thomson , served in the war of 1812 . The father of our hero died , as we have stated , leaving a family of children of tender age . Young Turner was put to school , where it ...
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... railroad westward , in the direction of Cumberland - some ten miles away - when he was ambuscaded at the mouth of a ravine just beside the railroad there , running just between the river bank and the steep moun- tain side . The enemy's ...
... railroad westward , in the direction of Cumberland - some ten miles away - when he was ambuscaded at the mouth of a ravine just beside the railroad there , running just between the river bank and the steep moun- tain side . The enemy's ...
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... railroad . From Meadow Bridge to this railroad , the distance along the Chickahominy on the north side is about ten miles . The different stages between the points indicated , along which the enemy were driven , are Mechanicsville ...
... railroad . From Meadow Bridge to this railroad , the distance along the Chickahominy on the north side is about ten miles . The different stages between the points indicated , along which the enemy were driven , are Mechanicsville ...
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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