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... remarkable skill , while Fremont's generalship was indifferent . Ewell's artillery was served with admirable precision and effect , and his infantry , whenever engaged , displayed great steadiness and gallantry . The result was , that ...
... remarkable skill , while Fremont's generalship was indifferent . Ewell's artillery was served with admirable precision and effect , and his infantry , whenever engaged , displayed great steadiness and gallantry . The result was , that ...
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... remarkable men of the war ; they afford an example to be emulated by our soldiers ; they represent a type of courage peculiarly Southern in its aspects ; and they add an unfading leaf to the chaplet of glory which Virginia has gathered ...
... remarkable men of the war ; they afford an example to be emulated by our soldiers ; they represent a type of courage peculiarly Southern in its aspects ; and they add an unfading leaf to the chaplet of glory which Virginia has gathered ...
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... , that reached manhood , of Captain Jack Ashby , a man of mark in the day in which he lived , and of whom many anecdotes are still extant , illustrative of his remarkable character . One of THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR . 45.
... , that reached manhood , of Captain Jack Ashby , a man of mark in the day in which he lived , and of whom many anecdotes are still extant , illustrative of his remarkable character . One of THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR . 45.
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... remarkable among his young associates for his sedate manners , his grave regard for truth , and his appreciation of points of honor . Turner Ashby never had the advantages of a college educa- tion , but he had a good , healthy mind ; he ...
... remarkable among his young associates for his sedate manners , his grave regard for truth , and his appreciation of points of honor . Turner Ashby never had the advantages of a college educa- tion , but he had a good , healthy mind ; he ...
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... remarkable instance in William III . , the silent and ascetic king of England , who was transformed into gayety by the excitement of personal peril . " Danger , " says the historian , " acted upon him like wine ; " it made him full of ...
... remarkable instance in William III . , the silent and ascetic king of England , who was transformed into gayety by the excitement of personal peril . " Danger , " says the historian , " acted upon him like wine ; " it made him full of ...
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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