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... camp on the railway some miles north of New Orleans , and under orders for Richmond . Accepting the appointment , I hastened to the camp , inspected the command , ordered the Lieutenant - Colonel - Randolph , a well- instructed officer ...
... camp on the railway some miles north of New Orleans , and under orders for Richmond . Accepting the appointment , I hastened to the camp , inspected the command , ordered the Lieutenant - Colonel - Randolph , a well- instructed officer ...
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... camp equipage not absolutely essential was stored . At These details attended to , at 5 P.M. I visited the War Office , presided over by General Pope Walker of Alabama . When the object of my visit was stated , the Secretary expressed ...
... camp equipage not absolutely essential was stored . At These details attended to , at 5 P.M. I visited the War Office , presided over by General Pope Walker of Alabama . When the object of my visit was stated , the Secretary expressed ...
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... camp , thus indicating that no immediate movement was contemplated . The confusion that reigned about our camps for the next few days was extreme . Regiments seemed to have lost their colonels , colonels their regiments . Men of all ...
... camp , thus indicating that no immediate movement was contemplated . The confusion that reigned about our camps for the next few days was extreme . Regiments seemed to have lost their colonels , colonels their regiments . Men of all ...
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... camp our army experienced much suffering and loss of strength . Drawn almost exclusively from rural districts , where families lived isolated , the men were scourged with mumps , whooping - cough , and measles , diseases readily ...
... camp our army experienced much suffering and loss of strength . Drawn almost exclusively from rural districts , where families lived isolated , the men were scourged with mumps , whooping - cough , and measles , diseases readily ...
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... camp brought improvement , but my own health gave way . A persistent low fever sapped my strength and impaired the use of my limbs . General Johnston kindly ordered me off to the Fauquier springs , sulphur waters , some twenty miles to ...
... camp brought improvement , but my own health gave way . A persistent low fever sapped my strength and impaired the use of my limbs . General Johnston kindly ordered me off to the Fauquier springs , sulphur waters , some twenty miles to ...
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