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... Divisions were formed , and officers selected to command them . Some islands of dry land appeared amid the sea of mud , when the move- ment of the Federal forces in our front changed the theatre of war and opened the important campaign ...
... Divisions were formed , and officers selected to command them . Some islands of dry land appeared amid the sea of mud , when the move- ment of the Federal forces in our front changed the theatre of war and opened the important campaign ...
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... division , composed of Elzey's , Trimball's , and my brigades , had passed the Rapidan , and was lying around Orange Court House , where General Johnston had his headquarters . Some horse , under Stuart , re- mained north of the ...
... division , composed of Elzey's , Trimball's , and my brigades , had passed the Rapidan , and was lying around Orange Court House , where General Johnston had his headquarters . Some horse , under Stuart , re- mained north of the ...
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... division began to be straitened for supplies . The commissary of my brigade , Major Davis , was the very pearl of com- missaries . Indefatigable in discharge of duty , he had as fine a nose for bullocks and bacon as OPENING OF THE ...
... division began to be straitened for supplies . The commissary of my brigade , Major Davis , was the very pearl of com- missaries . Indefatigable in discharge of duty , he had as fine a nose for bullocks and bacon as OPENING OF THE ...
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... division reached the western base of Swift Run Gap on a lovely spring evening , April 30 , 1862 , and in crossing the Blue Ridge seemed to have left winter and its rigours behind . Jackson , whom we moved to join , had suddenly that ...
... division reached the western base of Swift Run Gap on a lovely spring evening , April 30 , 1862 , and in crossing the Blue Ridge seemed to have left winter and its rigours behind . Jackson , whom we moved to join , had suddenly that ...
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... division commander , Ewell , had been apprised of the order . Our position was near a pike leading south of west to Harrisonburg , whence , to gain Newmarket , the great Valley pike ran due north . All roads near our camp had been ...
... division commander , Ewell , had been apprised of the order . Our position was near a pike leading south of west to Harrisonburg , whence , to gain Newmarket , the great Valley pike ran due north . All roads near our camp had been ...
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