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It was the general opinion in the country as stated in one of my previous letters
that at the Narrow Passage was a point where the enemy could easily be held in
check and from the fact that Gen . Jackson had already halted there several times
...
It was the general opinion in the country as stated in one of my previous letters
that at the Narrow Passage was a point where the enemy could easily be held in
check and from the fact that Gen . Jackson had already halted there several times
...
Page 286
Rosser was attending West Point when the war began , and he resigned two
weeks prior to graduation to accept a lieutenancy in the Confederate service .
Rosser became colonel of the Fifth Virginia Cavalry and on September 28 , 1863
, was ...
Rosser was attending West Point when the war began , and he resigned two
weeks prior to graduation to accept a lieutenancy in the Confederate service .
Rosser became colonel of the Fifth Virginia Cavalry and on September 28 , 1863
, was ...
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He was graduated in 1850 from West Point , and his career was spent principally
on the frontier until he resigned on May 4 , 1861 , to join the Confederate service .
Ransom served as captain and then colonel of the Ninth North Carolina ...
He was graduated in 1850 from West Point , and his career was spent principally
on the frontier until he resigned on May 4 , 1861 , to join the Confederate service .
Ransom served as captain and then colonel of the Ninth North Carolina ...
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Contents
MARCH 10APRIL 14 1862 | 3 |
APRIL 15MAY 6 1862 | 24 |
MAY 7JUNE 19 1862 | 38 |
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| Title | Make Me a Map of the Valley: The Civil War Journal of Stonewall Jackson's Topographer Issue 1 of Bicentennial series in American studies |
| Author | Jedediah Hotchkiss |
| Editor | Archie P. McDonald |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Southern Methodist University Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0870741373, 9780870741371 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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