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and Robinson one of Greene County , after making a tracing of part of Orange for
General Early . Col . W . P . Smith came in , late in the afternoon , and I gave him
some dinner . A very fine day , but cool . I sent my wife $ 100 , by Carroll , and ...
and Robinson one of Greene County , after making a tracing of part of Orange for
General Early . Col . W . P . Smith came in , late in the afternoon , and I gave him
some dinner . A very fine day , but cool . I sent my wife $ 100 , by Carroll , and ...
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Virginia ; Robinson made map of Harper ' s Ferry . Mild day ; fog in morning .
Tuesday , November 29 . I sketched the road to Mount Jackson , and got position
at Rude ' s Hill . A fine , warm day ; summer - like . Heard that Rosser had
captured ...
Virginia ; Robinson made map of Harper ' s Ferry . Mild day ; fog in morning .
Tuesday , November 29 . I sketched the road to Mount Jackson , and got position
at Rude ' s Hill . A fine , warm day ; summer - like . Heard that Rosser had
captured ...
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21st . I finished Spotsylvania and began Lomax ' s Gordonsville fight . Robinson
finished map of 1st Day in Wilderness . Oltmanns at York . Wilson at map of
Western Virginia for Lomax . It sleeted and froze all day ; cold , trees loaded with
ice .
21st . I finished Spotsylvania and began Lomax ' s Gordonsville fight . Robinson
finished map of 1st Day in Wilderness . Oltmanns at York . Wilson at map of
Western Virginia for Lomax . It sleeted and froze all day ; cold , trees loaded with
ice .
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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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