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The troops are getting up from Richmond . Wednesday , July 23rd . Worked on
map in A . M . ; in P . M . went to Orange C . H . and came back by the Cavalry
camp and Toddsburg , " through plantations , to Hd . Qrs . at 9 P . M . A very fine
day .
The troops are getting up from Richmond . Wednesday , July 23rd . Worked on
map in A . M . ; in P . M . went to Orange C . H . and came back by the Cavalry
camp and Toddsburg , " through plantations , to Hd . Qrs . at 9 P . M . A very fine
day .
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Forrer called . Wednesday , November 2 . Employed as yesterday . It rained
nearly all day . Quite cool and unpleasant . Fixed stove in my tent . Thursday ,
November 3 . Engaged as yesterday , except I began a map of the battle of Belle
Grove .
Forrer called . Wednesday , November 2 . Employed as yesterday . It rained
nearly all day . Quite cool and unpleasant . Fixed stove in my tent . Thursday ,
November 3 . Engaged as yesterday , except I began a map of the battle of Belle
Grove .
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Wednesday , November 30 . Spent the day in camp making map of the
engagement at Rude ' s Hill . Oltmanns copying battle of Chattanooga . Robinson
made maps for Colonel Smith ' s monthly report , showing position of army ,
pickets , & c .
Wednesday , November 30 . Spent the day in camp making map of the
engagement at Rude ' s Hill . Oltmanns copying battle of Chattanooga . Robinson
made maps for Colonel Smith ' s monthly report , showing position of army ,
pickets , & c .
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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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