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Page 27
We found the cavalry at the Shenandoah Iron Works , many of them under the
influence of apple - jack . After a short halt for refreshments at Mr . Henry Forrer ' s
, at the Iron Works , we went on down the river . I left Brown with Lieut . Mantaur ' s
...
We found the cavalry at the Shenandoah Iron Works , many of them under the
influence of apple - jack . After a short halt for refreshments at Mr . Henry Forrer ' s
, at the Iron Works , we went on down the river . I left Brown with Lieut . Mantaur ' s
...
Page 218
Rodes flanked to the Front Royal Road to cut off the cavalry , but they took to the
fields and escaped . Rodes followed on the right of the pike and got into it below
Winchester and followed to Stephenson ' s , giving a vigorous pursuit , marching
...
Rodes flanked to the Front Royal Road to cut off the cavalry , but they took to the
fields and escaped . Rodes followed on the right of the pike and got into it below
Winchester and followed to Stephenson ' s , giving a vigorous pursuit , marching
...
Page 222
I spent the day reconnoitering and carrying orders , and at night took Colonel
Jackson and his cavalry to the Middle Road and posted them for pickets . Got to
camp at midnight . Very warm . Saturday , August 13 . We selected a line of battle
on ...
I spent the day reconnoitering and carrying orders , and at night took Colonel
Jackson and his cavalry to the Middle Road and posted them for pickets . Got to
camp at midnight . Very warm . Saturday , August 13 . We selected a line of battle
on ...
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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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