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J . had a fine horse presented him and we were cordially invited to many houses .
The General ordered a field of corn to be purchased and the roasting ears given
to the men and the husks and stalks to the horses ; he also bought rails and ...
J . had a fine horse presented him and we were cordially invited to many houses .
The General ordered a field of corn to be purchased and the roasting ears given
to the men and the husks and stalks to the horses ; he also bought rails and ...
Page 134
My horse got away in the P . M . and one of our wagon horses ; they were
searched for in vain . I had turned them out to graze and they soon went off . The
day was cool . Wednesday , April 22nd . I started at an early hour to look for my
horse ...
My horse got away in the P . M . and one of our wagon horses ; they were
searched for in vain . I had turned them out to graze and they soon went off . The
day was cool . Wednesday , April 22nd . I started at an early hour to look for my
horse ...
Page 143
When I got back I found my horse and one wagon horse gone and the other
wagon horse dead . — Processions in Richmond for Gen . J . ' s remains .
Wednesday , May 13th . Spent the day looking for my horse , riding up and down
fruitlessly .
When I got back I found my horse and one wagon horse gone and the other
wagon horse dead . — Processions in Richmond for Gen . J . ' s remains .
Wednesday , May 13th . Spent the day looking for my horse , riding up and down
fruitlessly .
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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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