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I wrote to my brother at night . Sent to the depot for my box . Signs of a storm at
night . Sunday , Feb . 22nd . The enemy fired a salute in honor of Washington this
morning , while polluting the soil of his native country by their presence .
I wrote to my brother at night . Sent to the depot for my box . Signs of a storm at
night . Sunday , Feb . 22nd . The enemy fired a salute in honor of Washington this
morning , while polluting the soil of his native country by their presence .
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Thursday , Jan . 21st . Went to Staunton in the morning . R . and Wm . got there
too . Went to work making tracings of map for my reconnoissance ; got my orders
from Gen . Early last night ; telegram in the morning . Fine warm day . Friday , Jan
.
Thursday , Jan . 21st . Went to Staunton in the morning . R . and Wm . got there
too . Went to work making tracings of map for my reconnoissance ; got my orders
from Gen . Early last night ; telegram in the morning . Fine warm day . Friday , Jan
.
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We rode on to Harrisonburg and spent the night there . It thawed all day . Warm
south wind . [ I spent the night at Joseph Andrews ' . ] Saturday , December 17 . I
rode on quite early to show General Wharton his camp . Turned off at the Willow ...
We rode on to Harrisonburg and spent the night there . It thawed all day . Warm
south wind . [ I spent the night at Joseph Andrews ' . ] Saturday , December 17 . I
rode on quite early to show General Wharton his camp . Turned off at the Willow ...
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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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