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Jackson out to the right of the gap to the end of a rocky spur overlooking the Bull -
Pasture Valley , and showed him the enemy in position near McDowell . At the
same time , he looking on , I made him a map of McDowell and vicinity , showing
...
Jackson out to the right of the gap to the end of a rocky spur overlooking the Bull -
Pasture Valley , and showed him the enemy in position near McDowell . At the
same time , he looking on , I made him a map of McDowell and vicinity , showing
...
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Johnson to guide him to and fix him in position ; so , at about 11 P . M . , after
spending the evening chatting with Dr . Rosser , who came to spend the night
with me , I went down to near the river ( Rappahannock ) where Johnson had
formed ...
Johnson to guide him to and fix him in position ; so , at about 11 P . M . , after
spending the evening chatting with Dr . Rosser , who came to spend the night
with me , I went down to near the river ( Rappahannock ) where Johnson had
formed ...
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Worked at map of position on Mine Run . A Pleasant day . Friday , Jan . 1st . ,
1864 . Went to Staunton ; the day was pleasant in the morning but it turned
intensely cold and windy . There were a great many people in Staunton , buying
and ...
Worked at map of position on Mine Run . A Pleasant day . Friday , Jan . 1st . ,
1864 . Went to Staunton ; the day was pleasant in the morning but it turned
intensely cold and windy . There were a great many people in Staunton , buying
and ...
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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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