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Page 158
A general movement of wagons , wounded , prisoners , etc . , took place to the
rear , and the unmistakable signs of a retreat were plentiful . There was a general
feeling of despondency in the army at our great losses , though the battle is ...
A general movement of wagons , wounded , prisoners , etc . , took place to the
rear , and the unmistakable signs of a retreat were plentiful . There was a general
feeling of despondency in the army at our great losses , though the battle is ...
Page 204
The scene was terrific , for several hours , before we regained the line of works
we had in the rear of our front line . We drove the enemy out of most of them ; they
only held a salient . We got up reinforcements and drove them back and ...
The scene was terrific , for several hours , before we regained the line of works
we had in the rear of our front line . We drove the enemy out of most of them ; they
only held a salient . We got up reinforcements and drove them back and ...
Page 229
Wharton came up and fought along the Martinsburg road to Gordon ' s rear . He
drove the enemy ' s cavalry back several times . The infantry fighting became
heavy about noon . General Rodes was killed between 1 and 2 P . M . 14 Enemy
...
Wharton came up and fought along the Martinsburg road to Gordon ' s rear . He
drove the enemy ' s cavalry back several times . The infantry fighting became
heavy about noon . General Rodes was killed between 1 and 2 P . M . 14 Enemy
...
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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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