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Page 43
Today our dead were buried in the bend of the road near the mouth of our path
ravine by which we went to the battlefield . The day was warm and pleasant after
a heavy frost and a dense fog in the morning . Old Mr . Robert Sitlington met us ...
Today our dead were buried in the bend of the road near the mouth of our path
ravine by which we went to the battlefield . The day was warm and pleasant after
a heavy frost and a dense fog in the morning . Old Mr . Robert Sitlington met us ...
Page 44
There is a good road between them and Fremont ought to join Banks but I dont
think he will . I want North River Gaps , and Dry River Gaps , by which he could
do it , blockaded by daylight tomorrow morning . I want you to go and do this .
There is a good road between them and Fremont ought to join Banks but I dont
think he will . I want North River Gaps , and Dry River Gaps , by which he could
do it , blockaded by daylight tomorrow morning . I want you to go and do this .
Page 86
Went on by the Back Road to Fair View and took dinner at Mr . Craig ' s , near that
place , then rode on to Woodstock by way ... The soldiers are coming back rapidly
from the hospitals ; the roads leading towards Winchester are lined with them .
Went on by the Back Road to Fair View and took dinner at Mr . Craig ' s , near that
place , then rode on to Woodstock by way ... The soldiers are coming back rapidly
from the hospitals ; the roads leading towards Winchester are lined with them .
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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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