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At Woodstock we began meeting ambulances with our wounded ; among the first
was one with Lieut . Col . John Echols of the 27th Virginia regiment . We were
much exhausted by our advance and retreat . The army fell back to Cedar Creek
...
At Woodstock we began meeting ambulances with our wounded ; among the first
was one with Lieut . Col . John Echols of the 27th Virginia regiment . We were
much exhausted by our advance and retreat . The army fell back to Cedar Creek
...
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We lost a good many in killed and wounded . The enemy admitted a loss of 500
killed ; but they had more . The engagement lasted from 4 P . M . until late at night
. The day was very warm ; we slept under the trees . Col . Jas . W . Jackson of ...
We lost a good many in killed and wounded . The enemy admitted a loss of 500
killed ; but they had more . The engagement lasted from 4 P . M . until late at night
. The day was very warm ; we slept under the trees . Col . Jas . W . Jackson of ...
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The sight of the dead and wounded today is horrible . Warm and pleasant . A
heavy dew in the morning . The woods were on fire in many places and some of
the wounded must have been burnt up . Morrison " was sent for Mrs . Jackson .
The sight of the dead and wounded today is horrible . Warm and pleasant . A
heavy dew in the morning . The woods were on fire in many places and some of
the wounded must have been burnt up . Morrison " was sent for Mrs . Jackson .
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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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