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... strong , at Chambersburg , forty - five miles north of Harper's Ferry , and twelve thousand strong farther north still . One day he made a magnificent capture of rolling stock on the twenty THE CLASH : 1861 28.
... strong , at Chambersburg , forty - five miles north of Harper's Ferry , and twelve thousand strong farther north still . One day he made a magnificent capture of rolling stock on the twenty THE CLASH : 1861 28.
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... strong , converged on Philippi , fifteen miles south of Grafton , and surprised a thousand Confederates . These thereupon retired , with little loss , to Beverly , thirty miles farther south still . Here there was a combat at Rich ...
... strong , converged on Philippi , fifteen miles south of Grafton , and surprised a thousand Confederates . These thereupon retired , with little loss , to Beverly , thirty miles farther south still . Here there was a combat at Rich ...
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... strong , the Confederate thirty - three thousand . The Union problem was how to keep " Joe " Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually making an invasion of the Shenandoah Valley with Patterson's superior force ...
... strong , the Confederate thirty - three thousand . The Union problem was how to keep " Joe " Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually making an invasion of the Shenandoah Valley with Patterson's superior force ...
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... strong , hawk - eyed and lion - hearted , quick , bold , determined , and inspiring , yet always full of knowledge and precaution too ; indefatigable at all times , and so persistent in carrying out a plan that the enemy could no more ...
... strong , hawk - eyed and lion - hearted , quick , bold , determined , and inspiring , yet always full of knowledge and precaution too ; indefatigable at all times , and so persistent in carrying out a plan that the enemy could no more ...
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... strong , and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced apart , of course , from regulars . Jackson had ridden up and down before them , calm as they had ever seen him on parade , quietly say- ing ...
... strong , and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced apart , of course , from regulars . Jackson had ridden up and down before them , calm as they had ever seen him on parade , quietly say- ing ...
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