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Side 17
... heavy force was advancing from Leesburg in the direction of Union . Thither we marched at once , arriving just in time to occupy a naturally strong position about a mile and a half from the little village . Scarcely had our artillery ...
... heavy force was advancing from Leesburg in the direction of Union . Thither we marched at once , arriving just in time to occupy a naturally strong position about a mile and a half from the little village . Scarcely had our artillery ...
Side 27
... heavy fusillade ; but returning was yet more perilous , for having to ride between the enemy and our own troops , the former hotly pur- suing , and the latter , in their dogged retreat , re- turning with spirit every shot that was sent ...
... heavy fusillade ; but returning was yet more perilous , for having to ride between the enemy and our own troops , the former hotly pur- suing , and the latter , in their dogged retreat , re- turning with spirit every shot that was sent ...
Side 31
... heavy fire of the hostile batteries , and over which canister and shell were howling in the air , or rico- chetting on the hard dry ground . Pelham's guns were now in a very dangerous situation , a squadron of Federal cavalry having ad ...
... heavy fire of the hostile batteries , and over which canister and shell were howling in the air , or rico- chetting on the hard dry ground . Pelham's guns were now in a very dangerous situation , a squadron of Federal cavalry having ad ...
Side 39
... heavy with clusters of small dark - blue grapes . A rolling cannonade , borne to us from the direction of Ashby's Gap , hurried us on our toilsome and difficult way , and about five o'clock in the afternoon we reached the summit of the ...
... heavy with clusters of small dark - blue grapes . A rolling cannonade , borne to us from the direction of Ashby's Gap , hurried us on our toilsome and difficult way , and about five o'clock in the afternoon we reached the summit of the ...
Side 45
... heavy for flying artillery . These pieces , being at once placed in position at our point of sur- vey , speedily commenced the fight , and their fire being energetically returned by the Yankees , there ensued a tremendous cannonade ...
... heavy for flying artillery . These pieces , being at once placed in position at our point of sur- vey , speedily commenced the fight , and their fire being energetically returned by the Yankees , there ensued a tremendous cannonade ...
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