. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . y temper, naturallyirascible, was ill-suited to a pursuit and profession requiringa large modicum of patience and good nature; and the fewmonths spent in this service was sufficient to implant in mea deep sympathy and commiseration for the toilers in theschools. The time spent in this community was a periodfull of import. The country was verging on a great c
. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . y temper, naturallyirascible, was ill-suited to a pursuit and profession requiringa large modicum of patience and good nature; and the fewmonths spent in this service was sufficient to implant in mea deep sympathy and commiseration for the toilers in theschools. The time spent in this community was a periodfull of import. The country was verging on a great civil North and South were fast becoming estranged anddesigning politicians on either side fanned the liame of dis-cord. The Cotton States had seceded from the Union andformed a Confederacy, with its capital at Montgomery. TheStar of the JJcst had attempted to provision Fort Sumter,had been refused permission, and a collision had occurredbetween the forces of the United States and of the State ofSouth Carolina. Virginia, reluctant to leave the Union, wasby the proclamation of President Lincoln calling for 75,000troops, forced to take sides, and natural affinity, education,and similaritv of interests determined her choice. m-. Edw. M. Aisquith. i8 Bull Run to Bull Run. Soldierino in time of peace, had found little favor withme, and I had refrained from joining any military organiza-tion, though many, the outgrowth of the John Browai raid,were in existence in the vicinity of my home and presentabode. But now that Virginia had taken her stand with herSouthern sisters, and the two sections were in hostile array,I felt it my duty to lay down the plow and the pruning-hookand take up the sword and the battle-axe. Turner Ashby, who lived near Markham, was then captainof a volunteer company of cavalry, composed of men of thatvicinity, and had received orders to report with hiscompanyat Harpers Ferry. The inclination to go could not beresisted, and, seeking my princi])al. I asked
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