The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . \ ft -MAUASSAS CAP. / rft?. ^Sccde. THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, THE VALLEY AND WINCHESTER. 145 main turnpike, and from it a road leads up the Luray valley, sincethe projection of the Massanuttan mountain here divides theShenandoah valley into two divisions. Front Royal lies furtherto the east
The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . \ ft -MAUASSAS CAP. / rft?. ^Sccde. THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, THE VALLEY AND WINCHESTER. 145 main turnpike, and from it a road leads up the Luray valley, sincethe projection of the Massanuttan mountain here divides theShenandoah valley into two divisions. Front Royal lies furtherto the east and at the-entrance to the Luray. Its locationmade Middletown a place of unusual importance. Throughthe Luray valley were approaching Fitz Lee and Kershaw withtwo divisions just from Petersburg. Moseby was active nearBerryville, hence the necessity of the reverse movement. Thevalley that we were to know so well extended from HarpersFerry to Staunton, a distance of more than 120 miles. Withthe former place or Martinsburg, twenty miles further westand even more remote from Winchester as the base of supplies,any one can see that Sheridans great problem was to keepcommunications open. The section was terribly hostile, hencethe necessity of making the long halts near the foot of thevalley, or in proximity to our base. Rapid cannon an
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