. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . itality of the residents and the quality of theirdairy products. They went and returned just as General Ewell happened toride to the front. He heard their favorable report, and, laughingly suggest-ing that a canteen of buttermilk was a delicacynot to be despised on such an evening by thecommander-in-chief himself, requested an-other party to procure for him the covetedluxury. As these men reached the farm-house a straggling party of the enemy,doubtless attracted by the same ob-jec
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . itality of the residents and the quality of theirdairy products. They went and returned just as General Ewell happened toride to the front. He heard their favorable report, and, laughingly suggest-ing that a canteen of buttermilk was a delicacynot to be despised on such an evening by thecommander-in-chief himself, requested an-other party to procure for him the covetedluxury. As these men reached the farm-house a straggling party of the enemy,doubtless attracted by the same ob-ject, came in sight and madestraight for what they supposedto be their comrades. A closerapproach revealed the dis-tinctive uniforms of enemies and brought abouta brief but lively skir-mish, from which bothparties soon retiredupon their respectivefriends—the Confeder-ates, however, bearingoff the spolia Ewell reapedthe fruits of the contest,for he obtained andenjoyed his canteen ofbuttermilk. Shortly after this,then late in the after-noon, the Federal col-umns were discoveredpassing, and the Con-. JACKSONs LINE ON ME AFTERNOON OF THE LAST DAY, AUGUST 30TII. The topography is after General Beauregards map, made from surveyafter the first battle of Bull Bun. The deep cut and the embankment asfar as the. Dump were the scene of the fighting with stones, illustratedon p. 534. Here the unfinished railroad embankment is made of earth andblasted rock taken from the cut. The Dump was a break in the embank-ment, or rather a space which was never tilled in; several hundred Unionsoldiers were buried near — Editors. IO JACKSONS RAID AROUND POPE.
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