. A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery . M. The Author i Col. Angus W. McDonald i6 Genl. Turner Ashby 32 Dr. Nelson G. West 36 Rev. James Battle Avirett 40 Col. R. Preston Chew 44 Ashbys Charge at Middleton 60 Maj. William Patrick 80 72 Maj. John Locher Knott 374 Maj. James Thompson 376 Maj. Foxhall A. Dangerfield 378x. COL. ANGUS w. Mcdonald A HISTORY OF THE LAUREL BRIGADE CHAPTER I June, 1861 Development of the Laurel Brigade from the Seventh Regiment of Vir-ginia Cavalry, enlisted under Col. Angus W. McDonald—Borde
. A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery . M. The Author i Col. Angus W. McDonald i6 Genl. Turner Ashby 32 Dr. Nelson G. West 36 Rev. James Battle Avirett 40 Col. R. Preston Chew 44 Ashbys Charge at Middleton 60 Maj. William Patrick 80 72 Maj. John Locher Knott 374 Maj. James Thompson 376 Maj. Foxhall A. Dangerfield 378x. COL. ANGUS w. Mcdonald A HISTORY OF THE LAUREL BRIGADE CHAPTER I June, 1861 Development of the Laurel Brigade from the Seventh Regiment of Vir-ginia Cavalry, enlisted under Col. Angus W. McDonald—Borderservice under Colonel McDonald and Col. Turner Ashby—Heroicdeath of Capt. Richard Ashby—Destructive expedition against theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal-Chews Battery attached to the command—Romney winter cam-paign under Jackson—Battle of Kernstown. Fourteen months of the War between the States hadpassed before the troops of Ashby possessed a brigadeorganization. Their gallant leader was dead and StonewallJackson had completed his brilliant Valley campaign. TheFederal armies that had gathered from three quarters ofthe compass for the purpose of annihilating the army ofStonewall were now in full retreat; and the opportunemoment was availed of to put into brigade form thetwenty-six unorganized companies of border trooperswhich Ashby had commanded. This
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