The story of a connoneer under Stonewall Jackson, in which is told the part taken by the Rockbridge artillery in the Army of northern Virginia . e name ofVeteran. My friend Boiling generously of-fered to go as my substitute on one expedition,but the Captain, seeing our two detachmentswere being overworked, had all relieved andsent other detachments with our guns. From Rudes Hill about fifty of us recruitswere detailed to go to Harrisonburg—Lieuten-ant Graham in command—to guard prisoners were quartered in the court-house. Among them were a number of Dun-kards from the surrounding
The story of a connoneer under Stonewall Jackson, in which is told the part taken by the Rockbridge artillery in the Army of northern Virginia . e name ofVeteran. My friend Boiling generously of-fered to go as my substitute on one expedition,but the Captain, seeing our two detachmentswere being overworked, had all relieved andsent other detachments with our guns. From Rudes Hill about fifty of us recruitswere detailed to go to Harrisonburg—Lieuten-ant Graham in command—to guard prisoners were quartered in the court-house. Among them were a number of Dun-kards from the surrounding country, whosecreed was No fight. I was appointed cor-poral, the only promotion I was honored withduring the war, and that only for the detailedservice. Here we spent a week or ten days,pleasantly, with good fare and quarters. Thingscontinued quiet at the front during this time. The enemy again advanced, and quite a livelycavalry skirmish was had from Mt. Jackson tothe bridge across the Shenandoah. The enemytried hard to keep our men from burning thisbridge, and in the fray Ashbys white horsewas mortally wounded under him and his own.
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