Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Longstreet” in chapter 18, page 170 of A. J. Bennett, private , First Massachusetts Light Battery, The story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery , attached to the Sixth Army Corps : glance at events in the armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah, from the summer of 1861 to the autumn of 1864.:
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What was it?
A message from the commandant at Harper's Ferry to Gen. Sheridan will perhaps explain.
I have information from a source always found reliable, that reinforcements under Hill and Longstreet are moving up the valley that if attacked in his present position, Early proposes to show fight and retire until a junction can be formed with the advancing forces.
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