Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Beauregard” in chapter 5, page 58 of Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland:
...t during the summer and fall of 1861 the first Maryland regiment became as conceited a set of young blades as ever faced a battery or charged a line of battle.
Variety is a virtue in a soldier.
Beauregard wanted a line of Yankee posts along the Potomac overlooking Alexandria seized.
It required dash, quickness, unfailing
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