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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Strength of General Lee 's army in the Seven days battles around Richmond . (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Virginia scenes in 1861 . (search)
Chapter 11:
Fights near Union.
retreat towards Upperville.
fight near Upperville.
retreat towards Paris.
1st November.
The following morning we received reports that the enemy in heavy force was advancing from Leesburg in the direction of Union.
Thither we marched at once, arriving just in time to occupy a naturally strong position about a mile and a half from the little village.
Scarcely had our artillery got ready for action, when the Yankees made their appearance, and llows of Fitz Lee's brigade stood the shock of their attack nobly, and succeeded for a time in checking the onward movement of their columns.
Stuart perceiving, however, that he could not long maintain his ground, sent me off in the direction of Paris to select a new position, where the nature of the country would facilitate further resistance.
This I soon found near Ashby's Gap, a few miles from Upperville, where a range of mountains, spurs of the Blue Ridge, accessible for a long distance o
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., Stuart . (search)
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., To Gettysburg and back again. (search)
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., Longbow 's horse . (search)
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., A fight, a dead man, and a coffin: an incident of 1864 . (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The Union cavalry at Gettysburg . (search)
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 13 : campaign in Virginia .-Bristol Station .-mine Run.-Wilderness . (search)