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in the battle of Gettysburg.
He says as follows, concerning that battle:
The 11th Virginia Infantry arrived near Gettysburg, marching from Chambersburg on the afternoon of July 2d, 1863.
Wehalted in sight of shells bursting in the front.
Very early on the morning of the 3d July we formed in rear of the Confederate artillery near Spurgeon's woods, where we lay for many hours.
I noticed on the early morning as we were taking positions the long shadows cast by the figures of the men, their legs appearing to lengthen immediately as the shadows fell.
The 11th Virginia was the right regiment of Kemper's Brigade and of Pickett's Division.
No notable event occurred in the morning, nor was there any firing of note near us that specially attracted my attention.
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Table of Contents:
Parole list of Engineer troops,
Army of Northern Virginia
, surrendered at
Appomattox C. H.
,
April
9th
,
1865
.
Presentation of the portrait of
Lieut.-General
Wade
Hampton
,
C. S. Cavalry
, [from the times-dispatch,
September
16
,
1904
.]
The
Fredericksburg artillery
,
Captain
Edward
S.
Marye
, [from the times-dispatch,
January
8
,
1905
.]
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