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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
Demonstration on Harper's Ferry.
From the Times-dispatch, December 9th, 1906.
How Jackson Eluded Freemont and won three Fights in four days.
Scouting in the Darkness—Famous Valley campaign of 1862—well—Laid plans that worked well.
During the last week of May, 1862, my regiment, the Second Virginia Cavalry, commanded by Colonel T. T. Munford (afterward General Munford) was doing duty around Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry.
During the night of May 29th I was aroused by Colonel Munford who ordered me to take my company (Company B, the Wise Troop, of Lynchburg) and move down the pike to the neighborhood of Halltown, which is near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to establish a picket.
As I was entirely ignorant of the country, having come there in the night, the Colonel proceeded by the light of a Confederate candle to outline the route he wished me to take with pencil on a small piece of paper.
He directed me to pass our infantry pickets, and not go into H<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.32 (search)