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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.7 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), An incident of the battle of Winchester , or Opequon . (search)
An incident of the battle of Winchester, or Opequon.
The following incident of the evening before the battle of Winchester, or Opequon, and of the early morning on which it was fought, is illustrative of the situation:
I was at that time second lieutenant of the Charlotte Cavalry, Company B, Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry, of McCausland's brigade.
I had charge of a line of pickets extending from Brucetown, on the banks of the Opequon, to the crossing of the Berryville pike.
I had gotten acquainted with some of the officers and men of the Federal army, who picketed the opposite side of the stream, and we exchanged civilities when not firing.
One of my acquaintances was a Yankee lieutenant, and we had gotten on as easy terms as were compatible with our hostile relations.
On the afternoon of the 18th of September, 1864, this officer hallooed across the Opequon to me: Don't you want some newspapers?
Of course, I replied that I did. He rolled them around a stone or stick and flun
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Cloyd's Mountain battle. (search)