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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 2.12 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Diary of Robert E. Park , Macon, Georgia , late Captain Twelfth Alabama regiment , Confederate States army. (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 there began a lively cannonade with spirited sharpshooting, the latter doing little damage to either party, as the high stone fences which enclose the fields in this part of Virginia afforded protection to both sides.
The Federal cavalry being far superior in numbers to our own, and our scouts reporting the approach of a strong infantry force, whose glistening bayonets, indeed, we could already see in the far prospect, it seemed almost certain that, after some little resistance, we should be co
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., Mosby . (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., How I was arrested (search)
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., chapter 3.31 (search)