hide Matching Documents

Browsing named entities in Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore). You can also browse the collection for Strasburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) or search for Strasburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 20 results in 3 document sections:

Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 13 (search)
e valley of the Shenandoah, from Staunton to Strasburgh, was occupied by the rebel General Jones, wi Royal, and on the Strasburgh road as far as Strasburgh. My cavalry frequently drove the enemy's pifrom all apprehensions of an attack from the Strasburgh road. It is now known that no portion of Leediately sent forward on the Front Royal and Strasburgh roads forces to observe and report the force and act as skirmishers. The force on the Strasburgh road consisted of the One Hundred and Tenth dge the creek and a millrace wind across the Strasburgh road, and from thence in a northern directio the ridge above described, proceeded up the Strasburgh road to within a short distance of Kearnstowliott, with a portion of his brigade, on the Strasburgh road. The remainder of my forces were in thuth, east, and west, and which commanded the Strasburgh road, from which they were dislodged by two ot cavalry he can rely upon, to scout beyond Strasburgh. What are your facilities for transportatio[8 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 22 (search)
sing the Potomac at Berlin, and moving down Loudon Valley. Cavalry were immediately pushed into several passes of the Blue Ridge, and having learned from scouts of the withdrawal of the confederate army from the lower valley of the Shenandoah, the Third corps, Major-General French in advance, was moved into Manassas Gap, in the hope of being able to intercept a portion of the enemy. The possession of the gap was disputed so successfully as to enable the rear-guard to withdraw by way of Strasburgh, the confederate army retiring to the Rapid-Ann. Position was taken with this army on the line of the Rappahannock, and the campaign terminated about the close of July. The result of the campaign may be briefly stated in the defeat of the enemy at Gettysburgh, their compulsory evacuation of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and withdrawal from the upper valley of the Shenandoah, and the capture of three guns, forty-one standards, and thirteen thousand six hundred and twenty-one prisoners. Twe
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 202 (search)
information in reference to the movements and whereabouts of Major Gillmore's predatory rebel band, to villainy and to vandalism consecrate. It appears this eminent and worthy bushwhacker had conceived a plan to destroy, on a moonless night, October fifteenth, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge across Back Creek, and also to tear up generally the bridges and culverts above that point. With this intention Gillmore left his temporary encampments near a distillery, in the vicinity of Strasburgh, with his adventurous knights of the order of rum-punch, consisting of about forty men, including two Captains and one Lieutenant. He followed in his line of march the narrow valley west of the North Mountain range, through which peacefully meanders the clear waters of Back Creek. Now, Harry Gillmore is a thorough lady's man. That potent influence said to rule court and camp and grove controlled his movements in the present instance. En route to the point at which he intended to rende