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United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 12
Upperville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
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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
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
Paris (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
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 llows of Fitz Lee's brigade stood the shock of their attack nobly, and succeeded for a time in checking the onward movement of their columns.
Stuart perceiving, however, that he could not long maintain his ground, sent me off in the direction of Paris to select a new position, where the nature of the country would facilitate further resistance.
This I soon found near Ashby's Gap, a few miles from Upperville, where a range of mountains, spurs of the Blue Ridge, accessible for a long distance o
Dulaney (search for this): chapter 12
Bullock (search for this): chapter 12
Hardeman Stuart (search for this): chapter 12
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Farley (search for this): chapter 12