A Forlorn Hope (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Late 111 the afternoon on June 17, 1863, our regij iment, the First Rhode Island Cavalry, approached Middleburg, _va., where the Confederate General Stuart had established his headquarters for the day.w'e drove ln- his pickets so suddenly that Stuart and, his staff were compelled to make a rapid skedaddle and we entered and took possession of the town. During the day While on the march I had by dircotion of my captain changed' my mount to a high-spirited animal-which we came across running loose, that had evidently gotten away from the Sixth Regulars, and turned my own- horse back to the rearguard to be led. Just as we got to Middleburg the high-spirited animal collapsed, wind-broken and litterly played out; my own horse had in the mean.

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