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heights of the Blue ridge we could
see the beautiful houses, and fertile
valleys of Virginia, which at that
time had been spared and could
be seen in the distance. The veterans
of Stonewal, as they marched along
on this mission of (...)
on reaching Charlotsville we passed
on through, taking the Richmond
road, which we kept until reaching
"Fredricks Hall" a station on
the Va Central RR" 70 miles from
Richmond. The Yanks having possession
of the RR from near Richmond
to Hanover Junction 80
miles distant. As we went whizing
along we passed the most
of "Stonewalls" army, who were
on the same mission with us