Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864
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Excerpt from Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864: A Paper Read Before the Eighth Vermont Volunteers and First Vermont Cavalry, at Their Annual Re-Union, in Montpelier, Vermont, November 2, 1886 This campaign was a notable one. No campaign during the four years of bloody war attracted more attention; none saw fiercer fighting or more decisive results. It was a series of brilliant manoeuvres and masterly lightning-strokes. Walled in between two majestic mountains lay the beautiful Shenandoah Valley; while along its entire length ran a splendid macadamized pike, over which the iron hoofs of war rode rough-shod. The spirit form of romance hovered in splendor in the clouds that shadowed the blue mountain-sides, the beauty of which was heightened by the terrible drama of war. Here in this wonderful valley the renowned Stonewall Jackson had suddenly appeared with his legions, and, after striking a stinging blow, then as suddenly disappeared. Through this valley the veteran Lee had swept in resistless fury with his mighty host. Here, and later, the foaming black steed with tremendous speed bore his rider Sheridan down to his army twenty miles away. It was on the eve of a great presidential election. The giants of war. Grant and Lee, had sent their best troops to contend for this historic highway leading down to Washington. Hence the eyes of the world turned to the Shenandoah Valley and this campaign. The services of a regiment should not always be computed by its number of engagements. The Second Vermont Brigade at Gettysburg were then comparatively raw troops; but by striking at the right moment, they won imperishable renown in a single encounter with Pickett´s braves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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