Providing a documentary history of a Virginia Burned County from the Colonial Era through the early Twentieth Century
Virginia's Timeline to Revolution- 1773-1774
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17th Century Land Grants - A Work in Progress
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The Blisland Grievances- 1677
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The Civil War in New Kent
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Roster of New Kent Cavalry
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Roster of Barhamsville Greys
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Roster of Pamunkey Heavy Artillery, Ellet's Battery (Co.) later Jones' Battery (Co.)
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Historical Gazetteer of New Kent County
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Friday, July 26, 2013
"If you decline to make the move, General Gordon will be put in command."
-The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies: Chapter XXXIX - Operations in North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
Department of the East. June 3-August 3, 1863.
So at this point is General Keyes merely cautious or timid? . . .or should General
Dix stop micromanaging from the landing? And is it a good idea to have
two Major Generals operating in a raid/diversion of this size, the
senior general six miles from the tactical position that he seems most
concerned about?
Date of rank means everything, even in today's military. Dix, as the most senior ranking MG he surely had little tolerance for those who made that rank well after him. Orders are orders and showing anything less than courage in the face of inferior forces is just cause for getting fired - as Keyes was here.
Date of rank means everything, even in today's military. Dix, as the most senior ranking MG he surely had little tolerance for those who made that rank well after him. Orders are orders and showing anything less than courage in the face of inferior forces is just cause for getting fired - as Keyes was here.
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