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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN--CADETS PRESENT-- COMMISSION TO ARRANGE FOR ARMAMENT OF STATE MAJOR JACKSON'S EXPERIMENTS WITH PARROTT GUN CADETS ORDERED TO RICH- MOND, 1861 MARCH UNDER MAJOR JACKSON MCDOWELL NEW MARKET Before the Legislature had acted upon the important Report of the Board of Visitors, the raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry had taken place. John Brown and his co-conspirators had been arrested, and tried under laws of the State of Virginia, were convicted and the sentence of death pronounced against them. In order to maintain the majesty of the law, it was deemed proper by His Excellency, Governor Wise, under the peculiar circumstances attending this execution, to order a portion of the military of the State to be present, and the Superintendent was ordered by the Governor to take the battalion of cadets to Charlestown as a part of the military command. The raid of John Brown, his trial and his execution, constitute a prominent element in the history of our State and country. It, in fact, was the first blow in the Civil War which soon followed. The following graphic account, written at the time by Maj. J. T. L. Preston, who was present with the corps of cadets, on the staff of Colonel Smith, is transcribed: "charlestown, Dec. 2, 1859. "The execution is over; we have just returned from the field, and I have sat down to give you an account of it. The weather was very favorable; the sky was a little overcast, with a gentle haze in the atmosphere that softened without obscuring the magnificent prospect afforded here. Between eight and nine o'clock the troops began to put themselves in motion to occupy the positions assigned them on the field, as designated on the plan I send you. To Colonel Smith had been assigned the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Virginia Military Institute Its Building And Rebuilding. To get started finding The Virginia Military Institute Its Building And Rebuilding, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN--CADETS PRESENT-- COMMISSION TO ARRANGE FOR ARMAMENT OF STATE MAJOR JACKSON'S EXPERIMENTS WITH PARROTT GUN CADETS ORDERED TO RICH- MOND, 1861 MARCH UNDER MAJOR JACKSON MCDOWELL NEW MARKET Before the Legislature had acted upon the important Report of the Board of Visitors, the raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry had taken place. John Brown and his co-conspirators had been arrested, and tried under laws of the State of Virginia, were convicted and the sentence of death pronounced against them. In order to maintain the majesty of the law, it was deemed proper by His Excellency, Governor Wise, under the peculiar circumstances attending this execution, to order a portion of the military of the State to be present, and the Superintendent was ordered by the Governor to take the battalion of cadets to Charlestown as a part of the military command. The raid of John Brown, his trial and his execution, constitute a prominent element in the history of our State and country. It, in fact, was the first blow in the Civil War which soon followed. The following graphic account, written at the time by Maj. J. T. L. Preston, who was present with the corps of cadets, on the staff of Colonel Smith, is transcribed: "charlestown, Dec. 2, 1859. "The execution is over; we have just returned from the field, and I have sat down to give you an account of it. The weather was very favorable; the sky was a little overcast, with a gentle haze in the atmosphere that softened without obscuring the magnificent prospect afforded here. Between eight and nine o'clock the troops began to put themselves in motion to occupy the positions assigned them on the field, as designated on the plan I send you. To Colonel Smith had been assigned the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Virginia Military Institute Its Building And Rebuilding. To get started finding The Virginia Military Institute Its Building And Rebuilding, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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