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Thoughts on Lt. Gatewood’s (Geronimo fame) Confederate AND military roots

February 17, 2013 by

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He’s a warrior. Every bit born in battle. Fighting a lost cause. I’m familiar with the type. My two older brothers and my father fought for the Army of Northern Virginia. My oldest brother was killed. My father was wounded, crippled. After the war, he took me aside and said, ‘You’ll carry the new flag.’ […]

Manassas Junction to Winchester

April 18, 2011 by

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After switching trains at Manassas Junction, now on the Manassas Gap Railroad, the body of troops moved toward Strasburg. At one point, Imboden detects that the engineer of the train is deliberately slowing down, and places a Navy Colt revolver to the engineer’s head. Once in Strasburg, Imboden, seeing farmers working in the fields, commandeers […]