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Nice to meet you.
I was trying to blow up the Monocacy Aqueduct on the C&O Canal when I received General Lee's Special Orders 191.
He instructed me to seize Loudoun Heights.
I'd never been there before, but I crossed the Potomac, marched through northwestern Loudoun County, and expected trouble
at the mountain - but discovered no Yankees there. It was undefended.
Great view of Harpers Ferry from Loudoun Heights.
The Federals looked like blue ants.
General Jackson ordered me to bring cannon to the crest.
It was extremely difficult, but we used old charcoal roads to make it happen.
I opened the bombardment on a Sunday, and fired many shells at Barbour's house, the former armory superintendent quarters.
We were thrilled at blowing up a Yankee caisson on Camp Hill and dismantling the enemy battery there.
I communicated with General Jackson via signal flags.
Do you know me?
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