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On account of the very brief space
allotted me to write. I shall con
-fine myself to the most stir
-ing incidents and of all the
Army. Speak more especially of
the Brigade and of the Brigade
more especially of the 5th Texas
Since from my point of observa
-tion I would not be justified
in detailing the active part taken
by all. The course of greatness
of the Brigade began on the re
treat from Yorktown Virginia
during the spring of 62 hence
I will but speak a word or
two in regard to the time a-
sparing between the departure
of the Texans from Texas for
Virginia and the time when

On account of the very brief space
allotted me to write. I shall con
-fine myself to the most stir
-ing incidents and of all the
Army. Speak more especially of
the Brigade and of the Brigade
more especially of the 5th Texas
Since from my point of observa
-tion I would not be justified
in detailing the active part taken
by all. The course of greatness
of the Brigade began on the re
treat from Yorktown Virginia
during the spring of 62 hence
I will but speak a word or
two in regard to the time a-
sparing between the departure
of the Texans from Texas for
Virginia and the time when