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Grand militia battle spectacle amid cannon and valor
Soldiers stood firm as trained veterans facing reinforcements and deadly artillery. Pelham's guns blasted the field while Stonewall Jackson and Johnston led the attack, Pleasant’s company defending the camp as 3000 in the grand stand watched. Governor’s review and prize drill loom. crowds and officers praised brave militia from private to colonel.
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Pelham
R. H. Lindsay
N. B. Murti
Stonewall Jackson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Auack
Pickett
Pleasants
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