French Harding: Civil War Memoirs

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1861

Joins 31st VA Infantry

Laurel Hill

July 6-12

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Corrick's Ford

July 13

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Valley Mountain Campaign

August 15-20

Typhoid Fever

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1862

ZZ

McDowell

May 7-8

Intercepts flanking move

Front Royal

May 23

ZZ

First Winchester

May 25

ZZ

Cross Keys

June 8

ZZ

Port Republic

ZZ

31st VA has 50% casualties

Richmond (Gaines' Mill)

June 27

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Richmond (Malvern Hill)

July 1

*

Cedar Mountain

August 9

Rallies 31st w/ Reg. Flag

Groveton

August 28

Hat shot off

Second Manassas

August 29-30

Close calls

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*

Brother George dies

Chantilly/Ox Hill

September 1

Shot in left shoulder

Elkwater

October 10

Brother Marion killed

Fredericksburg

December 13

Reprimanded for continuing to charge the enemy

*

1863

*

Imboden's WV raid

April

Shoots Sheriff Phares

Second Winchester

June 13

*

Gettysburg

July 1-4

ZZ

Mine Run

November

Arrested

ZZ

1864

Joins 20th VA Cavalry

*

June

Chasing Gen. Hunter

Salem

June

First cavalry charge

Monocacy

July 9

*

Rockville

July 13

Makes charge w/o weapons

Rutherford's Farm (Second Kernstown)

July 20-24

Disobeys orders and leads charge

Shepherdstown

August 25

ZZ

Smithfield

August 28

His sabre against a pistol

Bunker Hill

September 3

Recovers Gene Hutton's body

Third Winchester

September 19

*

Fisher's Hill

September 22

ZZ

Woodstock

October 9

Temporarily captured

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1865

ZZ

Huttonsville

February

Recovers Capt. Hill

Knapp's Creek

April 18

Fires his last shot


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