the Capitol suffered little damage
This would not stand
and the last great German offensive
which was one of the toughest regiments in Lee's army
At dawn on March 22 with sheets of rain blowing down the pike
Duty, Honor, Tears summer the Capitol suffered little damageLong Branch, Millwood, VA, May 24, 1862 On May 23, 1862, Capt. Hugh Mortimer Nelson traveled home for a brief overnight visit with his family while serving as the aide de camp for General Richard B. Ewell during Stonewall Jacksons Valley Campaign. Nelson, the owner of Long Branch, one of the most elegant manors in Virginia, had longed for the embrace of his wife Adelaide. This courageous woman had remained on the property, despite the skirmishes and