Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Maj. L. A. Abbott, U. S. A., the Author.Faces Title No. 1 Opequan Creek Crossing and Winchester Pike do. 150 No. 2 Winchester Pike looking East from Battlefield do. 153 No. 3 Sheridan’s left center Battlefield do. 155 No. 4 Sheridan’s right center Battlefield do. 157 No. 5 Sheridan’s Battlefield looking Northwesterly do. 158 No. 6 Ravine Occupied by Enemy’s Infantry in front of Third Division Sixth Corps do. 160 No. 7 Same Ravine in front of Second Division Sixth Corps, Unoccupied by Enemy, do. 162 No. 8 Same Ravine from head Occupied by Enemy in front of Third Division Sixth Corps do. 166 No. 9 Winchester Pike looking West from Battlefield do. 178 No. 10 Taylor’s Hotel, Winchester, Va., 1908.. do. 210 No. 11 Cannon-ball House, Winchester, Va., 1908 do. 212 No. 12 Bronze Statue, National Cemetery, Winchester, Va., 1908 do. 214 chapter{Section 4ABBREVIATIONS. Besides the usual abbreviations of States and months, and those commonly used for dispatch in writing and economy of space, the following are made use of in this work: ? Adjt Adjutant A. G Adjutant General A. A. G Assistant Adjutant General Brig.-Gen Brigadier General Capt Captain Col Colonel Corp Corporal d Died Div .. Division Lieut, . Lieutenant Lieut. Col Lieutenant Colonel Lieut. Gen Lieutenant General Maj. Gen Major General Priv Private Q. M. D Quartermaster’s Department Regt Regiment res Resides R. Q. M Regimental Quartermaster Sergt Sergeant U. S. C. I United States Colored Infantry U. S. C. T United States Colored Troops wid Widow chapter{Section 5CIVIL WAR DIARY PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS In Winter Quarters, Near Brandy Station, Va., Friday, Jan. 1, 1864. Alth…