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Gauley David

Jessie Scout Tom Cassidy Captured; “Looking in a Noose” For Thirty Days; Eventually Exchanged For…

Where they rode and what they did no man now remembers — few men but themselves ever knew — and they left no written record of their…

Feb 1, 2020

Jessie Scout Tom Cassidy Captured; “Looking in a Noose” For Thirty Days; Eventually Exchanged For…

Feb 1, 2020

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Lincoln’s Covert Action Against the French in Mexico: A Jessie Scout Probably Involved

During the Civil War, Napoleon III moved troops into Mexico and occupied the country while the United States government and army were…

Jan 27, 2020

Lincoln’s Covert Action Against the French in Mexico: A Jessie Scout Probably Involved

Jan 27, 2020

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Hazardous Service: Major Harry Gilmor’s Account of Being Captured by Jessie Scouts

…I returned to Richmond and reported for duty to General Early, whose head-quarters were at Staunton. He directed me to take my command to…

Dec 28, 2019

Hazardous Service: Major Harry Gilmor’s Account of Being Captured by Jessie Scouts

Dec 28, 2019

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The Origin of the Mysterious Word “Gauley” in West Virginia

Gauley: Possible Origin of the Word Many of us have been interested in determining the origin of the word “Gauley” for decades and have…

Dec 22, 2019

The Origin of the Mysterious Word “Gauley” in West Virginia

Dec 22, 2019

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Jessie Scout Commander Lt.

There is a Harpers Monthly Magazine article about Henry H. Young, a young officer from the Second Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, who…

Dec 15, 2019

Jessie Scout Commander Lt.

Dec 15, 2019

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Near Disaster at Cedar Creek in an Election Year: Crook Ignores Reports From Two Jessie Scouts

After assuming command in the Shenandoah Valley in the later summer of 1864, Philip Sheridan was victorious in a series of battles that…

Dec 8, 2019

Near Disaster at Cedar Creek in an Election Year: Crook Ignores Reports From Two Jessie Scouts

Dec 8, 2019

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Two Jessie Scouts Ride 145 Miles in Two Days to Deliver Sheridan’s Message to Grant at City Point…

We are quartered with Gen. Grant’s scouts. They think it is the biggest and boldest scout trip of the war.

Dec 1, 2019

Two Jessie Scouts Ride 145 Miles in Two Days to Deliver Sheridan’s Message to Grant at City Point…

Dec 1, 2019

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Blazer’s Scouts: Counterinsurgency in West Virginia’s New River Region During the Civil War

Nov 24, 2019

Blazer’s Scouts: Counterinsurgency in West Virginia’s New River Region During the Civil War

Nov 24, 2019

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Mistress of the Mansion, Ellen Tompkins of West Virginia’s Gauley Bridge: Caught Between Two…

“I expect to leave very soon and hardly hope ever to see this house again as even the majors say it ought be used as a hospital, then…

Nov 17, 2019

Mistress of the Mansion, Ellen Tompkins of West Virginia’s Gauley Bridge: Caught Between Two…

Nov 17, 2019

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Averell’s 1863 Salem Winter Raid Across West Virginia

From One of Averrel’s Jessie Scouts:

Nov 16, 2019

Averell’s 1863 Salem Winter Raid Across West Virginia

Nov 16, 2019

Gauley David

Gauley David

Special Forces veteran from Vietnam (1967–8) and adviser on Irregular Warfare to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East (Policy) and at RAND.

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