The Battle of Middleburg

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peterd
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The Battle of Middleburg May 23, 2012 5:22:38 GMT -8

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Post by peterd on May 23, 2012 5:22:38 GMT -8

The following is excepted from a larger article entiled "Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville" which first appeared in Gettysburg Magazine, Issue #43. If you would like to read the full article, please click here to download the PDF.

www.civilwar.org/battlefields/middleburg/middleburg-history/the-battle-of-middleburg.html

THE TRENCHES.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who