ransons

Updated: June 7, 2025

I saw their artillery as it was driven out and turned over to us, supplied with most excellent equipments, and horses sleek and fat. As some time would be consumed in handling the prisoners and the transfer of arms and stores, I set out in the afternoon for Charlestown, and, as usual, went to my friends the Ransons.

Edward Alexander Moore - The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson : In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia

The cows of the neighborhood seemed to have a curiosity to see us, and would stroll around the camp and stand kindly till a canteen could be filled with rich milk, which could soon be cooled in a convenient spring. Just outside of Charlestown lived the Ransons, who had formerly lived near Lexington and were great friends of my father's family. I called to see them.

Edward Alexander Moore - The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson : In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia