Duty, Honor, Tears summer the Capitol suffered little damage

the Capitol suffered little damage

and the last great German offensive

Maryland - February 21

During the first week of May in 1862

This would not stand

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