August 19. The gloomy solitude of the Pedregal, extending to the mountains, five miles distant, seemed equally forbidding; but the engineer officers came once more to the rescue.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson
A road across the Pedregal, little better than a mule track, was discovered by Captain Lee.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson
Beyond the Pedregal was a good road, approaching the city from the south-west; and by this road the post of San Antonio might be assailed in rear.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson