Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, Volume 3Clement Anselm Evans Confederate publishing Company, 1899 |
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Page 54
... fell back to Leadsville , about halfway to Beverly , where he took a rough country road , leading northeast by way of New Interest and across Cheat river to Red House , in western Maryland , on the Northwestern turnpike leading from ...
... fell back to Leadsville , about halfway to Beverly , where he took a rough country road , leading northeast by way of New Interest and across Cheat river to Red House , in western Maryland , on the Northwestern turnpike leading from ...
Page 55
... fell behind the Twenty - third Virginia , which in the meantime had taken an advanced position , and that defended the train until the First Georgia formed again , further on . Thus skirmishing and retiring , the retreat was skillfully ...
... fell behind the Twenty - third Virginia , which in the meantime had taken an advanced position , and that defended the train until the First Georgia formed again , further on . Thus skirmishing and retiring , the retreat was skillfully ...
Page 71
... fell at Fort Fisher a major - gen- eral ) ; Maj . A. McLean , quartermaster , and Capt . T. L. Preston , assistant adjutant - general . Within an hour after his arrival , Col. T. J. Jackson called on General Johnston , learned the ...
... fell at Fort Fisher a major - gen- eral ) ; Maj . A. McLean , quartermaster , and Capt . T. L. Preston , assistant adjutant - general . Within an hour after his arrival , Col. T. J. Jackson called on General Johnston , learned the ...
Page 74
... fell back and gave the alarm , although the camp had an hour's previous notice of his coming . Pushing forward to the bridge over the South Branch , he saw the little band of Confederates drawn up on the bluff in front of the town ...
... fell back and gave the alarm , although the camp had an hour's previous notice of his coming . Pushing forward to the bridge over the South Branch , he saw the little band of Confederates drawn up on the bluff in front of the town ...
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... fell back , checking the enemy as they advanced through the fields and woods , in line as skirmishers and endeavoring to outflank him , by deploying his men and by an occa- sional shot from Pendleton's gun . Allen's and Preston's ...
... fell back , checking the enemy as they advanced through the fields and woods , in line as skirmishers and endeavoring to outflank him , by deploying his men and by an occa- sional shot from Pendleton's gun . Allen's and Preston's ...
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A. P. Hill advance army of Northern artillery assault attack battalion batteries Beauregard Blue ridge bridge Brig.-Gen brigade brigadier-general camp campaign Captain captured cavalry Cheat mountain colonel command Confederate corps Court House creek crossed D. H. Hill defense division drove Early Early's encamped enemy enemy's engaged eral Ewell Ewell's Federal army field fight fire flank ford Fredericksburg Front Royal ginia Grant guard guns Hancock Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker's Infantry regiment intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James John Johnston Lee's lieutenant lieutenant-colonel line of battle Longstreet major Manassas McClellan ment miles military militia morning move movement night Northern Virginia numbers ordered pickets position Potomac promptly railroad Rappahannock reached rear reinforcements reported retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sharpsburg Shenandoah valley skirmishers South Spottsylvania Court House Staunton Stonewall brigade Stuart tion took troops turnpike vicinity Virginia Central railroad Washington William Winchester wounded
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Page 548 - GENERAL :-The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Page 379 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 37 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 549 - In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender...
Page 550 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate ; one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 39 - An ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution...
Page 37 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 387 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Page 305 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Page 552 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that...