The United Service, Volume 13L.R. Hamersly & Company, 1885 |
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... Colonel T. A. Dodge , U.S.A. GETTYSBURG , RECOLLECTIONS OF THE THIRD DAY AT . By William Miller Owen , late Colonel Battalion Washington Artillery , New Orleans , La . 148 INDIAN WARS IN TEXAS . By James T. DeShields 168 , 283 , 413 ...
... Colonel T. A. Dodge , U.S.A. GETTYSBURG , RECOLLECTIONS OF THE THIRD DAY AT . By William Miller Owen , late Colonel Battalion Washington Artillery , New Orleans , La . 148 INDIAN WARS IN TEXAS . By James T. DeShields 168 , 283 , 413 ...
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... Colonel W. R. Parnell , Cap- tain First U.S. Cavalry , late Lieutenant - Colonel Fourth N. Y. Cavalry . RECOLLECTIONS OF A WESTERN VOLUNTEER . By S. J. Bumstead RESACA ( see SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN OF 1864 ) . By Brigadier - General O. O. ...
... Colonel W. R. Parnell , Cap- tain First U.S. Cavalry , late Lieutenant - Colonel Fourth N. Y. Cavalry . RECOLLECTIONS OF A WESTERN VOLUNTEER . By S. J. Bumstead RESACA ( see SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN OF 1864 ) . By Brigadier - General O. O. ...
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... Colonel THEODORE A. DODGE , U.S.A. II . The Vicksburg Campaign of 1862-1868 ( concluded ) . By General THOMAS JORDAN 1 . XVII . V. The German Soldier in the Wars of the United States ( continued ) . By J. G. ROSENGARTEN . · VI . Content ...
... Colonel THEODORE A. DODGE , U.S.A. II . The Vicksburg Campaign of 1862-1868 ( concluded ) . By General THOMAS JORDAN 1 . XVII . V. The German Soldier in the Wars of the United States ( continued ) . By J. G. ROSENGARTEN . · VI . Content ...
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... Colonel , U.S.A. THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN OF 1862-1863 . ( Concluded from page 1885 . 21 THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN . The Gettysburg Campaign By Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel THEODORE A DODGE, U S.
... Colonel , U.S.A. THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN OF 1862-1863 . ( Concluded from page 1885 . 21 THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN . The Gettysburg Campaign By Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel THEODORE A DODGE, U S.
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... colonel and its adjutant were Americans , and that simply because the Governor of Missouri refused to commission the men who had raised and organized the regiment , on the ground that they were foreigners , insisting on having ...
... colonel and its adjutant were Americans , and that simply because the Governor of Missouri refused to commission the men who had raised and organized the regiment , on the ground that they were foreigners , insisting on having ...
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Page 32 - The useless effusion of blood you propose stopping by this course can be ended at any time you may choose, by the unconditional surrender of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange the terms of capitulation, because I have no terms other...
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