The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 |
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... Hundred , the enemy was enabled to bring the most , if not all , the re - enforcements brought from the south by Beauregard against the Army of the Potomac . In addition . to this re - enforcement , a very considerable one , probably ...
... Hundred , the enemy was enabled to bring the most , if not all , the re - enforcements brought from the south by Beauregard against the Army of the Potomac . In addition . to this re - enforcement , a very considerable one , probably ...
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... Hundred to give the necessary orders for the immediate capture of Petersburg . The instructions to General Butler were verbal , and were for him to send General Smith imme- diately , that night , with all the troops he could give him ...
... Hundred to give the necessary orders for the immediate capture of Petersburg . The instructions to General Butler were verbal , and were for him to send General Smith imme- diately , that night , with all the troops he could give him ...
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... Hundred , of which General Butler was notified , and the importance of holding a position in advance of his present line urged upon him . About 2 o'clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced back to the line the enemy had ...
... Hundred , of which General Butler was notified , and the importance of holding a position in advance of his present line urged upon him . About 2 o'clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced back to the line the enemy had ...
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... hundred prisoners . Gillem , with what was left of his command , retreated to Knoxville . Following up his success , Breckinridge moved to near Knoxville , but withdrew on the 18th , followed by General Ammen . Under the directions of ...
... hundred prisoners . Gillem , with what was left of his command , retreated to Knoxville . Following up his success , Breckinridge moved to near Knoxville , but withdrew on the 18th , followed by General Ammen . Under the directions of ...
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... hundred dead on field , including Parton Collins , a renegade Pennsylvanian . Both parties fought dismounted in the woods . The precise figures of our losses in the battles are not yet ascertained . Whole number will not vary much from ...
... hundred dead on field , including Parton Collins , a renegade Pennsylvanian . Both parties fought dismounted in the woods . The precise figures of our losses in the battles are not yet ascertained . Whole number will not vary much from ...
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advance afternoon Army Corps artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General attack Barlow's Battalion battery Birney bivouacked Bottom's Bridge breast-works bridge Brig Brock road camp Capt Captain captured casualties Cavalry Corps charge Chickahominy Church Cold Harbor Colonel command continuation of report crossed daylight encamped enemy enemy's engaged EPOCH fall back Fifth Corps fire flank force Fredericksburg front guns halted Hancock Heavy Artillery hospital Infantry intrenched James River June killed Lieut Lieutenant line of battle loss Major-General marched Massachusetts miles morning moved night Ninth Corps North Anna River occupied officers operations Pamunkey River Pennsylvania Volunteers picket plank road Po River Potomac prisoners railroad Rapidan Rapidan River rear rebel regiment relieved remained repulsed respectfully Richmond rifle-pits Second Brigade Second Corps Second Division sent sharpshooters Sixth Corps skirmish line Spotsylvania Court-House Station Third Brigade Third Division Todd's Tavern took position Total Totopotomoy train troops U. S. Army Wilderness wounded
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Page 60 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 59 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 58 - 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 CS army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Page 59 - GENERAL, — I received at a late hour your note of to-day. 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.
Page 30 - Pennsylvania for long distances before another army could be interposed to check him. Under these circumstances I hesitated about allowing the initiative to be taken. Finally, the use of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which were both obstructed by the enemy, became so indispensably necessary to us, and the importance of relieving Pennsylvania and Maryland from continuously threatened invasion so great, that I determined th?
Page 29 - In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley, where it is expected you will have to go first or last, it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return. Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command ; such as cannot be consumed, destroy.
Page 4 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Page 12 - From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military power of the rebellion was entirely broken. I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy...
Page 60 - 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 14 - ... making it necessary to guard every foot of road or river used in supplying our armies. In the South, a reign of military despotism prevailed, which made every man and boy capable of bearing arms a soldier; and those who could not bear arms in the field acted as provosts for collecting deserters and returning them.