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" 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... "
The Life of General U.S. Grant: His Early Life, Military Achievements, and ... - Page 137
by Loomis T. Palmer - 1885 - 772 pages
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Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration

Lucius Eugene Chittenden - 1891 - 496 pages
...of that conversation, seemed to be the fulfilment of prophecy — " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is...enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. ... I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." XXXVI. THE CONFEDERATES EXCHANGE...
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Seward at Washington, as Senator and Secretary of State : a memoir of his ...

Frederick William Seward, William Henry Seward - 1891 - 638 pages
...words: " We have now ended the eighth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as...greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers." The battle was continued on Friday, the 13th,...
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William H. Seward: 1861-1872

William Henry Seward - 1891 - 640 pages
...very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavv, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of...greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers." The battle was continued on Friday, the 13th,...
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ...

United States. War Department - 1891 - 894 pages
...o'clock this morning, have ^ust reached this Department. He says : '' We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses have oeen heavy as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken...
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Washington and Other Great Military Commanders: A Series of Biographical ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 434 pages
...very heavy fighting. The rcsult to this timc ja much in our favour. Our losst* have been heavy, ax well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must he greater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners by battle, whilst he has taken from из but few, except...
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History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union

Lyman Jackman - 1891 - 952 pages
...now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result up to this time is much in our favor, but our losses have been heavy as well as those of the enemy. We 240 SIXTH NEW HAMPSHIRE. About ten o'clock on that evening of the nth, we received word that there...
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Congressional Serial Set

1892 - 950 pages
...o'clock this morning, have just reached this Department. He says: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is...loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners in battle, whilst he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I propose to fight...
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Life of U.S. Grant

Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - 1885 - 792 pages
...Department for recruits, saying : "We have ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting ; the result at this time is much in our favor. Our losses have been...the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken five thousand prisoners by battle, whilst he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. / propose...
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Four Centuries of Progress ...

Henry Davenport Northrop - 1893 - 1000 pages
...characteristic dispatch to the Secretary of War. " We have now," he wrote, " ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor....greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I propose to fight it out on this...
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Three Years in the Army: The Story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts ...

Charles E. Davis - 1893 - 570 pages
...COURT-HOUSE, May n, 1864, 8.30 AM MAJ.-GEN. HW HALLECK, Chief of Staff: We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. But our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. We have lost to this time eleven general...
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