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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 16 16 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 13 13 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 5 5 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 4 4 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 4 4 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 3 3 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 22: the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
icksburg. By it, when completed, that city would be isolated, and through it troops and supplies might be safely transported out of reach of the Vicksburg batteries to a new base of supplies below that town. It also seemed probable that it would make a new channel for the Mississippi, and leave Vicksburg on the borders of a bayou only. For the prosecution of this work McClernand, by order of Grant, moved with his army down the Mississippi on the day after the conference at Napoleon. Jan. 9, 1863. In consequence of detention by a storm, it did Peninsula opposite Vicksburg. not reach its destination at Young's Point, on the right bank of the river, nearly opposite the mouth of the Yazoo, until late on the 21st. On the following day the troops landed, and took post a little farther down the river, so as to protect the View showing the site of the Canal. this is a view of the peninsula opposite Vicksburg, and the site of the Canal, from a sketch by the author, taken from bat
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 21 (search)
the Rebels and those who, whether in the loyal States or in foreign lands, were in sympathy, if not also in act, their virtual allies. No one in Europe but those who ardently desired our success spoke of disunion otherwise than as an accomplished fact, which only purblind obstinacy and the invincible lust of power constrained us for a time to ignore. Hence, when the French Emperor made, during the dark Winter of 1862-3, a formal, diplomatic proffer By dispatch of M. Drouyn de <*>uys, Jan. 9, 1863. of his good offices as a mediator between the American belligerents, he was regarded and treated on all hands as proposing to arrange the terms of a just, satisfactory, and conclusive separation between the North and the South. Even before this, and before the repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg, Lord Lyons, British Embassador at Washington, had sent a confidential dispatch to his Government, narrating the incidents of a visit he had paid to New York directly after our State Election
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 8: Corps organizations. (search)
Fort, and Mobile. Twentieth Corps. （McCook's.) Stone's River Liberty Gap Chickamauga. This corps was identical with that part of the Army of the Cumberland, or Fourteenth Corps, which had been designated as the Right Wing until January 9, 1863, when, under General Order No. 9, the War Department directed that the Right Wing be set apart and designated as the Twentieth Corps. Major-General A. McD. McCook, its former commander, and Generals Davis, Johnson, and Sheridan, its former 7th of November, 1862, General Rosecrans divided the Army of the Cumberland--then known as the-Fourteenth Army Corps--into the Right Wing, Centre, and Left Wing. The organization of the left wing, as then arranged, remained unchanged until January 9, 1863, when, by authority of the War Department, General Order No. 9, its designation was changed to that of the Twenty-first Corps. No other change was made, the different brigades and divisions remaining as before. The left wing, or Twenty-f
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
son's River, Sept. 23, 1863 1 Front Royal, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 4 Piedmont, Va., April 17, 1862 2 Brandy Station, Oct. 11, 1863 1 Shepherdstown, Va., Aug. 25, 1864 2 Winchester, Va., May 24, 1862 10 Centreville Va., Nov. 6, 1863 1 Smithfield, Va., Aug. 29, 1864 2 Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862 4 Todd's Tavern, Va., May 6, 1864 8 Opequon, Va., Sept. 19, 1864 11 Manassas, Va., Aug. 30, 1862 15 Beaver Dam, Va., May 9, 1864 2 Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864 7 Brentsville, Va., Jan. 9, 1863 3 Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, 1864 14 Picket, Va., Dec. 14, 1864 1 Fort Scott, Va., Jan. 12, 1863 1 Milford Station May 20, 1864 1 Dinwiddie, Va., March 30, 1865 3 Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863 14 Hawes's Shop, Va., May 28, 1864 6 Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865 8 Monterey Md. July 4, 1863 4 Old Church, Va., May 30, 1864 2 Willow Springs, D. T., Aug. 12, 1865 2 Hagerstown, Md,, July 6, 1863 2 Cold Harbor, Va., June 1-6, 1864 5 Place unknown 3 notes.--This regiment, with o
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
learn if there are any movements from Arkansas connected with ours. J. E. Johnston, General. Jackson, Mississippi, January 7, 1863. To the President, Richmond: The following dispatch was received from General M. L. Smith: I am returning from Little Rock. No troops will be sent. J. E. Johnston, General. Jackson, January 18, 1863. To the President, Richmond: I am much relieved to find our troops are on the Duck River. Not at Deckered. J. E. Johnston, General. Jackson, January 9, 1863. To the President, Richmond, Virginia: Colonel Ewell informs me, from Chattanooga, that on the 31st General Bragg had thirty-five thousand, including Wharton's cavalry. Lost nine thousand-three thousand sick since from exposure. We have not force enough here if the enemy is vigorous. Prisoners tell General Bragg of Federal reenforcements from West Tennessee. J. E Johnston, General. Jackson, January 11, 1863. Lieutenant-General Pemberton, Port Hudson: I want to combine a ca
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 100 (search)
y 9. To Major-General Wright, Cincinnati: The daring operations and brilliant achievements of General Carter and his command are without a parallel in the history of the war, and deserve the thanks of the country. This expedition has proved the capacity of our cavalry for bold and dashing movements, which I doubt not will be imitated by others. H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. General Carter's Congratulatory order. Headquarters cavalry force, in the field, Richmond, Ky., January 9, 1863. special order, No. 1. In taking leave of the officers and soldiers comprising the expeditionary force into East-Tennessee, the General Commanding desires to thank you in his own name and that of our common country, for the faithful manner in which you performed the difficult duties assigned you. In twenty days you marched four hundred and seventy miles, one hundred and seventy of which was in the enemy's country, without tents, and with only such rations as you could carry in
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 2 (search)
lled and three wounded. Dance's battery, none killed, two wounded. Hupp's battery, none killed, one wounded. Brooke's battery, none killed, two wounded. Total killed, ten. Total wounded, twenty-six. I beg leave to call attention to the fact that but few of the shell for Parrott rifles exploded, owing to imperfect fuses. Respectfully submitted. J. Thompson Brown, Colonel First Virginia Artillery. Report of Major D. B. Bridgford. Headquarters Provost Marshal Second corps, January 9, 1863. Major A. S. Pendleton, Assistant Adjutant-General: Major: In obedience to an order from the Lieutenant-General commanding, I herewith transmit the operations of the provost guard, consisting of the battalion and Captain Upshur's squadron of cavalry: On the eleventh December I received an order to move towards Fredericksburg, with two days rations cooked and placed in haversacks. December twelfth, I moved at dawn on the Fredericksburg road to Hamilton's Crossing, where I placed
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 42 (search)
r-General, commanding. General D. S. Stanley's report. Headquarters cavalry, Fourteenth army corps, Department of the Cumberland, near Murpfreesboro, January 9, 1863. Major: I have the honor to submit for the information of the General commanding the army, the following statement of the part taken by the cavalry under m, Jeff. C. Davis, Brigadier-General, commanding. General Sheridan's report. headquarters Third division, right wing, camp on Stone River. Tennessee, January 9, 1863. Major J. A. Campbell, Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff: Major: In obedience to instructions from the headquarters of the right wing, I have the honor tr to be, &c., Lovell H. Rousseau, Major-General. Brigadier-General Palmer's report. headquarters Second division, left wing, camp near Murfreesboro, January 9, 1863. Major L. Starling, Chief of Staff: Major: I have the honor to submit, for the information of the General commanding, the following report of the operation
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 6: Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)
crans at its head. In November, the Fourteenth Corps was divided into the Right Wing, Center, and Left Wing, and on January 9, 1863, the Center was designated the Fourteenth Army Corps, with Major-General George H. Thomas in command. The corps fou, 1887. Twentieth Army Corps The right wing of the Army of the Cumberland was made the Twentieth Army Corps on January 9, 1863, under Brigadier-General A. McD. McCook, who held it until October 9, 1863, when it was merged in the Fourth Corps,5. Twenty-first Army Corps The left wing of the Army of the Cumberland was made the Twenty-first Army Corps on January 9, 1863, and the command was given to Major-General T. L. Crittenden. Its other commanders were Brigadier-Generals T. J. Wont of the Cumberland The cavalry was a separate command in the Army of the Cumberland after the reorganization of January 9, 1863. It was headed in turn by Major-General D. S. Stanley and Brigadier-Generals R. B. Mitchell, W. L. Elliott, and R.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
r 24, 1862, giving roster of his cavalry division and recommending Col. Thomas T. Munford to be promoted to rank of brigadier-general; autograph letter from General Stuart to General Cooper, dated November 11, 1862, recommending the promotion of Major Pelham to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of artillery; original letter from General R. E. Lee to General Stuart commending the gallant conduct of Sergeant Mickler, of Second South Carolina cavalry, and his party in the fight at Brentsville January 9, 1863, and stating that he had recommended their promotion for gallantry and skill ; confidential letter (dated April 4, 1864), from General Stuart to General J. R. Chambliss, commander of his outposts on the Lower Rappahannock; confidential letter of Colonel Charles Marshall (General Lee's military secretary) to General Stuart conveying important information and orders from General Lee. From General I. M. St. John, last Commissary-General: A report to President Davis of the closing operat
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