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Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.34 (search)
ginia, but as General Early very pertinently remarks, this affords no just criterion of the real strength of that army, as those returns included the forces in the Valley and other outlying commands not available for duty on the lines. --Southern Historical Society Papers, July, 1876, p. 19. General Lee himself says: At the time of withdrawing from the lines around Richmond and Petersburg, the number of troops amounted to about thirty-five thousand. --Letter to General William S. Smith, July 27th, 1868, Reminiscences of General Lee, p. 268. yet held during ten months of ceaseless vigil and fevered famine with such grim tenacity, as has made it hard for the brave of every nation to determine whether to accord their sorrowful admiration more to the stern prowess of the simple soldier, or to the matchless readiness of a leader who by the fervor of his genius developed from slender resources such amazing power. With the abandonment of these lines ends the task confided to me, comrades,