Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Department of the WestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 |
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... Question Can yon state the casualties in our army ? Answer . I have Major Sturgis's official report . The casualties I can state to be over 1,200 - I think over 1,300 killed and wounded . There were not certainly over 3,500 men of ours ...
... Question Can yon state the casualties in our army ? Answer . I have Major Sturgis's official report . The casualties I can state to be over 1,200 - I think over 1,300 killed and wounded . There were not certainly over 3,500 men of ours ...
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... Question . Was the whole of this force in possession of arms that could be used in the field ? Answer . I suppose they were , all except 7,000 , for which , as I have before stated , I had no arms at all . Question . When you were in ...
... Question . Was the whole of this force in possession of arms that could be used in the field ? Answer . I suppose they were , all except 7,000 , for which , as I have before stated , I had no arms at all . Question . When you were in ...
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... Question . I desire now to call your attention to the Hall carbines , as they are called . Some of them were purchased in New York in pursuance of your order , were they not ? Answer . All of them , I think . Question . Will you state ...
... Question . I desire now to call your attention to the Hall carbines , as they are called . Some of them were purchased in New York in pursuance of your order , were they not ? Answer . All of them , I think . Question . Will you state ...
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... Question . How could he direct it ? Could he make such a direction to any one but yourself ? Answer . Not properly to any one else . Question . Do you know whether any money was paid after this time on ac- count of those works ? Answer ...
... Question . How could he direct it ? Could he make such a direction to any one but yourself ? Answer . Not properly to any one else . Question . Do you know whether any money was paid after this time on ac- count of those works ? Answer ...
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... Question . Where did you connect these roads ? Answer . In the city of St. Louis . They were all brought to a common land- ing place on the river . As an instance in point : the rebels tore up about 100 miles of track , more or less ...
... Question . Where did you connect these roads ? Answer . In the city of St. Louis . They were all brought to a common land- ing place on the river . As an instance in point : the rebels tore up about 100 miles of track , more or less ...
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Adjutant Answer arms army arrived artillery asked August battery battle Bird's Point Boonville brigade Cairo camp Cape Girardeau Captain cavalry charge CHESTER HARDING Colonel contract Covode creek despatch directed Drummondtown duty enemy expedition force Frémont Front Royal Gooch guard guns Hays HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT heard horses instructions J. C. FREMONT Jefferson City Joseph railroad letter Lexington Lieutenant Louis LOUIS ARSENAL Lyon Major General Commanding Major General FREMONT McKinstry ment miles military Missouri morning negroes night o'clock Odell officers permit persons Port Royal President Price quartermaster Question railroad re-enforcements rebels received regiment river Rolla Savannah secessionists Secretary Secretary of War sent September September 14 September 22 soldiers Springfield supplies supposed surgeon sworn and examined taken telegraph told took transportation TREASURY DEPARTMENT troops United vessels wagons Washington wounded
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