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Page 278
... officers was low . Some of this was due to the persistence of the war , but more than that it was caused by the weather . By the rain . It had been raining con- tinuously for days , for weeks ; the rain , Grant's officers thought , had ...
... officers was low . Some of this was due to the persistence of the war , but more than that it was caused by the weather . By the rain . It had been raining con- tinuously for days , for weeks ; the rain , Grant's officers thought , had ...
Page 350
... officers , all the survivors of his valiant army , were prisoners : Ewell , Kershaw , and Custis Lee General Robert E. Lee's son- surrendered to the Sixth Corps ; Barton , Corse , Hunton , Du Bose , the others , gave themselves up to ...
... officers , all the survivors of his valiant army , were prisoners : Ewell , Kershaw , and Custis Lee General Robert E. Lee's son- surrendered to the Sixth Corps ; Barton , Corse , Hunton , Du Bose , the others , gave themselves up to ...
Page 354
... officers followed Forsythe down the road for a mile and quartered in the rear of Getty , who had gone into position for the night , Devin reporting no enemy on their front . The Federal officers shared their supper and blankets with the ...
... officers followed Forsythe down the road for a mile and quartered in the rear of Getty , who had gone into position for the night , Devin reporting no enemy on their front . The Federal officers shared their supper and blankets with the ...
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advance Appomattox Appomattox Court House Appomattox River arrived artillery assault attack battery battle Bragg Brannan bridge brigade captured cavalry Cedar Creek Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Crook crossed Custer Davis directed dispatch division drove Early Early's enemy enemy's engaged fall back Federal Fifth Corps fire Fisher's Hill Five Forks followed Ford front Getty Getty's Gordon Gordon Granger Gordon's Mill Grant guns Halleck halted headquarters heavy Hill horses hundred infantry Jetersville joined Kershaw Lee and Gordon's Lee's left flank Lookout Mountain Major-General Massanutten Mountain McCook Meade Merritt miles military Missionary Ridge morning moved night Nineteenth Corps occupied officers ordered Petersburg Philip Henry Sheridan piquet position Potomac Railroad reached rear reënforce regiments reported retreat Richmond rode Rosecrans sent Shenandoah Valley Sheri Sherman Sigel Sixth Corps skirmishers soldiers staff Tennessee River Thomas thousand turnpike Union army Union line Union troops wagons Warren White Oak road Winchester woods