Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War in Three PartsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 |
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... McClellan , except the result of a council of war , held in February , 1862. That council , the first , so far as your committee have been able to ascertain , ever called by General McClellan , and then by the direction of the President ...
... McClellan , except the result of a council of war , held in February , 1862. That council , the first , so far as your committee have been able to ascertain , ever called by General McClellan , and then by the direction of the President ...
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... McClellan what he was doing , and received a despatch , in reply , that he ( General McClellan ) hoped that nothing had been done to give the enemy information of the line of operations of the army . The reconnoissance was then ...
... McClellan what he was doing , and received a despatch , in reply , that he ( General McClellan ) hoped that nothing had been done to give the enemy information of the line of operations of the army . The reconnoissance was then ...
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... McClellan the application of General Hamilton , command- ing a division , for permission to force the enemy's lines . No answer was re- ceived to the application . Instead of that , however , a siege was determined upon , contrary to ...
... McClellan the application of General Hamilton , command- ing a division , for permission to force the enemy's lines . No answer was re- ceived to the application . Instead of that , however , a siege was determined upon , contrary to ...
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... McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation , as he had made his preparations to open from his ... McClellan to take charge of operations in front . On the morning of Monday orders were sent to General Sumner to ...
... McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation , as he had made his preparations to open from his ... McClellan to take charge of operations in front . On the morning of Monday orders were sent to General Sumner to ...
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... McClellan to hold his forces in readi- ness to cross . General Sumner not only did that , but at once called out his forces and moved them until the heads of the columns were at the bridges ready to cross , thereby saving between one ...
... McClellan to hold his forces in readi- ness to cross . General Sumner not only did that , but at once called out his forces and moved them until the heads of the columns were at the bridges ready to cross , thereby saving between one ...
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a. m. to-morrow advance Alexandria Answer Aquia creek arrived artillery attack batteries battle battle of Williamsburg Bottom's Bridge bridge brigade Burnside Captain cavalry Centreville chairman Chandler Chickahominy Colonel committee met pursuant corps cross despatch direction division enemy enemy's fight following witnesses force Fort Monroe fortifications Fortress Monroe Franklin Fredericksburg Frémont front G. B. MCCLELLAN General-in-Chief Gooch guns H. W. HALLECK Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman horses infantry James river land Major General H. W. Major General MCCLELLAN Manassas McDowell miles military morning move movement night o'clock Odell officers operations opinion peninsula pontoons position Potomac President pursuant to adjournment quartermaster Question railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements rebels received regiments retreat Richmond road Secretary Secretary of War sent side Sumner supplies suppose telegraph tion troops wagons WAR DEPARTMENT Warrenton Washington Williamsburg York river Yorktown