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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... corps , as will be seen from the following despatch to him from the Secretary of War , dated May 9 , 1862 : " The President is unwilling to have the army corps organization broken up , but also unwilling that the commanding general ...
... corps , as will be seen from the following despatch to him from the Secretary of War , dated May 9 , 1862 : " The President is unwilling to have the army corps organization broken up , but also unwilling that the commanding general ...
Page 12
... corps , ( General Banks being absent , ) and informed them that he proposed to abandon his plan of movement by way of the Rappahannock , and submitted to them instead a plan of movement by way of the York and James rivers . The result ...
... corps , ( General Banks being absent , ) and informed them that he proposed to abandon his plan of movement by way of the Rappahannock , and submitted to them instead a plan of movement by way of the York and James rivers . The result ...
Page 13
... corps to be concentrated upon the division nearest Alexandria . The transportation not proving sufficient for immediate embarkation , the troops were , for several days , exposed to the rains which then set in , being deprived of their ...
... corps to be concentrated upon the division nearest Alexandria . The transportation not proving sufficient for immediate embarkation , the troops were , for several days , exposed to the rains which then set in , being deprived of their ...
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... corps is included ; but whether this corps , operating in the Shenandoah valley , should be regarded as a part of the force available for the protection of the immediate front of Washington , the undersigned express no opinion . 66 ...
... corps is included ; but whether this corps , operating in the Shenandoah valley , should be regarded as a part of the force available for the protection of the immediate front of Washington , the undersigned express no opinion . 66 ...
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... corps of the force necessary for the defence of the capital , though not numeri- cally stated , and of the force represented by General McClellan as left for that purpose , we are of the opinion that the requirements of the President ...
... corps of the force necessary for the defence of the capital , though not numeri- cally stated , and of the force represented by General McClellan as left for that purpose , we are of the opinion that the requirements of the President ...
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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