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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Page 19
... fire all the time , until the enemy reached their works in the neighborhood of Williams- burg , when the pursuit was checked . Governor Sprague was sent back to hurry up the infantry support under General Hooker . After considerable ...
... fire all the time , until the enemy reached their works in the neighborhood of Williams- burg , when the pursuit was checked . Governor Sprague was sent back to hurry up the infantry support under General Hooker . After considerable ...
Page 56
... fire upon them in front , and they also received a fire upon their flank . The superiority of the enemy was so over- whelming that Meade's division was forced back , as was also Gibbon's division . The enemy pursued until checked by ...
... fire upon them in front , and they also received a fire upon their flank . The superiority of the enemy was so over- whelming that Meade's division was forced back , as was also Gibbon's division . The enemy pursued until checked by ...
Page 124
... fire . Then you have to feed the horses , which is an important thing . Question . We want to be very particular about this thing , for there is an apprehension that we have too much cavalry , and it is very expensive . Answer . It is a ...
... fire . Then you have to feed the horses , which is an important thing . Question . We want to be very particular about this thing , for there is an apprehension that we have too much cavalry , and it is very expensive . Answer . It is a ...
Page 138
... fire ; but if you can do it stra- tegetically , penetrate their line and divide it into two parts , while you hold the one in check you can throw yourself upon the other and crush it . Now , I can- not tell whether that would be ...
... fire ; but if you can do it stra- tegetically , penetrate their line and divide it into two parts , while you hold the one in check you can throw yourself upon the other and crush it . Now , I can- not tell whether that would be ...
Page 141
... fire , we must dig a trench and throw up the earth so as to keep off the shot . Go forward a certain distance and make a parallel , then go forward again and make another parallel , and so approach the enemy . I do not propose to go out ...
... fire , we must dig a trench and throw up the earth so as to keep off the shot . Go forward a certain distance and make a parallel , then go forward again and make another parallel , and so approach the enemy . I do not propose to go out ...
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