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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... force he could concen- trate upon the line previously determined upon . Subsequent events in the val- ley of the Shenandoah , terminating , for a time , in the battle of Winchester , of March 23d , prevented the force under General ...
... force he could concen- trate upon the line previously determined upon . Subsequent events in the val- ley of the Shenandoah , terminating , for a time , in the battle of Winchester , of March 23d , prevented the force under General ...
Page 13
... force down the Potomac , choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe , or anywhere between here and there ; or , at all events , move such remainder of the army at once , in pursuit of the enemy , by some route . " The army was directed to ...
... force down the Potomac , choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe , or anywhere between here and there ; or , at all events , move such remainder of the army at once , in pursuit of the enemy , by some route . " The army was directed to ...
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... force I am ordered by General McClellan to detail two regiments ( good ones ) to join Richardson's division ( Sumner's corps ) as it passes through Alexandria ; one regiment to replace the 37th New York volunteers in Heintzel- man's old ...
... force I am ordered by General McClellan to detail two regiments ( good ones ) to join Richardson's division ( Sumner's corps ) as it passes through Alexandria ; one regiment to replace the 37th New York volunteers in Heintzel- man's old ...
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... force necessary to be left should be sufficient to fully garrison the forts on the right bank of the Potomac , and " to occupy " those on the left bank , with a covering force of 25,000 . It is , we think , the judgment of officers ...
... force necessary to be left should be sufficient to fully garrison the forts on the right bank of the Potomac , and " to occupy " those on the left bank , with a covering force of 25,000 . It is , we think , the judgment of officers ...
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... force the enemy's lines . No answer was re- ceived to the application . Instead of that , however , a siege was determined upon , contrary to the desire of the President , who , as early as the 9th of April , wrote to General McClellan ...
... force the enemy's lines . No answer was re- ceived to the application . Instead of that , however , a siege was determined upon , contrary to the desire of the President , who , as early as the 9th of April , wrote to General McClellan ...
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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