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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... give the following as the strength of the army on the peninsula on the 20th of June : Present for duty , 115,102 ; special duty , sick and in arrest , 12,225 ; absent 29,511 - total , 156,838 . About this time the rebel general , Stuart ...
... give the following as the strength of the army on the peninsula on the 20th of June : Present for duty , 115,102 ; special duty , sick and in arrest , 12,225 ; absent 29,511 - total , 156,838 . About this time the rebel general , Stuart ...
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... give you all I can , and act on the presumption that you will do the best you can with what you have ; while you continue , ungen- erously I think , to assume that I could give you more if I would . I have omitted , I shall omit , no ...
... give you all I can , and act on the presumption that you will do the best you can with what you have ; while you continue , ungen- erously I think , to assume that I could give you more if I would . I have omitted , I shall omit , no ...
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... give , after hearing what I have to say , will be carried out . " At 8.40 p . m . General Halleck telegraphs to General McClellan : " There must be no further delay in moving Franklin's corps towards Ma- nassas ; they must go to ...
... give , after hearing what I have to say , will be carried out . " At 8.40 p . m . General Halleck telegraphs to General McClellan : " There must be no further delay in moving Franklin's corps towards Ma- nassas ; they must go to ...
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... give . I only ask a prompt decision , that I may at once give the necessary orders . It will not do to delay longer . " At 4.10 the President replies : p . m . " Yours of to - day just received . I think your first alternative , to wit ...
... give . I only ask a prompt decision , that I may at once give the necessary orders . It will not do to delay longer . " At 4.10 the President replies : p . m . " Yours of to - day just received . I think your first alternative , to wit ...
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... give us the means of promptly re - enforcing Washington , should it be necessary . If I am re - enforced as I ask , and am allowed to take my own course , I will hold myself responsible for the safety of Washington . " On the 7th of ...
... give us the means of promptly re - enforcing Washington , should it be necessary . If I am re - enforced as I ask , and am allowed to take my own course , I will hold myself responsible for the safety of Washington . " On the 7th of ...
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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