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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... hold their position against any force the enemy would be likely to bring against them . It was represented that unless some such steps were taken the departure of those vessels upon the Port Royal expedition would be the signal for the ...
... hold their position against any force the enemy would be likely to bring against them . It was represented that unless some such steps were taken the departure of those vessels upon the Port Royal expedition would be the signal for the ...
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... hold that position . " Fourth . Major General McClellan's report to the adjutant general of April 1 , after giving the several positions of the troops proposed to be left for the defence of Washington , gives a representation as follows ...
... hold that position . " Fourth . Major General McClellan's report to the adjutant general of April 1 , after giving the several positions of the troops proposed to be left for the defence of Washington , gives a representation as follows ...
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... hold their position with the bayonet and such ammunition as the men could obtain from the bodies of those who had fallen , the roads being so muddy that it was impossible to bring up fresh ammunition . That night the enemy evacuated ...
... hold their position with the bayonet and such ammunition as the men could obtain from the bodies of those who had fallen , the roads being so muddy that it was impossible to bring up fresh ammunition . That night the enemy evacuated ...
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... hold their position and repulse any attack . I regret my great inferiority of numbers , but feel that I am in no way responsible for it , as I have not failed to represent repeatedly the necessity of re - enforcements ; that this was ...
... hold their position and repulse any attack . I regret my great inferiority of numbers , but feel that I am in no way responsible for it , as I have not failed to represent repeatedly the necessity of re - enforcements ; that this was ...
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... hold- ing this point . I advised that we should make the attack on that place the next morning , from General Sumner's position . I thought there was no doubt about our being able to carry it . We had plenty of artillery bearing upon it ...
... hold- ing this point . I advised that we should make the attack on that place the next morning , from General Sumner's position . I thought there was no doubt about our being able to carry it . We had plenty of artillery bearing upon it ...
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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