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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... General McClellan- " Your call for Parrott guns from Washington alarms me , chiefly because it argues indefinite procrastination . Is anything to be done ? " On the night of the 3d and the morning of 18 CONDUCT OF THE WAR .
... General McClellan- " Your call for Parrott guns from Washington alarms me , chiefly because it argues indefinite procrastination . Is anything to be done ? " On the night of the 3d and the morning of 18 CONDUCT OF THE WAR .
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... morning of the 4th of May the enemy evacuated Yorktown without loss . One of the witnesses testifies that General McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation , as he had made his preparations to open from his ...
... morning of the 4th of May the enemy evacuated Yorktown without loss . One of the witnesses testifies that General McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation , as he had made his preparations to open from his ...
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... morning of Monday General Heintzelman ordered General Hooker to make a reconnoissance in force , which he did , advancing to within four miles of Richmond , meeting with no resistance except a little from the enemy's pickets . Upon ...
... morning of Monday General Heintzelman ordered General Hooker to make a reconnoissance in force , which he did , advancing to within four miles of Richmond , meeting with no resistance except a little from the enemy's pickets . Upon ...
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... morning , then leave the field and seek the position for the next day , giving no directions until the close of the day's fighting , when the troops would be ordered to fall back during the night to the new position selected by him . In ...
... morning , then leave the field and seek the position for the next day , giving no directions until the close of the day's fighting , when the troops would be ordered to fall back during the night to the new position selected by him . In ...
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... morning of the 28th of August General Halleck telegraphs to Gene- ral Franklin : " On parting with General McClellan , about two o'clock this morning , it was understood that you were to move with your corps to day , toward Manassas ...
... morning of the 28th of August General Halleck telegraphs to Gene- ral Franklin : " On parting with General McClellan , about two o'clock this morning , it was understood that you were to move with your corps to day , toward Manassas ...
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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