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 16
... officers held at Fairfax Court - House , March 13 , took place after the enemy had retired from Manassas and destroyed the railroad in their rear . The council decided unanimously to take up a new base of operations from Fort Monroe ...
... officers held at Fairfax Court - House , March 13 , took place after the enemy had retired from Manassas and destroyed the railroad in their rear . The council decided unanimously to take up a new base of operations from Fort Monroe ...
Page 27
... officers were called together , and the question of withdrawing the army was submitted to them . The council was of rather an informal character . The majority of the officers expressed themselves in favor of a withdrawal of the army ...
... officers were called together , and the question of withdrawing the army was submitted to them . The council was of rather an informal character . The majority of the officers expressed themselves in favor of a withdrawal of the army ...
Page 48
... officers on the chiefs of bureaus here ; that is , for quartermas- ter's supplies by his chief quartermaster on the quartermaster general ; for com- missary supplies by his chief commissary on the commissary general , & c . No such ...
... officers on the chiefs of bureaus here ; that is , for quartermas- ter's supplies by his chief quartermaster on the quartermaster general ; for com- missary supplies by his chief commissary on the commissary general , & c . No such ...
Page 53
... officer of Washington , with one single re- striction that no troops should be moved from the command of Washington until I ... officers in command , and it had to be taken by water part of the way ; it could not get through by land . I ...
... officer of Washington , with one single re- striction that no troops should be moved from the command of Washington until I ... officers in command , and it had to be taken by water part of the way ; it could not get through by land . I ...
Page 54
... officers who should receive those orders were the ones responsible for the pontoons coming here , ( Falmouth . ) I could have carried out that part of the plan through officers of my own . But having just taken the com- mand of an army ...
... officers who should receive those orders were the ones responsible for the pontoons coming here , ( Falmouth . ) I could have carried out that part of the plan through officers of my own . But having just taken the com- mand of an army ...
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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