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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... opinion : 66 First . That the enemy having retreated from Manassas to Gordonsville , behind the Rappahannock and the Rapidan , it is the opinion of the generals commanding army corps that the operations to be carried on will be best ...
... opinion : 66 First . That the enemy having retreated from Manassas to Gordonsville , behind the Rappahannock and the Rapidan , it is the opinion of the generals commanding army corps that the operations to be carried on will be best ...
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... opinion . 66 Fifth . General Wadsworth's report of April 2d gives his force as follows : infantry , 15,335 ; artillery , 4,494 ; cavalry , 858 - six companies only being mounted . Total , 20,477 . " Deduct sick , in arrest and ...
... opinion . 66 Fifth . General Wadsworth's report of April 2d gives his force as follows : infantry , 15,335 ; artillery , 4,494 ; cavalry , 858 - six companies only being mounted . Total , 20,477 . " Deduct sick , in arrest and ...
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... opinion that the requirements of the President , that the city shall be left " entirely secure , " not only in the opinion of the general - in- chief , but that of the " commanders of the army corps " also , has not been fully complied ...
... opinion that the requirements of the President , that the city shall be left " entirely secure , " not only in the opinion of the general - in- chief , but that of the " commanders of the army corps " also , has not been fully complied ...
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... opinion , enabled us to withdraw the army and its material . " Question . Will you explain what was done by the right wing of our army at or about the time the left was engaged which saved our flank from attack and enabled the army and ...
... opinion , enabled us to withdraw the army and its material . " Question . Will you explain what was done by the right wing of our army at or about the time the left was engaged which saved our flank from attack and enabled the army and ...
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... opinion expressed by the leading officers was that the men had become very much enervated . One of the leading officers said that his com- mand could not , in his opinion , march three miles and fight a battle . This con- dition of the ...
... opinion expressed by the leading officers was that the men had become very much enervated . One of the leading officers said that his com- mand could not , in his opinion , march three miles and fight a battle . This con- dition of the ...
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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