The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 - Confederate States of America |
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... miles east of Williamsburg . At a point about 8 miles from Yorktown , in accordance with my in- structions , he detached General Emory , with Benson's battery , the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry ( Colonel Averell ) , and Barker's squadron ...
... miles east of Williamsburg . At a point about 8 miles from Yorktown , in accordance with my in- structions , he detached General Emory , with Benson's battery , the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry ( Colonel Averell ) , and Barker's squadron ...
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... miles from Williamsburg , all the divisions which had moved by land , except Hooker's , being in the vicinity of that place . We were now in direct communication with the portion of the army which had gone by water , and we began to ...
... miles from Williamsburg , all the divisions which had moved by land , except Hooker's , being in the vicinity of that place . We were now in direct communication with the portion of the army which had gone by water , and we began to ...
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... miles from the Chickahominy , connecting the right with the left ; Keyes ' corps on New Kent road , near Bottom's ... mile above , had been de- stroyed by the enemy . The Chickahominy in this vicinity is about 40 feet wide , fringed with ...
... miles from the Chickahominy , connecting the right with the left ; Keyes ' corps on New Kent road , near Bottom's ... mile above , had been de- stroyed by the enemy . The Chickahominy in this vicinity is about 40 feet wide , fringed with ...
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... mile or two west of the stream . Their main body is on the road from New Bridge , encamped along it for 4 or 5 miles , spreading over the open ground on both sides . Johnston's headquarters are about 2 miles beyond the bridge . All ...
... mile or two west of the stream . Their main body is on the road from New Bridge , encamped along it for 4 or 5 miles , spreading over the open ground on both sides . Johnston's headquarters are about 2 miles beyond the bridge . All ...
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... miles through the mud and rain Gen- eral Emory at noon reached a point about 2 miles from Hanover Court- House where the road forks to Ashland , and found a portion of the enemy formed in line across the Hanover Court - House road ...
... miles through the mud and rain Gen- eral Emory at noon reached a point about 2 miles from Hanover Court- House where the road forks to Ashland , and found a portion of the enemy formed in line across the Hanover Court - House road ...
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advance arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery Bottom's Bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Burnt Chimneys camp Capt Captain cavalry charge Chickahominy Colonel command commenced companies Creek depot detached directed dispatch duty enemy enemy's engaged field Fifth fire flank force Fort Magruder Fort Monroe forward front guns Hanover Court-House Harrison's Landing HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman honor to report Hooker immediately infantry instant James River Keyes killed Lee's Mill Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Magruder Major-General Massachusetts MCCLELLAN miles morning moved night o'clock p. m. obedient servant occupied opened ordered pickets placed Porter position Potomac railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received reconnaissance redoubt regiment Report of Brig respectfully Richmond rifle pits road Savage Station Second sent shell siege signal officer skirmishers Smith Smith's division soon station Sumner tion troops U. S. Army White House Williamsburg woods wounded yards York Infantry York River York Volunteers Yorktown
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Page 15 - I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my most anxious judgment, I consistently can. But you must act.
Page 74 - Military power should not be allowed to interfere with the relations of servitude, either by supporting or impairing the authority of the master, except for repressing disorder, as in other cases.
Page 73 - War; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles known to Christian civilization. It should not be a War looking to the subjugation of the people of any State, in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither Confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial organizations of States, or forcible Abolition of Slavery, should be contemplated for a moment.
Page 81 - All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available man brought here — a decided victory here, and the military strength of the rebellion is crushed — it matters not what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere. Here is the true defence of Washington ; it is here, on the banks of the James, that the fate of the Union should be decided.
Page 15 - My explicit order that Washington should, by the judgment of all the commanders of corps, be left entirely secure, had been neglected. It was precisely this that drove me to detain McDowell.
Page 74 - Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved, the effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost hopeless. A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies.
Page 83 - It is by no means certain that the reduction of these fortifications would not require considerable time — perhaps as much as those at Yorktown. " This delay might not only be fatal to the health of your army, but in the mean time...
Page 51 - I will do all that a general can do with the splendid army I have the honor to command, and, if it is destroyed by overwhelming numbers, can at least die with it and share its fate. But if the result of the action which will probably occur to-morrow, or within a short time, is a disaster, the responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders; it must rest where it belongs.
Page 68 - Towards the northwest the plateau falls off more abruptly into a ravine which extends to James river. From the position of the enemy his most obvious...
Page 27 - At your earnest call for reinforcements, he is sent forward to co-operate in the reduction of Richmond, but charged, in attempting this, not to uncover the city of Washington, and you will give no order, either before or after your junction, which can put him out of position to cover this city.