NARRATIVE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, DESCRIBED, DURING THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES |
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... GEORGIA , No. 1 MAP OF ADAIRSVILLE , NORTH GEORGIA , No. 2 MAP OF MARIETTA , NORTH GEORGIA , No. 3 MAP OF ATLANTA , . GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD MAJOR - GENERAL IRWIN MCDOWELL LIEUTENANT - GENERAL T. J. JACKSON ...
... GEORGIA , No. 1 MAP OF ADAIRSVILLE , NORTH GEORGIA , No. 2 MAP OF MARIETTA , NORTH GEORGIA , No. 3 MAP OF ATLANTA , . GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD MAJOR - GENERAL IRWIN MCDOWELL LIEUTENANT - GENERAL T. J. JACKSON ...
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... Georgia , by Gov- ernor Brown . I reached Harper's Ferry soon after noon of the 23d of May , accompanied by Colonel E. Kirby Smith , ' acting adjutant - general , Major W. H. C. Whiting , of the Engineer Corps , Major E. McLean , of the ...
... Georgia , by Gov- ernor Brown . I reached Harper's Ferry soon after noon of the 23d of May , accompanied by Colonel E. Kirby Smith , ' acting adjutant - general , Major W. H. C. Whiting , of the Engineer Corps , Major E. McLean , of the ...
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... Georgia and Second Tennessee regi- ments had arrived . About the 10th of the month , General Patterson , who had been organizing and instructing his troops at Chambersburg , advanced from that place to Ha- gerstown . According to the ...
... Georgia and Second Tennessee regi- ments had arrived . About the 10th of the month , General Patterson , who had been organizing and instructing his troops at Chambersburg , advanced from that place to Ha- gerstown . According to the ...
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... Georgia regiment . It was then re- organized . Jackson's brigade was formed of the Sec- ond , Fourth , Fifth , and Twenty - seventh Virginia regiments , and Pendleton's battery ; Bee's of the Second and Eleventh Mississippi , Fourth ...
... Georgia regiment . It was then re- organized . Jackson's brigade was formed of the Sec- ond , Fourth , Fifth , and Twenty - seventh Virginia regiments , and Pendleton's battery ; Bee's of the Second and Eleventh Mississippi , Fourth ...
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... Georgia , numerous tenders are made to serve for any time , at any place , and to these and other offers I am still constrained to answer , ' I have not arms to supply you . ' 29 The rich country around us furnished abundant supplies of ...
... Georgia , numerous tenders are made to serve for any time , at any place , and to these and other offers I am still constrained to answer , ' I have not arms to supply you . ' 29 The rich country around us furnished abundant supplies of ...
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Page 413 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 349 - I am directed by the Secretary of War to inform you, that as you have failed to arrest the advance of the enemy to the vicinity of Atlanta, and express no confidence that you can defeat or repel him...
Page 176 - To beat such a detachment would be of immense value. The troops here could co-operate. All the strength you can quickly assemble should be brought. Time is all important.
Page 558 - Want of transportation of supplies must compel the enemy to seek a junction with their fleet after a few days' absence from it. To hold both Vicksburg and Port Hudson is necessary to a connection with Trans-Mississippi. You may expect whatever it is in my power to do."* This order had doubtless been given to Gen.
Page 413 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 180 - In directing this move I do not think you fully comprehend the position that Vicksburg will be left in, but I comply at once with your order.
Page 372 - This was done with a full consciousness on my part, however, that we could have no other object, in continuing the war, than to obtain fair terms of peace ; for the Southern cause must have appeared hopeless then, to all intelligent and dispassionate Southern men.
Page 413 - This being done, all the officers and men will be permitted to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by the United States authorities, so long as they observe their obligation and the laws in force where they may reride.