Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Army of the PotomacU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, 1861 |
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... arrive at Fortress Monroe , and on the 2d of April General McClellan himself arrived . On the 4th of April the army commenced its move- ment in the direction of Yorktown , and on the 5th appeared before the enemy's lines . General ...
... arrive at Fortress Monroe , and on the 2d of April General McClellan himself arrived . On the 4th of April the army commenced its move- ment in the direction of Yorktown , and on the 5th appeared before the enemy's lines . General ...
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... arrived . General Sumner states that , having sent General Hancock to the right , he had at the centre only about 3,000 infantry — the cavalry there not being fitted for operations against the enemy , on account of the country being so ...
... arrived . General Sumner states that , having sent General Hancock to the right , he had at the centre only about 3,000 infantry — the cavalry there not being fitted for operations against the enemy , on account of the country being so ...
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... arrived on the field he was so satisfied that the enemy had been beaten and would be compelled to evacuate their position that night or be taken at a great disadvantage , that he countermanded orders to the divisions of Richardson and ...
... arrived on the field he was so satisfied that the enemy had been beaten and would be compelled to evacuate their position that night or be taken at a great disadvantage , that he countermanded orders to the divisions of Richardson and ...
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... arrived . After about three hours ' fighting the division fell back from its second line with a loss of 1,433 in ... arriving at the White House . Preparations continued to be made in Washington to send down by land from Fredericksburg ...
... arrived . After about three hours ' fighting the division fell back from its second line with a loss of 1,433 in ... arriving at the White House . Preparations continued to be made in Washington to send down by land from Fredericksburg ...
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... arrival . That request does not breathe the proper spirit ; whatever troops come to me must be disposed of so as to do ... arrived , with strong re - enforcements , in Richmond yesterday . I incline to think that Jackson will attack my ...
... arrival . That request does not breathe the proper spirit ; whatever troops come to me must be disposed of so as to do ... arrived , with strong re - enforcements , in Richmond yesterday . I incline to think that Jackson will attack my ...
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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 command 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 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
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Page 44 - I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.
Page 25 - I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington. We protected Washington, and the enemy concentrated on you.
Page 24 - I give you all I can, and act on the presumption that you will do the best you can with what you have, while you continue, ungenerously I think, to assume that I could give you more if I would. I have omitted and shall omit no opportunity to send you reinforcements whenever I possibly can- A.
Page 340 - If I cannot fully control all his troops, I want none of them, but would prefer to fight the battle with what I have, and let others be responsible for the results.
Page 518 - Washington and the enemy, but does not order it. He is very desirous that your army move as soon as possible. You will immediately report what line you adopt and when you intend to cross the river ; also to what point the reinforcements are to be sent.
Page 11 - That any movement as aforesaid, en route for a new base of operations, which may be ordered by the General-in-Chief, and which may be intended to move upon the Chesapeake Bay, shall begin to move upon the bay as early as the 18th of March instant; and the General-in-Chief shall be responsible that it so moves as early as that day.
Page 528 - As I understand, you telegraphed General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do without the railroad last named.
Page 325 - Wool's command," I understand it is doing for you precisely what a like number of your own would have to do if that command was away. "I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time.
Page 316 - That the means of transportation, sufficient for an immediate transfer of the force to its new base can be ready at Washington and Alexandria to move down the Potomac ; and
Page 528 - House, which is just about twice as far as you would have to do from Harper's Ferry. He is certainly not more than half as well provided with wagons as you are. I certainly should be pleased for you to have the advantage of the railroad from Harper's Ferry to Winchester, but it wastes all the remainder of autumn to give it to you, and in fact ignores the question of time, which cannot and must not be ignored.