The Photographic History of the Civil War: The decisive battlesFrancis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier Review of Reviews Company, 1911 - United States Thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with test by many special authorities. |
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100 missing 30 killed A. P. Hill abatis advance Appomattox April Army of Northern Army of Tennessee artillery assault Atlanta attack Battery battle battle of Nashville brave bridge brigade campaign captured Carolina cavalry City Point Cold Harbor Confed Confederacy Confederate army COPYRIGHT Court House Creek crossed defenses division Early Early's command entrenchments eral Federal lines fighting fire flank forces Fort McAllister Fort Stedman fortifications Gordon Grant guns Hancock Hardee Hill Hood Hood's hundred James Johnston killed and wounded Lee's army Losses Maj.-Gen McAllister McPherson miles military morning move movement Nashville night Ninth Corps Northern Virginia Ohio PATRIOT PUB photograph picture position Potomac railroad rear regiments retreat REVIEW OF REVIEWS Richmond River road Savannah Schofield sent Shenandoah Sheridan Sherman side Sixth Corps soldiers South Southern surrender Tennessee Thomas thousand troops of Gen U. S. Colored Union army Union lines wagons
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Page 13 - Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.
Page 310 - ... designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States...
Page 308 - ... the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. "Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " US GRANT, Lieutenant-General USA"
Page 310 - This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 310 - HEAD-QUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, " April 9, 1865. " GENERAL : " I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. " RE LEE, General.
Page 310 - ... 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 to sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 310 - 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 designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the...
Page 220 - I do not see that you can withdraw from where you are to follow Hood, without giving up all we have gained in territory. I say, then, go on as you propose.
Page 310 - 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 124 - The whole country is one vast fort, and Johnston must have at least fifty miles of connected trenches, with abatis and finished batteries. We gain ground daily, fighting all the time. On the 21st General Stanley gained a position near the south end of Kenesaw, from...