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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 19. the siege of Suffolk, Virginia. (search)
cial data is out of the question. But information is at hand from which an approximation can be made. Lee's Army. New York Tribune, May 18, 1863, estimates 50,000 New York Tribune, March 26, 1861, estimates 49,700 New York Herald, March 26, 1864, estimates 64,000 Southorn history (Pollard's) gives 50,000 Hooker's Army. New York Times gives 159,800 Southorn history gives 100,000 to 150,000 New York Tribune, March 26, 1864, gives 123,300 The editor of the Times March 26, 1864, gives 123,300 The editor of the Times had the very best opportunity for getting reliable data, and there are many reasons for accepting his figures as nearest the true ones. This paper explodes the idea that any material portion of Longstreet's army was transferred to the fields of Chancellorsville. No such theory is entertained in any quarter now; but in the smoke of that disaster it was mooted. These figures show where the rebel pressure really was, and attest the good conduct of the soldiers and sailors at Suffolk, under t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Hooker's and Lee's forces. (search)
cial data is out of the question. But information is at hand from which an approximation can be made. Lee's Army. New York Tribune, May 18, 1863, estimates 50,000 New York Tribune, March 26, 1861, estimates 49,700 New York Herald, March 26, 1864, estimates 64,000 Southorn history (Pollard's) gives 50,000 Hooker's Army. New York Times gives 159,800 Southorn history gives 100,000 to 150,000 New York Tribune, March 26, 1864, gives 123,300 The editor of the Times March 26, 1864, gives 123,300 The editor of the Times had the very best opportunity for getting reliable data, and there are many reasons for accepting his figures as nearest the true ones. This paper explodes the idea that any material portion of Longstreet's army was transferred to the fields of Chancellorsville. No such theory is entertained in any quarter now; but in the smoke of that disaster it was mooted. These figures show where the rebel pressure really was, and attest the good conduct of the soldiers and sailors at Suffolk, under t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 103 (search)
Doc. 26. amnesty to insurgent enemies. war Department, Adjutant General's office, Washington, August 8, 1864 1. The attention of commanding officers of departments, districts, military posts, and detachments, is called to the following paragraph in the Proclamation of the President, dated the twenty-sixth of March, 1864, defining the cases in which insurgent enemies are entitled to the benefits of the Amnesty Proclamation of the eighth of December, 1863: It (the amnesty) does apply only to those persons who, being yet at large and free from any arrest, confinement or duress, shall voluntarily come forward and take the said oath, with the purpose of restoring peace and establishing the national authority. From various departments and districts information has been received by this department that insurgent enemies in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, have endeavored, fraudulently and treacherously, to obtain the benefits of the President's amnesty by ta