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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 12 12 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 10 10 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 8 8 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 7 7 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 7 7 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 4 4 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 3 3 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 3 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 2 Browse Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union 2 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], Scenes at a flag of truce. (search)
Scenes at a flag of truce. In the Trenches, Near Petersburg, Va., Aug. 4, 1864. To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch: As you have been furnished with accounts of our brilliant "Little affair" of Saturday last by abler writers than your humble servant, I will not undertake to give another description of that day's performances; but if you deem these scraps from my notebook of any interest to yourself or readers, they are respectfully submitted. Early yesterday morning (Monday) a truce was granted the Yankees for the purpose of burying their dead, who were lying just in front of our works in heaps; and already the fumes from their black and swollen corpses were rendering our position almost "untenable"--more so by far than could their artillery and Minnie muskets. Accordingly, at 5 A. M. firing along the lines was suspended, and operations begun. Curiosity caused the men of both sides to cluster on their respective sides of the flag, and officers and men who had so lon