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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 12 8 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 12 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 11 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 10 10 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 8 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 4 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 27, 1862., [Electronic resource] 7 7 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1862., [Electronic resource] 6 2 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 6 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1862., [Electronic resource] 5 5 Browse Search
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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 4 (search)
d of whose powerful batteries he designed to reduce the strong place at Yorktown, and then push a force immediately upon West Point, at the head of the York River, thus turning the line of defences on the Warwick. But, upon applying to Flag-Officer Goldsborough for the co-operation of the navy, he was informed by that officer that no naval force could be spared for that purpose, as he regarded the works to be too strong for his available vessels. McClellan: Report, p. 79. It is due to say, that Commodore Goldsborough proffered the co-operation of a naval force, provided Gloucester Point should be first turned by the army. Report on the Conduct of the War, p. 632. The second project was to land a heavy force in the rear of Gloucester Point, turning Yorktown by that method, and opening up the York River. This task he had assigned to McDowell's corps, which was to be the last to embark at Alexandria, and which should execute this operation in case the army should find itself e
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
rd day, 357; battery positions on the third day, 357; the Confederate column of attack, 358; Pickett's assault on Cemetery Ridge, 359; the panic of Pettigrew's raw troops, 359; surrender of Pickett's troops, 361; Wilcox's attack on Hancock, and its failure, ends the battle, 362; Lee's shattered army returns to its lines on Seminary Ridge, 363; Lee remains a day at bay before retreating, 363; the retreat of Lee, 363; losses on both sides, 363. Glendale—see Newmarket Cross-roads. Goldsborough, Admiral, and the navy at Yorktown, 104. Grant's overland campaign, 402; appointed to command all the armies, 403; his theory of action, 404; establishes headquarters with the Potomac army, 405; on concentric operations, 410; orders for advance beyond the Wilderness, 417; his opinion of manoeuvring, 440; his reason for withdrawing from the North Anna, 477; observations upon, 489; I propose to fight it out on this line, 490; his theory of hammering considered, 494; on Smith's delay to atta