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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 48 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 32 12 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 23 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 18 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 15 1 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 5 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 5 1 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
Lieut. I. D. Paul (39th Mass.) ; Capt. W. H. Harley and Lieut. F. G. Ogden (58th Mass.) and Lieut. G. J. Morse (59th Mass.) In the expedition on the south side of James River, in the battle of Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church, May 9-10, General Heckman's Star Brigade, including several Massachusetts regiments, had an extremely arduous experience. All the hardships incident to four days and nights under a drenching rain, without shelter of any kind, so close to the enemy's lines that but o picket or skirmishing all the time, were borne without murmurs or complaint. Official War Records, 68, p. 158. (Report of Col. Orson Moulton, lieutenant-colonel commanding 25th Mass.) In this battle Colonel Pickett was brigade commander, General Heckman having been taken prisoner. For other reports of the Massachusetts officers, see Official War Records, 68, pp. 155-160. Outflanked and surrounded, finally, they fired until their ammunition was gone, then charged in vain, then retreated in