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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 68 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 45 1 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 40 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 34 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 27 11 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 26 2 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 26 4 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 24 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 20 4 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 18 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Southwestern Virginia--the salt works Considered safe. The raiding column which, on Wednesday, burst into Southwestern Virginia, are still in motion, having met with no check. They are believed to consist of five thousand mounted men, under Stoneman. It will be recollected we stated yesterday that, on Thursday morning, at 9 o'clock, they had reached Glade Spring, taking the people there by surprise and capturing all of the railroad employees, with one exception; and that at last accounts, works, have, by this time, we think, discovered that position is safe from their attack; for we are glad to be able to state that it is held by a first-rate general and an abundance of troops to hold it against any force the Yankees can muster. Stoneman, if he be indeed, as we think, commander of the raiders, has also discovered that his sudden irruption into Southwestern Virginia was not entirely unexpected by our military authorities, although he did catch the citizens and railroad people asl
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
. Skirmishing goes on daily, and on the 13th the Confederates dismounted several guns in Fort Negley by their artillery fire. A telegram from Louisville, dated the 12th, says: A loyal gentleman, whose trustworthiness is vouched for, says he is at Sparta, Tennessee, with about ten thousand men. This gentleman speaks of what he knows, and the fact indicates that Breckinridge intends to reinforce Hood, and, if possible, to reach the main rebel army; but the position of our troops under Stoneman and Burbridge indicates that he will have difficulty in forming a junction with Hood. A correspondent of the Boston Advertiser, writing from Nashville, gives the following Yankee opinion of General Hood's operations: A rumor prevails that Hood has been reinforced by a part of Price's army; but the chief of General Sherman's staff, who approves or, "permits" all telegraphic news, does not believe it. His theory is, that Hood will probably attack us, and that he is the worst bambo