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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 538 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 214 0 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 187 39 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 172 0 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. 136 132 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 114 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 83 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 66 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 64 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 53 1 Browse Search
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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
nes' Mill Savage Station Frayser's Farm Malvern Hill In Virginia, Gen. George B. McClellan han Longstreet's right, but Holmes, moving on Malvern hill, saw that he had not force sufficient to at The left and center of our lines rested on Malvern hill, while the right curved backward through a ttack on Porter's position—the strongest on Malvern hill—supported by Holmes, whose small division wr another, to charge across the open and up Malvern hill against nearly one hundred guns, supported tack, he moved up a ravine to the slopes of Malvern hill. The artillery and infantry fire in front brigade. Kershaw took into the advance on Malvern hill 956 men and lost 164. The attack on MalverMalvern hill failed of its purpose, but one thing it did accomplish; the repeated assaults were so gallantility to continue his successful defense on Malvern hill, and gave up the position during the night,ion of Commodore Rodgers' flotilla. With Malvern Hill, Lee's battles with McClellan in front of R[2 more...]<
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
Chapter 7: With Lee in Northern Virginia, 1862 the maneuvers on the Rappahannock Second Manassas campaign battle of Ox Hill. We left the South Carolinians of the army of Northern Virginia in front of McClellan at Malvern hill, whence the Federal army retreated and took shelter under the guns of the fleet at Harrison's landing. The latter, naturally a strong defensive position, the genius and skill of McClellan and his able engineers made a fortified camp, protected by impractibrigade, under Brig.-Gen. Micah Jenkins, with Corse's and Hunton's Virginia brigades, forming the division of General Kemper; and the South Carolina brigade of Brig.-Gen. N. G. Evans, which had joined the army in time to be slightly engaged at Malvern hill. This, an independent brigade, included the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-second and Twenty-third regiments, the Holcombe legion and the Macbeth artillery, Captain Boyce. Kershaw's brigade in McLaws' division was left in front of Richmond;
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
aigns which included the battles of Seven Pines and the series of important actions ending at Malvern hill. Subsequently he was assigned as inspector of artillery and ordnance in the armies of the Coderson, during the retreat from Yorktown, and the battles of Gaines' Mill, Savage Station and Malvern Hill, and other engagements of the Seven Days before Richmond. In the Second Manassas campaign hey another brigade at Frayser's Farm, and continued on duty in spite of his injury until after Malvern Hill. For his gallantry in these battles he was recommended by General Gregg for promotion. Afteosed of Georgia and North Carolina regiments, in the battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, South Mountain and Sharpsburg. In the latter engagement he was shot in the throat, but retolonel in May, 1861. The regiment was ordered into Virginia in time to engage the enemy near Malvern Hill in August, after which it fought at the battle of Second Manassas, losing about half its numb
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
, including Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, FrRoyal, S. C., Gaines' Mill, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, First Fredericksewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Port Walthall Junction, Fort Harrison and he battles of Williamsburg, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Maryland Heights, Sharpsburg, Fredericksbumed through the Seven Days fight, ending at Malvern Hill. When the war closed he was a corporal, harth of the James river he was captured near Malvern Hill, July 25, 1864. A long period of imprisonm Seven Pines, Frayser's Farm, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill and Second Manassas. At Seven Pines he wasWest Point, Garnett's Farm, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Hyattstown, Goulding's Farm, Boonsboro Gad in the battles of Beaufort, Chickahominy, Malvern Hill, Harper's Ferry, Fredericksburg, Chancelloen Days fight, Cold Harbor, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Harper's Ferry, Antietam, and various othe[57 more...]