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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 452 6 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 260 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 174 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 117 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 107 7 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 89 17 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 85 83 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) 77 1 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 72 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 52 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], From Wilmington. (search)
most awful and tremendous fire. The Yankee troops are landing some four miles above on the sea side. We are all asking where is Bragg? I hear he, with nearly all his forces, is eighteen miles off. Saturday, 14th.--Bragg's forces came down the river, and by land, yesterday. General Whiting telegraphed to Bragg yesterday afternoon that the enemy had landed in heavy force, and imploring him to attack them. The sun has set, and no attack yet from Bragg. Sunday, 15th.--Last night, Fisher was reinforced by sending about one thousand of Hoke's division, in steamers, to the fort. The enemy kept up a slow fire all night; this morning the bombardment is terrific. The fort proper does not reply, but the Mound and Battery Buchanan (commanded by the navy) keep up a steady, and I hope a deadly, fire. But not a spar of the Yankee ships is hit or cut away, as I can discover. It is precisely 3 o'clock. The signal (a shrill whistle) from the fleet is heard, and in one minute the roar