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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 688 376 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) 183 7 Browse Search
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 138 16 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 99 3 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 93 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 87 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 81 9 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 73 5 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 4: The Cavalry (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 64 4 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 62 4 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daiquiri, (search)
q. v.), commander of the expedition, had accepted the offer of the services of the Cuban troops under General Garcia, he furnished them with rations and ammunition. A number of sharp-shooters, machine-guns, and mountain artillery were landed to aid the Cubans in clearing the hills, after which 6,000 men were put ashore on June 22. The landing was difficult on account of the defective transport facilities, but still the Spaniards could offer no serious opposition, as they were held in check by the Cubans and the shells of the American warships, and also by the feint of Admiral Sampson to bombard Juragua. On June 23, 6,000 more troops were landed, and a division under Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Lawton (q. v.) marched to Siboney (q. v.) in order to give place to the division of Maj.-Gen. Jacob F. Kent (q. v.) While General Shatter conducted the disembarkation, Maj.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler directed the operations ashore. The only losses sustained in this landing were one killed and four wounded.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
Mayor Van Wyck summarily removes Police Commissioners Philips and Hamilton and Chief of Police McCullagh......May 21, 1898 Thirty-nine Spaniards, prisoners of war, arrive in New York......June 3, 1898 First Regiment of New York starts for Manila......July 7, 1898 Secretary Alger orders torpedoes and mines removed from New York Harbor......July 15, 1898 State capitol at Albany officially completed; total cost, $24,244,102.80......Aug. 6, 1898 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the Rough Riders, and 3d United States Cavalry land at Montauk Point......Aug. 15, 1898 Imposing naval parade in New York of Admiral Sampson's victorious Santiago fleet......Aug. 20, 1898 James Samuel Thomas Stranahan, first citizen of Brooklyn, born 1808, dies at Saratoga, N. Y.......Sept. 3, 1898 Admiral Cervera, Spanish naval officer, whose fleet was destroyed by Admiral Sampson, July 3, arrives in New York......Sept. 8, 1898 Forty-seventh Regiment of New York ordered
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheeler, Joseph 1836- (search)
Wheeler, Joseph 1836- Military officer; born in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1836; graduated at thed him. The battle continued until night, when Wheeler, discomfited, moved off in the darkness and ahere was another sharp fight until dark, when Wheeler withdrew and pushed on towards Murfreesboro.his heels, doing all the mischief in his Joseph Wheeler. power. At Farmington, below the Duck Rivrove him in confusion into northern Alabama. Wheeler made his way back to Bragg's army, with a los commanding the Confederates at Atlanta, sent Wheeler, with the greater part of his cavalry, to capk Hood out of Atlanta. This movement brought Wheeler back. After the evacuation of Atlanta, Hood ossed to the north side of the Chattahoochee, Wheeler swept around Allatoona, and, appearing beforeurrender. The little garrison held out until Wheeler was driven away by General Steedman, who camerthern Alabama, by way of Florence. Although Wheeler had destroyed much property, his damage to Sh