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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 172 16 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 152 0 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 120 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 113 3 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 107 3 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 106 6 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 106 14 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 102 2 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 89 15 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 68 2 Browse Search
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s who inhabited North America when it first became known to Europeans. Throughout the West, notably in the Scioto and Miami Valleys, mounds of earth thrown up in elevated positions are found which were evidently designed for this purpose. The permanent nature of the fortifications and the character of the entombed remains suggest that the region was at one time inhabited by a nation or nations more numerous and possessing a higher degree of political organization than their successors. Fremont speaks of the signal-fires lighted by the Digger Indians and other aborigines inhabiting the margin of the great basin inclosed by the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, to warn their neighbors of the progress of his party. General Custer, in the Galaxy for July, 1874, thus describes the process:— First gathering an armful of dried grass and weeds, this was carried and placed upon the highest point of the peak, where, everything being in readiness, the match was applied close t