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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 162 162 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 119 119 Browse Search
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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 20 20 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 18 18 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 18 18 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Irene E. Jerome., In a fair country 17 17 Browse Search
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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 1: from Massachusetts to Virginia. (search)
f Infantry, see The Record of the Second Massachusetts Infantry, by Rev. A. H. Quint, pp. 298, 514. That Messrs. Wheaton and Motley were very early applicants in April, and that all the others were actively engaged in recruiting companies early in May, there is abundant proof. Among the first to offer aid, person, counsel, and energetic assistance was Wilder Dwight, of Brookline. It was on the eighteenth day of April, 1861, that he first made known, in lines written hastily on a scrap of paree years regiments; but rather to introduce the circular letter sent from Washington to guide governors of States in the selection of officers for these regiments. I wish to show how the virtues of the circular were anticipated. It was dated in May, and advised loyal governors,-- 1. To commission no one of doubtful morals or patriotism, and not of sound health. 2. To appoint no one to a lieutenancy (second or first) who has passed the age of twenty-two years, or to a captaincy over t
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 6: battle of Winchester (continued)—Federal retreat across the Potomac to Williamsport. (search)
hell, roundshot, and canister but the accurate aim of our men of the Second, who from behind the stone-wall and the crest of the hill so annoyed the enemy's gunners that his firing was wild. A Southern account of these two hours of the fight bears testimony to the pluck with which we responded to our enemy's challenge. This part of the contest is spoken of as a fierce cannonade, intermingled with a sharp, rattling fire of riflemen, the smoke of which melted away into the silvery veil of May dews, exhaled by the beams of the rising sun. See Dabney's Life of Jackson, p. 104. General Jackson, it seems, had been an observer of our movements. He is described as having ridden forward with two field-officers, Campbell and another, to the very crest of the hill, and amidst a perfect shower of balls observed the position. It is said that though both the officers beside him were speedily wounded, he sat calmly on his horse until he had satisfied himself of our dispositions. He saw, it