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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 272 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 122 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 I. 100 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 90 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. 84 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. 82 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 82 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 74 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 70 0 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, The Outbreak of Rebellion 70 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway--fifty dollars reward. (search)
rs, they have not even begun to invade the South; but, on the contrary, have lost Missouri and Kentucky, which belonged to them when the war begun — and almost lost Maryland--is it probable that they will be disposed to carry on any longer so hopeless a war? But if we could take Washington, would it be advisable to do so? So far, the North has expended almost all its men and means in defending that city. It has few forces or munitions of war to send to Missouri or Kentucky, or to Western Virginia; but, on the contrary, is continually removing forces from the West to strengthen its capital and increase its Pretonian Guard; so that, no matter what becomes of the Republic, the sacred persons of Lincoln, Scott, and McClellan, shall receive no detriment. The defence of Washington has completely paralyzed the strength of the North. If we take it, Lincoln's body guard of a hundred and fifty thousand will be at once available as a force wherewith to invade the South. Cincinnati a
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway--fifty dollars reward. (search)
The Federal Army in Western Virginia. --The army of Rosencranz lately encamped on Sewell is believed to be about six or seven thousand men. But a small force, uuld defend many of those mountain passes against the whole Federal army in Western Virginia. Such was the impression of mere civilians ignorant of everything perharacter of the people. We knew that in the colonial wars the riflemen of Western Virginia had proved the most valuable and efficient soldiers of the British crown; h was shed on that gloomy disaster blazed from the death dealing rifles of Western Virginia. We did not, however, take into account that a portion of the people of WWestern Virginia would prove faithless to their country, open their arms to an invading horde, and turn their guns upon the heart of, their mother. We did not supposttle. At the same time, it seems to us that a mountainous region like Western Virginia affords but little scope for the ordinary principles of scientific warfare
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Western Virginia. (search)
From Western Virginia. --It will be seen from the following letter to the Lynchburg Virginian, that Gen. Lee expected to make an attack upon Rosencranz about the time the latter's forces slipped away: Sewell Mountain, Lee's Encampment, October 2d, 1861. Mr. Editor: Yesterday evening we arrived here, after five days weary and toilsome march from Jackson river. We are now encamped within two miles of the enemy. From a high hill where our cannon are planted, the enemy's encampment is plain to view. I visited the heights yesterday evening, and viewed the encampments of both armies; and from all the information that I can collect, the enemy has about 15,000 men, (though there are rumors that they have more,) and 20 pieces of cannon, pretty strongly fortified on top of Big Sewell mountain. Our army has 17,000 or 18,000 men and 28 pieces of cannon, and are well fortified on the same heights, within less than two miles of the enemy's camp, on the eastern side of Big Sewe