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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 16 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 10 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 10 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 8 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. 6 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 6 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 4 0 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 4 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: June 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Situation in the West. (search)
commence the rich prairie lands, where every drop of water for man and boast is obtained from wells of great depth. This belt of country presents almost as effectual a barriers to the advance of an invading army as would a desert, or the Journey of Death so graphically described by Mr. Benton in one of his speeches upon the boundary of New Mexico. At Columbus, the supply of water is abundant. In addition to the springs and wells with which the circumjacent county abounds, there is the Tombigby river, from which any quantity can be easily obtained. Columbus is about 120 miles below Corinth, and has a branch railroad, fourteen miles in length, heading out from the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. It is situated in a rich, fruitful, and well-watered country, and is tha seat of a wealthy and intelligent population. It hardly seems possible for Halleck to keep his army at Corinth. Before he get possession of the place he found it necessary, according to reports, to supply his troops wit