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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 1,239 1,239 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 467 467 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 184 184 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 171 171 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 159 159 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. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 156 156 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 102 102 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 79 79 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 77 77 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 75 75 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], The flag of Truce. (search)
er! The Emperor Napoleon III is having a magnificent yacht built as a present for the Emperor and Empress of Mexico. Calcutta, as it has grown larger, has been getting worse and worse. It is fast becoming a vast cesspool; every variety of filth accumulates in the streets; the natives are horribly dirty in all their habits. People who have not been to the East can form no conception of their dirtiness; five thousand corpses are annually thrown into the river, and are washed up and down among the shipping. Who can wonder that disease hangs over the place like a cloud? The area under cotton cultivation in the central provinces of India has increased from 419,465 acres in 1862-'63 to 579,475 acres in 1863-'64. The gaming bank at Spa has just issued its returns of winnings for last year, which reach the magnificent sum of 1,567,147 francs. Mr. Hughes ("Tom Brown") will, it is stated, be brought forward as a candidate for Southwark at the next general election.
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The situation at Mobile. When the Yankee fleet was approaching this city in the spring of 1862, at the same time that McClellan was advancing from the Peninsula — before Drewry's Bluff had spoken in thunder to the ironclads, and while it was still in doubt whether the river could be sufficiently obstructed in time to prevent the enemy from reaching a point from which he could shell the city — a meeting of citizens was held at the City Hall to decide upon the best thing to be done under the circumstances. After several persons had spoken, Governor Letcher was called on. He responded, and his words were full of encouragement: "We were told that if we did not surrender the city the Yankee fleet would shell it. Let them shell and be d — d," said the Governor — This brief and energetic, although profane, exclamation, operated like a whole shower of electric sparks. The crowd burst into a perfect storm of applause. The whole- city caught the contagion. The Legislature, to their et