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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
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 25 25 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 23 23 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 21 21 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 20 20 Browse Search
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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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], From Petersburg. (search)
l not be exacted from such as give themselves up to the United States military authorities. "By command of Lieutenant-General Grant. "T. S. Bowers, "Assistant Adjutant-General." As giving you a view of the situation from a Yankee standpoint, I subjoin a part of a letter from "the Chronicle's special." It shows that they rely for success very greatly on holding the Weldon road — miserable deception: "near Petersburg,"September 2, 1864, 7 A. M. "We have entered upon the fifth month of this terrible campaign. General Grant could not have supposed the obstacles first met after crossing the Rapid Ann would so long have resisted his powerful blows. He avoided them on one side to meet them vis-a-vis. to-morrow. Commanders of more feeling and less determination would have despaired of overcoming difficulties which seemed insurmountable, and gone to protect Washington, or have the causes for the failure of their late campaign investigated. "If Grant was deceived
The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ugh discipline prevailed at last over fierce fanaticism and patriotism more than Spartan. Moscow fell, but not until she had exacted from those who trod the path that led to her gates a toll of 50,000 men. We could not but think of this great event yesterday, when, under a sun resembling that of Borodino, we read, for the first time, in Stanton's bulletin, that Grant still required one hundred thousand additional troops to insure him the capture of this city. He started to take it last May with one hundred and forty thousand men. This same Stanton continually assured the Yankee public that he would sweep everything before him. He fought not one, but a series of bloody battles, in every one of which he was repulsed with enormous slaughter, and in every one of which Stanton claimed a victory, proved Stanton's assertions to be falsehoods by ceasing "to fight it out on this line," and crossing the river, after having lost more than one hundred thousand men; sat himself down before