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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 197 197 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 8 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 8 8 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 7 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 6 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 6 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 6 6 Browse Search
G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army 6 6 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 6 6 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 6 6 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.). You can also browse the collection for March 8th or search for March 8th in all documents.

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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
in pursuit. But they had scarcely broken into a gallop when they encountered a multitude of telegraph-wires reaching from tree to tree across the road. The horses stumble over each other, the men, entangled by this simultaneous breakdown, are unable to extricate themselves, and become exposed in this defenceless condition to the fire of the Southerners, who take leisurely advantage of the success of their ambuscade. This exploit cost the Federals thirty-five men. A month later, on the 8th of March, Mosby signalized himself by a bold stroke of extraordinary audacity. The reader will probably remember that the Virginia attorney, having landed on the 4th of August, 1862, at Aiken's Landing, was the first to carry to Lee the news of Burnside's departure for Alexandria: he was then returning, after an exchange of prisoners, from the Northern prisons, where he had expiated, during two months, the crime of having once slept too soundly near the Federal outposts. Since then he had though
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
had been very active in pushing them forward. The completion of Williams' channel was attended by a great many difficulties. In order to secure the required depth it had been found necessary, after penetrating a layer of black alluvial soil, to attack a very compact substratum of sand and gravel. They had succeeded at last in rendering the channel navigable for a dredge-boat, which, being introduced by means of a narrow deflection, replaced manual labor to great advantage, when, on the 8th of March, the Mississippi broke dawn the dam which protected the entrance of the channel, in spite of all that had been done to strengthen it. In an instant an enormous volume of water rushed forward with such violence that instead of simply traversing the channel it demolished the two levees which had been constructed on its borders. The encampments of the division employed in this work were immediately flooded: every man, abandoning arms and baggage, hurried off as fast as possible before an en