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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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of officers promoted to the additional regiments. That the term of enlistments made and to be made in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two in the regular army, be for the period of three years, and those to be made after January one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to be for the term ofhe less ability you have. Mr. Nesmith's amendment was rejected. Mr. Nesmith moved to strike out three years, and insert five years, for enlistments in 1861 and 1862. He moved the amendment, he said, to secure uniformity in enlistments. He thought, if there had been a loyal army, these difficulties would never have occurred. from the quartermaster's department, was stricken out. Mr. Holman moved an amendment to muster out soldiers with their regiments or batteries who were enlisted in 1862 and 1863, with assurances that they were only to fill the unexpired term of their regiments or batteries; and the amendment was agreed to — yeas, ninety one; nays,
; and for this disaster, and for the blood of these comrades, this committee say I am responsible. I place these facts by the side of their report, perfectly willing to abide by the verdict which the public will pass upon me. William B. Franklin. notes. The correspondence which follows shows the grounds upon which I based my assertion that General Burnside formally and earnestly requested the President to remove Mr. Stanton and General Halleck from the positions which they held in 1862-63. Now, there is no excuse which can justify a statement of the kind made by General Burnside to his Generals on this subject, and the effect upon some of them was more damaging than would at first sight appear. Having entire confidence in the truth of his statement, they looked upon him as a man whose boldness in bearding the lions in their den, entitled him to a certain admiration, but who had been destroyed by this very boldness. They considered him a doomed man, and that the end o
A proclamation.State of Louisiana, Executive Department, New Orleans, December 29, 1862. By an executive order, dated on the twentieth day of October, A. D. 1862, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, has constituted an United States Provisional Court for the State of Louisiana, and appointed the Hon. Charles A. r on behalf of the government by its officers. Of these some of the most attractive were those of maritime prize, and those arising under the Confiscation acts of 1862. Numbers of these were presented for consideration at an early day. The Court immediately decided that it had not jurisdiction in cases of prize, holding that, alction for such purposes, and it declined to entertain them. Suits in considerable number were also brought on behalf of the United States to enforce the laws of 1862 for the confiscation of the property of those who had taken active part in the rebellion. In answer to these proceedings, it was insisted that the court had not j
y men. The next morning not a sign of the Abolition fleet was to be seen in the upper waters of Broad River. I have the honor to remain, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, C. J. Colcocke, Colonel, commanding. headquarters Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Charleston, S. C., December 12, 1863. Report of the Casualties in the command of Brigadier-General W. S. Walker in the affair with the Abolitionists at Pocotaligo and Yemassee, October twenty-second, 1862. name.rank.Company.killed, wounded, and missing. C. PetersPrivateNelson Va. BatteryKilled. John F. FulcherPrivateNelson Va. BatteryKilled. Wm. A. ThackerPrivateNelson Va. BatteryKilled. Thomas J. AllenPrivateNelson Va. BatteryKilled. E. E. Jefferson1st LieutenantNelson Va. BatteryWounded slightly F. T. Massie2d LieutenantNelson Va. BatteryWounded slightly George C. EgglestonSergeantNelson Va. BatteryWounded severely J. W. EgglestonSergeantNelson Va. BatteryWounded severely C. W. C
bsistence. Captain J. H. Miller, commanding Fourth Kentucky regiment. Colonel Crossland, Seventh Kentucky regiment. Major J. C. Wickliffe, of the Fifth Kentucky. Privates John Thompson, Company H, and J. M. Byrd, Company G, Fourth Alabama battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, of the Nineteenth Tennessee regiment. Adjutant Fitzpatrick, Twenty-second Mississippi regiment. T. B. Smith, Report of Brigadier-General M. L. Smith. Headquartter Third District, Vioksburg, August--, 1862. Major M. M. Kimmel, A. A. G.: Major: The following report of the attack and defence of Vicksburg is respectfully submitted to the Major-General commanding the District of Mississippi: I assumed command of Vicksburg and its defences on the twelfth of May, in obedience to orders from Major-General Lovell, and proceeded at once to prepare for the approach of the enemy, then known to have passed Baton Rouge with a formidable fleet, having in view to open the river to Memphis and Fort Pillo