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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 38 2 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 37 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 36 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 30 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 27 3 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 26 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 25 9 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 22 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 20 0 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 19 1 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.). You can also browse the collection for Buford or search for Buford in all documents.

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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
ng to ignorance of the care necessary to preserve the animals, the soldiers found themselves dismounted after a few days' campaign, and even obliged to go into cantonments. This was the principal cause of the protracted inefficiency of the Federal cavalry. Besides, the difference between the regiments commanded by an experienced colonel and those whose chiefs were ignorant of their profession was, at first, even greater in the cavalry than in the infantry; and officers like Averill, Gregg, Buford, and Farnsworth in the army of the Potomac, and Sheridan, Kautz, and Kilpatrick in the West, who subsequently achieved so much distinction, became at first noted for the excellent condition of the cavalry troops placed under their respective commands. The division formation of these various arms was effected in a nearly uniform manner. In the army of the Potomac four regiments, or battalions, constituted a brigade, with an effective force of from 3200 to 3500 men on taking the field. A
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ecomes general. Most of the Federals have never been under fire, but they bear themselves bravely, owing to the example set to them by their chief. Grant, McClernand, who, although a general, is making his first essay in war, Colonels Logan and Buford, who were afterwards to achieve so much distinction, are all in the thickest of the fight. The Confederates, closely pressed, are soon driven out of the woods, but they gain courage behind their abattis and defend themselves resolutely. The Federals, on their side, find shelter in the forest, which is sufficiently near to the enemy's positions to enable them to direct a well-sustained fire upon him; then, rushing to the assault, they carry everything before them. Buford is the first to enter the entrenchments and drive out the Confederates, who fly in great disorder. They are pursued from all directions through their camp, and their six guns fall into the hands of the assailants. The latter, elated with their success, think the bat