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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 309 19 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 309 19 Browse Search
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant 170 20 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 117 33 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 65 11 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 62 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 36 2 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 34 12 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 29 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 29 3 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 31, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
the War News — Butler sending troops down the River — skirmishing in Hanover — official Dispatch from Gen. Jo. Johnston--capture of a Newspaper correspondent — his dispatches.&c. All remains quiet on the Southside. An official dispatch received at the War Department yesterday states that Butler is sending troops dButler is sending troops down the river in transports. This is supposed to be for the purpose of reinforcing Grant, since there is no evidence of any intention to evacuate Bermuda Hundred. It is stated that the enemy have felled the woods in the vicinity of Marius Gilliam's farm, in Chesterfield county, in order to command an unobstructed view of thencountered a strong force of the enemy's cavalry about five miles north of Hanover Court-House. It consisted of troops from South Carolina, and formed a part of Butler's command. The enemy were dismounted, and had selected a most advantageous position, under the cover of thick woods, from which it was extremely difficult to dr