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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 18 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 10 0 Browse Search
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 9 1 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 5 1 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 4 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 2 0 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 11: military operations. (search)
our fleets were both above and below the town — it might have been starved out in twenty days, as Grant a year afterwards captured it by starvation of its forces, after he had lost many men in assaults, and from the unhealthiness of the region. Ellet with his fleet had captured Fort Pillow; and the river would have been opened from St. Louis down to the sea, if Halleck had complied with Farragut's request. This was Farragut's letter:-- aboard flag-boat, above Vicksburg, June 28, 1862. Mtance. Can you aid me in this matter to carry out the peremptory order of the President? I am satisfied that you will act for the best advantage of the government in this matter, and shall therefore wait with great anxiety your reply. Lieutenant-Colonel Ellet, who has kindly offered to co-operate with me in any way in his power, has also offered to send this despatch to you. I remain, with respect, your obedient servant, D. G. Farragut, Flag-Officer Commanding. War Records, Vol. XV., p.
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
son, 733-734; gallant defence of Fort Harrison, 737; reference to, 817, 858, 859, 894. Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, departure from Boston, 174-175; in Philadelphia, 183-184; at Havre-de-Grace, 188-190; ignorance regarding cooking, 196; orders issued to, 197-198; march to Washington, 202-203. Eighth Vermont Regiment, 496; reference to, 895. Eleventh New York Battery (Hancock's), reference to, 703. Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, 898. Eliot, president of Harvard College, 976. Ellet, Lieutenant-Colonel, captured Fort Pillow, 455; offer to co-operate with Farragut, 456. Ellison, Richard, maternal grandfather, 44. Elwell's Corps, 652. Emigrant Aid Society, 132, England, ability of its peerage, whence derived, 34; Butler's youthful prejudice against, 48; secret sessions of Parliament, 119; barons could not write, 121; execution of Charles I., 122; abolishes slavery in Southwestern American colonies, 130; armed Indians in Revolution, 215; conduct of in Trent episo