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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 56 2 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. 55 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 45 1 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 22 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 17 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 15 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 8 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 2 0 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 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
orming party, composed of three brigades, was prepared to do it while the tempest was in full career; and just as the twilight was deepening, the first assaulting column, under General Strong, moved toward the fort. It was composed of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts (colored), under Colonel Robert G. Shaw; Sixth Connecticut, Colonel Chatfield; Forty-eighth New York, Colonel Barton; Third New Hampshire, Colonel Jackson; Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania, Colonel Strawbridge; and the Ninth Maine, Colonel Emory.. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was the first regiment of colored troops organized in a Free-labor State, and its young colonel, anxious to prove the efficiency of men of that race in battle, eagerly sought the post of danger in the front ranks of the assaulting column, notwithstanding his men had arrived only two hours before, after a most fatiguing march, without rest or food, to reach the front. This regiment had been assigned to Strong's brigade at the request of its colonel, and
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 9: the Red River expedition. (search)
he Thirteenth Corps, under General Ransom. General Emory followed Ransom with the First Division hattered columns of Franklin's advance, General W. H. Emory was then approaching rapidly with his fed to that position during the night, with General Emory covering his retreat, and bringing away th thousand men. He formed a line of battle with Emory's division in front, his First Brigade, under nce appeared, skirmishing very cautiously, for Emory had taught them circumspection the previous evwas an evident intention of attempting to turn Emory's right, whereupon the Second Brigade, which omporary possession of four guns on that flank, Emory's right stood firm, until, enveloped on three of Smith's veterans, under General Mower, and Emory's troops, which had been skillfully formed on onfederates were not ready for its execution. Emory was there too soon. His van drove the Confedeme up. A battle-line was then formed, with General Emory and his forces on the right, and General A[3 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 13: invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania-operations before Petersburg and in the Shenandoah Valley. (search)
speedily followed by the divisions of Dwight and Grover, of Emory's (Nineteenth) corps, which had just arrived at Fortress Momoving along that highway. The Nineteenth Corps, under General Emory, followed in the same order, it being the intention of rear from the One Hundred and Thirty-first New York, which Emory had rallied and placed in a projecting wood. This caused they were upon three ridges. Crook's division was in front; Emory's was half a mile behind it; and Wright's, then under the twriter made the sketch, in October, 1866. right and rear of Emory. Kitching's division lay behind Crook's left. The cavalryh many cannon, small-arms, and munitions of war as spoils. Emory vainly tried to stop the fugitives, and keep his own line iby an immediate forward movement. Already, at one o'clock, Emory had quickly repulsed an attack, which inspirited the whole were checked for a moment, when two most gallant charges by Emory's corps, and by the cavalry coming down upon both flanks, s
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Index. (search)
A., in the Red River expedition, 3.253. Ellison's Mill, skirmish at, 2.404; battle at, 2.419. Ellsworth, Col. E. E., death of, 1.483. Emancipation, first act of congress concerning, 2.29; consideration of in Congress and by Lincoln, 2.554-2.558; the Chicago memorial in relation to, 2.558; preliminary proclamation of, 2.558; definitive proclamation of, 2.559. Emancipation Proclamation, effect of on the Confederates, 3.229; firm stand of President Lincoln in relation to, 3.230. Emory, Gen., at battle of Pleasant Grove, 2.258. Ericsson, Capt., John, the Monitor built by, 2.360. Europe, Confederate emissaries at the courts of, 1.565; attitude of sovereigns of in 1861, 1.570; effect in of the news of the battle of Bull's Run, 2.19. Ewell, Gen., surrender of at Sailor's Creek, 3.554. Ewing, Gen. Hugh S., his defense of Pilot Knob against Price, 3.277. F. Fairfax Court-House, Lieut. Tomkins's dash upon, 1.487; McDowell's advance on, 2.586; Col. Stoughton carrie