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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 241 7 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 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 217 3 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 208 10 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 169 1 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 158 36 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 81 1 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 81 1 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 72 20 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 71 3 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 68 16 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
y five thousand veteran Virginia soldiers now in his service will leave it in disgust, the people of North Carolina will then revolt against him, his kingdom will fall to pieces, and Nassau or Mexico will be his only chance of escape. The campaign in Virginia. Petersburg is in possession of our forces. An outer line of entrenchments, two miles from the town, was stormed by Gen. Smith on the 15th inst, town, was stormed by Gen Smith on the 15th inst, and the town was occupied by Generals Hancock and Smith the next day. The fact that Gen Grant has been able to get Petersburg so cheaply may doubtless be accepted as an evidence that his passage of the James river had taken Gen Lee by surprise. Had Gen. Lee contemplated the passage of the river as a possibility he would have thrown a large force, if not his whole army, into Petersburg during the two days in which Grant was making his way to the river. He had ample time to reach Petersburg, and it was certainly the point for h