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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 103 5 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 98 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) 89 13 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 81 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 43 9 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 43 1 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 42 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 39 9 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. 37 3 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 36 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], The campaign in Western Virginia. (search)
st regiments and Hennshall's battalion, preparatory to advancing by way of Rocky Gap, and in conjunction with Marshall and Heth marching from different directions, in order to surround the enemy, supposed to be composed of two brigades. One brigade was kept at Princeton, while the other went to the Narrows and took possession of Pearisburg, which Heth so recently drove them from in great confusion. My account of yesterday's proceedings commences with Heth marching from Giles C. H., drivingHeth marching from Giles C. H., driving the enemy; Marshall marching from Tazewell C. H.; while Col. Wharton, with 869 men, and the 1st detachment of the Otey battery, having provided his men with three days rations, takes up his line of march from Rocky Gap, Bland county. Your correard heavy firing in our rear, which the infantry quite as hotly returned. We soon learned that the enemy, who had escaped Heth, had been following us up all day, and were attacking us with a much superior force; but, all praise to the gallant heroes
The Daily Dispatch: May 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], The battle of Lewisburg. (search)
C. H. for several days, were forced to retire precipitately from the town by Gen. Heth, leaving all the commissary and quartermaster stores which they found there u this section had been dissipated, together with the active measures taken by Gen. Heth to disperse them and regain the country thus lost. It is with pleasure that beyond the Court-House, and near the mouth of East river, was the position which Heth was determined to retake, and well was it worth the most resolute trial, for it r prudential reasons, saw proper to fall back to another position, when directly Heth engaged them successfully in their rear. After the above engagements, Heth Heth immediately withdrew his forces, and pushed on to Lewisburg, where the enemy were reported to be in force. He arrived in the vicinity of the town a little after daylr and two sixes. Our forces fell back to Union, burning Greenbrier bridge. Heth was to arrive at Pearisburg to- night, (Monday.) Gen. Loring has gone over their