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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 1,088 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 615 1 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 368 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 312 4 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 272 4 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 217 3 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 201 3 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 190 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 170 2 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 163 1 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 37: (search)
appahannock above Fredericksburg were closely guarded by our cavalry, and the brigade of General W. H. F. Lee was stationed near Port Royal to watch the river above and below. The interval before thderate troops were actively engaged. This number composed about one-fourth of the army under General Lee. The returns of the Army of Northern Virginia show that on December 10, Map: battle of Fredericksburg. 1862, General Lee had present for duty 78,228, and, on December 20th, 75,524 of all arms. Taylor's Four Years with General Lee. Upon being asked what causes he assigned for the General Lee. Upon being asked what causes he assigned for the failure of his attack, General Burnside replied to the Committee on the Conduct of the War: It was found impossible to get the men up to the works. The enemy's fire was too hot for them. Report of h flanks—Fitzhugh Lee's brigade picketing the Rappahannock above the mouth of the Rapidan and W. H. F. Lee's near Port Royal. General Longstreet, with two divisions of his corps, was detached for serv
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 52: (search)
rassed by a small body of cavalry under General W. H. F. Lee, and on their return near Reams's Statishooters. Infantry was hastened forward by General Lee, and the enemy was driven back. This closethe Virginia Canal, kept up the supplies of General Lee's army, so as to secure from him the complie, and, in furtherance of the suggestion of General Lee as to the necessary improvement in the condght up, so that it became too hazardous, as General Lee thought, to go forward or attempt it. So hefore he was ready to make his assault, however, Lee marched with a comparatively very small force, masses formed in open ground in the rear, when Lee withdrew his men back to their entrenchments. a shorter line to Danville than that which General Lee must necessarily follow, and, if Grant dirto put his forces between Danville and those of Lee, it was quite possible for him to effect it. Tht Jetersville, subsequently took up the line of Lee's retreat. His large force of cavalry, and the[27 more...]