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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 211 5 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 174 24 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 107 1 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 63 1 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 47 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 42 34 Browse Search
A. J. Bennett, private , First Massachusetts Light Battery, The story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery , attached to the Sixth Army Corps : glance at events in the armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah, from the summer of 1861 to the autumn of 1864. 38 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 37 7 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 37 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 36 10 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], The "official" report of McClellan (search)
bbath afternoon I resumed my march for James river, but the serenity and calm of that holy day was broken in by the rebel McLaws, who attacked me in a most barbarons and uncivilized manner. We fought him until dark, when disgusted with the atrocious conduct of McLaws, I resolved to leave him and continue my march to James river. I used the same happy expedient of making signal lights by burning my stores. I left near the battle-ground some two thousand of my sick and wounded, directing Gen. Sumner to destroy all medical and commissary stores at Savage Station. It is difficult to conceive how the rebels can sustain this new burden. In my official report to the Hon. Secretary of War. I would earnestly call the attention of the Rev. Mr. Beecher, and the Puritans of New England, to the fact that I was attacked on the holy Sabbath day by that godless rebel McLaws. Such a thing was only of weekly recurrence at Sebastopol. On the 30th, I let the rebel Jackson and D. H. Hill ta