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Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 9 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1864., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States. 6 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
ng up a considerable force of supports in their rear. The Yankees occasionally relieve the monotony of the situation in front of Petersburg by throwing shells at the city, and on Saturday last used a fifteen-inch mortar for that purpose. The continuation of this barbarous practice, while it does comparatively little damage and results in no military advantage, stamps the foe with a character for brutality that will live to the latest generations. The observatory, or tower, in Chesterfield county, was elevated to yet more lofty proportions, and completed last week. Its height is now about two hundred feet. Our artillerists occasionally play upon it at a distance, but have not, thus far, succeeded in damaging it. A shot in that direction from one of our guns invariably calls forth a heavy reply from the Yankee batteries. It is reported that there was a spirited artillery duel between the enemy's monitors and our batteries at Howlett's on Saturday. Persons who visited tha