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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 35 5 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 8 4 Browse Search
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 4 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 4 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 23, 1864., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1860., [Electronic resource] 2 0 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. 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fatal accident. (search)
ish fleet of four vessels, carrying ninety-two guns, and five hundred and ninety men, aided by a land force of twenty artillerists with two cannon and seven hundred and thirty infantry. Notwithstanding this immense disparity of force, the enemy was completely foiled, one of his largest ships entirely destroyed, and eighty-five men killed and wounded, whilst the American loss was only eight or nine. Again, in 1814, a battery of one four-pounder and two eighteen-pounder guns, at Stonington, Connecticut, repelled a British fleet of one hundred and thirty-four guns. In consequence of exhausting their ammunition, only one of the American guns was used during a part of the engagement, yet the ships were so much injured that they were compelled to withdraw with a loss of twenty killed and more than fifty wounded, whilst the loss on our side was but two killed and six wounded. Our readers are all familiar with the miserable attempt to attack Baltimore in the same year. The Britis