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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 66 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 44 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 39 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 28 0 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 25 1 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 19 1 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. 18 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 14 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 12 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 10 0 Browse Search
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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
n commanding ground. The outworks covered the Dover road, by which alone communication could be haat the Furnace, half way to Fort Henry, on the Dover road. The country was at this time almost eke position on the roads to Fort Donelson and Dover, where they could intercept either reenforcemeter, took a position north of the forks of the Dover road, in a dense wood (my order being to retre fort. The other brigades were to move by the Dover road, halting at the same distance, and form aand, one brigade was ordered to be thrown into Dover, about two miles south of Donelson. The stret bank of the Cumberland, north of the town of Dover, on a peculiarly rugged and in, accessible se miles from the river, and covered the town of Dover. The slashing was continued between the riflean creek, and the line ran around well towards Dover on the right; on account of the overflow, it dth a view to sending a force above the town of Dover, to occupy the river bank. At three o'clock[1 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Appendix to chapter II. (search)
If so, you will land and rapidly occupy the road to Dover, and fully invest the place, so as to cut off the re to reenforce Fort Henry, also from Fort Donelson at Dover. If you can occupy the road to Dover, you can preveDover, you can prevent the latter. The steamers will give you the means of crossing from one side of the river to the other. It i sent forward to break up the railroad from Paris to Dover. The bridges should be rendered impassable, but noton on the roads from Fort Henry to Fort Donelson and Dover. It will be the special duty of this command to pHenry, will follow as rapidly as practicable, by the Dover road and will be followed by the troops from Fort Herigade of the Second division should be thrown into Dover to cut off all retreat by the river, if found practi him that my headquarters will be for the present in Dover. Have the white flag hoisted on Fort Donelson, noneral Buckner to General Grant. headquarters, Dover, Tennessee, February 16, 1862. To Brigadier-General Grant