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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 286 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 82 0 Browse Search
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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 58 24 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 54 0 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 47 1 Browse Search
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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 37 1 Browse Search
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XXIV (search)
, on the middle road, about two and a half miles west of the Valley pike, and discovered that Early's infantry was at Fisher's Hill, where he had thrown up behind Tumbling Run earthworks extending clear across the narrow valley between the Massanutter's Ferry, or, moving along the base of Massanutten Mountain, could attack my flank in conjunction with the force at Fisher's Hill without a possibility of my preventing it. Neither Wilson's cavalry nor Grover's infantry had yet joined me, and t day the enemy's skirmishers withdrew to Tumbling Run, his main force remaining inactive behind the intrenchments at Fisher's Hill waiting for the arrival of Anderson. The rumors in regard to the force advancing from Culpeper kept increasing evined its corps at the crossing of the Opequon. This affair demonstrated that Early's whole army had followed us from Fisher's Hill, in concert with Anderson and Fitzhugh Lee from Front Royal, and the two columns joined near Winchester the morning o
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter II (search)
I Pursuing Early a secret March Fisher's Hill a great success removal of Averell the until the cavalry discovered him posted at Fisher's Hill, on the first defensive line where he coul convinced me that the enemy's position at Fisher's Hill was so strong that a direct assault would al Wickham, was sent to Milford to prevent Fisher's Hill from being turned through the Luray Valleyy in hot pursuit. Battle-field of Fisher's Hill, Virginia. Sept. 22nd 1864. Midway between Fisher's Hill and Woodstock there is some high ground, where at night-fall a small squad endeavoreetrate the Luray Valley. The battle of Fisher's Hill was, in a measure, a part of the battle ofhis withdrawal then to await the result at Fisher's Hill would have been justified, but it does notr in pursuing the enemy in the flight from Fisher's Hill, and in fact had gone into camp and left t following the enemy when he was broken at Fisher's Hill (so there was not a cavalry organization l
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter III (search)
n consequence of the arrival of the enemy's infantry at Fisher's Hill, and the receipt, the night before, of the following ded him to believe, on the night of the 13th withdrew to Fisher's Hill; so, concluding that he could not do us serious hurt frt everything was all right, that the enemy was quiet at Fisher's Hill, and that a brigade of Grover's division was to make a ops that had turned Early's flank at the Opequon and at Fisher's Hill, I ordered them to be pushed forward; and the alacritynd hence off their line of retreat through Strasburg to Fisher's Hill. The eagerness of the men soon frustrated this anticiprasburg, the pike makes a sharp turn to the west toward Fisher's Hill. and here Merritt uniting with Custer, they together fnvalescents and other absentees, had moved quietly from Fisher's Hill, in the night of the 18th and early on the morning of tnandoah River directly east of the Confederate works at Fisher's Hill, march around the northerly face of the Massanutten Mou
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IV (search)
ing the Confederates out of the Valley the battle of Waynesboroa marching to join the Army of the Potomac. Early's broken army practically made no halt in its retreat after the battle of Cedar Creek until it reached New Market, though at Fisher's Hill was left a small rear-guard of cavalry, which hastily decamped, however, when charged by Gibbs's brigade on the morning of the 20th. Between the date of his signal defeat and the 11th of November, the enemy's scattered forces had sufficientlzed Confederates. General Torbert being absent on leave at this time, I did not recall him, but appointed General Merritt Chief of Cavalry, for Torbert had disappointed me on two important occasions — in the Luray Valley during the battle of Fisher's Hill, and on the recent Gordonsville expedition-and I mistrusted his ability to conduct any operations requiring much self-reliance. The column was composed of Custer's and Devin's divisions of cavalry, and two sections of artillery, comprising i