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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 44 14 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 24 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 6 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 2 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 6 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 5 3 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
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 4 2 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 4 0 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 3 1 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 15: operations of the Army of the James around Richmond and Petersburg. (search)
Smith,--claimed to be the ranking officer, did say to him (Davenport) for the evident purpose of creating the impression that such claim was made by Hancock, that Hancock's arrival had left him (Smith) the junior officer; that he had, however, before leaving to return to me, ascertained the fact that Hancock had made no claim to command the movement by reason of his greater rank, but on the contrary had waived his rank and was relieving Smith's troops in the line with his own men. Upon Davenport's report that Smith refused to obey my orders to renew the attack and purposed losing the advantages the presence of the Second Corps gave him as well as the prestige of success he had gained, with a night as bright and clear as a nearly full moon could make it, I sent Davenport back for the third time with directions to find Smith personally and say to him that I peremptorily ordered an immediate night attack to be made with all his force. This order Davenport was unable to deliver until
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
o, 872; Halleck's report of, 872; McClellan's orders, 873. Grant, Gen. U. S., Halleck's order, 873; thinks Butler hostile to him, 873-874; in Personal Memoirs, 874-875; carries instructions to Sherman, 876; orders Meade to Burkville, 876; on Davenport's report, 900; believes Lee must surrender, 901; in Personal Memoirs, 902; reference to, 903; Sherman's report to, 913; as president, 925; the Alabama claims in, the administration, 966. Grant, Mrs., 854, 860. Grant, Colonel, 860. Greeley,ives at Petersburg, 691; attempts to recover Fort Harrison, 737; Grant's fears in regard to, 827; at variance with Longstreet, 879; depletion in army of, 879; acknowledges mistakes at Gettysburg, 879; tribute to Mahone at state dinner, 881-887; Davenport's report of army, 900; crippled by want of reinforcements, 901, 902; reference to, 628, 629, 630; 645, 646, 647, 686, 688, 703, 705, 735, 831, 858. Lee, Fitzhugh, attempts the capture of Fort Pocahontas, 669-670. Lefferts, Colonel of Seve