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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 1,756 1,640 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 979 67 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 963 5 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 742 0 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 694 24 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 457 395 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 I. 449 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 427 7 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 420 416 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 410 4 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War News. (search)
f Sunday, the 10th inst, that the enemy were massing their columns against. Fort Stevens, with the knowledge of our weakest point of defence — which was the most alass you," came from a loyal heart as we marched up the road. Arriving at Fort Stevens, in the suburbs of the city, we found a few regiments scattered around in the capital, to the scene. So close were they that one of the gazers from Fort Stevens was shot on the parapet, and the whistle of a bullet was heard close beside trees and underbrush. The beautiful agricultural region under the guns of Forts Stevens and DeRussey was radiant with the glory of the ripening harvest, and the sp the celerity of their retreat. At 4 P. M. the skirmishing in front of Forts Stevens and De. Russey brought us back there. The scattering picket shot had thickbase of operations, concur in the one statement. Their infantry in front of Fort Stevens numbered forty thousand at least. Their artillery was proportionally in hea