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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 127 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. 83 7 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 75 15 Browse Search
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 57 1 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 56 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 51 7 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 46 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 39 15 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. 38 0 Browse Search
Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States 36 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], The "Occupation" of Galveston. (search)
The "Occupation" of Galveston. There seems to be a wrong impression on the public mind relative to the "situation" at Galveston. The Island of Galveston is a strip of land from three to ten miles from the main land, thirty miles in length, andGalveston. The Island of Galveston is a strip of land from three to ten miles from the main land, thirty miles in length, and from one to three miles wide. The city of Galveston is situated on the eastern end of this Island, and extends to within a mile and a half of the extreme eastern point of the Island.--Around this point is the channel to the harbor, which lies nortGalveston is a strip of land from three to ten miles from the main land, thirty miles in length, and from one to three miles wide. The city of Galveston is situated on the eastern end of this Island, and extends to within a mile and a half of the extreme eastern point of the Island.--Around this point is the channel to the harbor, which lies north of the city. Within this harbor, and abreast of the city, lies the Federal vessels with their guns double-shotted pointing at the town. This is all the possession they have got of it. They have made no permanent landing, and really to-day have nGalveston is situated on the eastern end of this Island, and extends to within a mile and a half of the extreme eastern point of the Island.--Around this point is the channel to the harbor, which lies north of the city. Within this harbor, and abreast of the city, lies the Federal vessels with their guns double-shotted pointing at the town. This is all the possession they have got of it. They have made no permanent landing, and really to-day have no more possession of the city than have our forces. A few miles west of the town is the railroad bridge, two and a half miles in length, connecting the island with the main land. Our forces hold the bridge, with batteries on both sides, and we