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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 834 834 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 436 332 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 178 2 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 153 1 Browse Search
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies. 130 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 126 112 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 116 82 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 110 0 Browse Search
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) 76 6 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 74 20 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
. From Below Richmond. At eight o'clock yesterday morning our forces advanced on the enemy's lines in front of Fort Harrison. After pushing forward some distance, the enemy sent out a heavy line to meet us, and the columns met about a mile from Fort Harrison. Our troops pressed their attack with great vigor, driving the opposing line in confusion back to their works, inflicting severe loss upon them. On arriving at their entrenchments they made a stand, and, being well supported, ourd eleven of the enemy in one day. A rumor reached the city last night that we had, by a flank movement, isolated Fort Harrison, and that it was now completely in our power, all communication with the main army being cut off. This, however, is dection of the Newmarket road, our extreme right finally resting in front of the line of entrenchments thrown out from Fort Harrison, and about a mile and a half north of it. Our loss was not very severe, as a whole, but some of our best office
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
on. This expedition is an electioneering movement. Its object is to elect Lincoln, not to take Richmond. To be sure, if Richmond could be taken by surprise while he is electioneering for his master, it would be so much clear gain. The lies of the Yankee telegraph and press have been larger even than is usual with them since Grant came to the north side. The populace must be fed with tales of great battles and wonderful victories, and Grant feeds them. For instance, we all know that Fort Harrison was garrisoned by a few hundred men, who abandoned it almost without a struggle. The Yankee newspapers report a desperate conflict, such as the world has not witnessed since the storming of Badajoz. The Confederates performed prodigies of valor, but, of course, the invincible Yankees carried the day. They stormed the dearly-won works at the point of the bayonet and planted the buzzard and gridiron over the dead bodies of any number of our men and three thousand of their own!! Oh! Yank