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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 197 89 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1861., [Electronic resource] 32 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 30 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 19 3 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 16 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 16, 1860., [Electronic resource] 14 0 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 14 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 13 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 12 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 10 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
e evident from the following facts: Immediately after the battle of Bull Run, Gen. Lee was sent by the Confederate War Department on a secret expedition into Western Virginia. He passed through Gordonsvile, Charlottersville, Staunton, and Covington. At each of these places he found detachments of troops, which had been sent there and placed under his orders, so that on leaving Covington he found himself at the head of a well appointed force of forty thousand men. With this army he crosseCovington he found himself at the head of a well appointed force of forty thousand men. With this army he crossed the Alleghany Mountains, rested and refreshed his men at Lewisburg, crossed the Flat Top Mountains, and encamped on the banks of the Ganley river. Here he spent some days in drilling and moderately exercising his men, and in getting them accustomed to the manœuvres of brigades and field evolutions. In the meantime, Gen. Floyd, (John B. Floyd, late Secretary of War,) with a column of 15,000 troops, raised in the Southwestern counties of Virginia, had been moving in the same direction. O