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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 335 89 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 300 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 283 1 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 274 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 238 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 194 0 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. 175 173 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 124 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 122 0 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. 121 1 Browse Search
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the usurping authority of the royal parliament, and against that of the royal governor who failed to obey her orders and protect the colony against Indian outrages, and endeavored to rule without consent of the people. Her Governor Spotswood, who came in 1710, was by far the most prominent figure of his time in the American colonies. In 1714 he established the first blast-furnace for the manufacture of iron, on the bank of the Rappahannock, within the afterward famous battlefield of Chancellorsville. He was the first, in 1716, to lead an expedition across the Blue ridge into the famous Shenandoah valley, and in 1730 became the deputy postmaster-general of all the colonies. When the French and Indian war of 1750 began, and France claimed the territory drained by the Ohio, Virginia had a young Washington to send on a diplomatic errand to the French, at the head of that river; to lead her citizen soldiery, in 1754, in the unequal combat of the Great Meadows, and in 1755 to save fr
s of the Federal army, the Fifth, reached Chancellorsville during the night of the 29th, and by sunscLaws, were moved to within four miles of Chancellorsville, and these, just before noon of May 1st, ushed in dismay along the turnpike toward Chancellorsville, sweeping all organizations along with thpeedily crumpled up and drove back toward Chancellorsville, but two miles away. Many prisoners weref the field of combat to within a mile of Chancellorsville, and covered the junction of the numerous where that crossed the road leading from Chancellorsville to either Ely's or the United States fordnoise of Jackson's battle until it neared Chancellorsville; but when the nearby sound reached Lee, h attack on Hooker and drive him back from Chancellorsville toward the Rappahannock. Captain Wilbo Hooker in his intrenched position around Chancellorsville, and saying to his staff, as he mounted htance. Lee, late in the day, returned to Chancellorsville and gave orders to again concentrate his [24 more...]
he could not replace, Lee did all in his power to follow up the victory of Chancellorsville by an aggressive movement on the army of the Potomac. But for his meagerl blow. He had urged this view upon President Davis before the campaign of Chancellorsville, and had asked that troops might be drawn from the more Southern States to the whole length of the scene of his recent victories at Salem church and Chancellorsville; followed by Ewell, who with eager interest scanned the field of victory aumble followers and supporters here, can't stand another Fredericksburg or Chancellorsville. From Williamsport, on the 25th, where Longstreet was crossing the Potoy had again won over the Federal corps that they had so recently routed at Chancellorsville, and they were eager to follow in pursuit of the 6,oco Federals remaining otecting their flanks, and joining in the filial onslaught, as they had at Chancellorsville. By 9 o'clock, Pickett and Pettigrew were in line, on Seminary ridge, a
ld fields of unsuccessful Federal venture. Looking eastward, Mine run and Chancellorsville were in sight. Beyond, in mental vision, he could see Salem church and thok of the Federal camps, Lee turned to these officers, and pointing toward Chancellorsville, said, that in his opinion, the Federal army would cross at Germanna or atancock's corps, crossing at Ely's ford, had encamped on the battlefield of Chancellorsville, whence a good highway led southward, by way of Spottsylvania Court House,s its men were cooking their suppers, as was Hooker's right when struck at Chancellorsville, and quickly routed a mile of Sedgwick's line, capturing 600 of his men agwick, withdrawing from Ewell's front after dark, was to march eastward to Chancellorsville, and then southward to Piney Branch church, and Burnside was to withdraw from Hill's front, and, marching to the eastward of Chancellorsville, then turn south, thus covering the road to Fredericksburg, in his rear, along which Grant was sen
suffered severely. His division lost at Chancellorsville 1,860 men out of about 6,000, including 8ded his brigade at Fredericksburg, and at Chancellorsville, on the first day, where the Second and Took pride in witnessing. At the field of Chancellorsville he led the advance of the flank movement, shown upon the fields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In September, 1862, he wion and promised to repeat the victory of Chancellorsville, when Longstreet fell, as Jackson had falh Lee's brigade, which he commanded after Chancellorsville at Beverly's ford and Aldie. He took parneral Elisha Franklin Paxton, who fell at Chancellorsville while leading the Stonewall brigade, was but two great battles, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. At the former engagement he handled hist his side. As he rode down the lines at Chancellorsville, the commander of an army, and the succes the wounding of Colonel Gardner; also at Chancellorsville, where his command lost 140 men out of a [4 more...]