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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 22 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. 20 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 18 0 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 16 0 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 14 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 12 0 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 12 0 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 12 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 12 0 Browse Search
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he cavalry, under Gen. Pleasonton, pushed as far to the front as possible, and soon in constant contact with the enemy's cavalry, with whom several well-conducted and successful affairs occurred. Partly in order to move men freely and rapidly, partly in consequence of the lack of accurate information as to the exact position and intention of Lee's army, the troops advanced by three main roads that near the Potomac by Offutt's cross-roads and the mouth of the Seneca, that by Rockville to Frederick, and that by Brookeville and Urbana to New Market. We were then in condition to act according to the development of the enemy's plans, and to concentrate rapidly in any position. If Lee threatened our left flank by moving down the river road or by crossing the Potomac at any of the forks from Coon's Ferry upward, there were enough troops on the river road to hold him in check until the rest of the army could move over to support them; if Lee took up a position behind the Seneca near Fred
t was in action! He spent the night in the same house that I did. In the course of the evening, when I had prepared the telegram to the President announcing the result of the day, I showed it to Burnside before sending it off, and asked if it was satisfactory to him; he replied that it was altogether so. Long afterwards it seems that he came to the conclusion that I did not give him sufficient credit; but he never said a word to me on the subject. On the next day I had the honor to receive the following very kind despatch from the President: War Department, Washington, Sept. 15, 1862, 2.45 P. M. Your despatch of to-day received. God bless you and all with you! Destroy the rebel army, if possible. A. Lincoln. To Maj.-Gen. McClellan. The following despatch was also received on the 16th: West Point, Sept. 16th, 1862. (received, Frederick, Sept. 16th, 1862, 10.40 A. M.) To Maj.-Gen. McClellan: Bravo, my dear general! Twice more and it's done. Winfield Scot
nd Stanton, 538-546 ; charged with Pope's defeat, 538. 613; to command Washington only, 549. In Maryland campaign : Seward's visit, 550 ; visits Halleck, result, 550; movements, 549, 550, 553, 554, reasons for 557 ; assumes command, campaign necessary, 551 ; army disorganized. 551, 622 ; tribute to army, 552 ; purpose of campaign, Gen. Lee, 553, 642 ; force, 568, of enemy 569 ; Halleck anxious, misquotes despatch, 555, 556 ; Harper's Ferry affair, Crampton's Gap, 558-565 ; reception at Frederick, 571, 572 ; enemy's movements, 570, 572, 573 ; Lee's lost despatch. 573--South Mountain, 572-583 ; orders, an historical error, tribute to 2d corps, 575 ; tribute to Reno, 578 ; Burnside's action, 583.-Antietam, 584-613; orders, 584; Burnside's conduct. 586, 603, 604, 607-611, 616 ; positions, 587, 588 ; Burnside bridge, 588, 602, 604-Franklin's monograph, 608 ; Sackett's letters, 609-611 ; loss and gain, 617, 623 ; distrust of Stanton and Halleck, 614 ; plans, tired of service, 614, 615