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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 452 6 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 260 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 174 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 117 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 107 7 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 89 17 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 85 83 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 77 1 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 72 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 52 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
arious. Meanwhile reinforcements, which should have reached here sixty hours sooner, began to arrive. The situation, though not desperate, had now become extremely critical; and consequently General Bragg determined to clear the road to Fisher and re-open communications by land with the garrison. This he succeeded in doing yesterday, as well as in pushing the enemy back upon the beach, where they were huddled together under their fleet. I neglected to say that every available man was thrown into Fisher on Sunday night, or sent down to Sugarloaf Hill, on the mainland.--All places of business were closed, and every man who could carry a musket vine sent to the field. It was the situation of the enemy that had now become critical. Having failed to carry the fort, and having been driven back upon the beach, if a gale should set in the a few days and communication with the fleet be cut off, be must either surrender or perish for want of food. It is reported that General B