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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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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Gordon's assault on Fort Stedman, [from the New Orleans Picayune, October 25, 1903.] (search)
rth redoubts or forts at short intervals connected by a chain of earthen breastworks. One of these forts was located on the right bank of the Appomattox river, and another between the river and the City Point railroad, called Fort McGilvery, one in the New Market racefield, just south of that railroad and of the Prince George Courthouse road, which runs for a few hundred yards alongside the railroad, called Battery No. 9, one at Hare's Hill called Fort Stedman, one further south called Fort Haskell, and one opposite the Crater called Fort Morton. Further south was Fort Meikel, and next to Fort Meikel immediately upon the Jerusalem plank road was Fort Sedgwick. These forts, or redoubts, were much stronger and more formidable than the lines of breastworks which connected them, and were so constructed as to present a hostile front on all sides. At intervals along these breastworks were smaller (unenclosed) fortifications, lunettes. Three of these lunettes were very near Fort Sted
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Closing scenes of the war about Richmond. (search)
s the last and saddest hours of the evacuation, for learning that movements would soon take place in my own command, I mounted at sundown and galloped back to Chaffin's farm. Here I found more of the confusion which I had left in Richmond, but there was only, instead, the unnatural stillness of stealthy preparations. Orders had been received at Division Headquarters to move out as soon as the moon went down, which would be at 2 A. M. The hostile lines were very close at this point, Fort Harrison (Burnham) being only four or five hundred yards from Elliott's Hill, while the pickets were almost face to face; at one place two logs thrown across a path, separated by an interval of a few steps only, marked the limits of the respective beats. An armed neutrality had always been strictly observed, however, and this tacid understanding of the pickets could be as well trusted as a safeguard from Lee or Grant together. It is well known that during the latter part of the war pickets
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Recollections of army life with General Lee. (search)
that presaged death and disaster, were inadequate to supply the demand of the armies and trade. When a railroad was badly damaged, it was seldom repaired, for we had not the material to repair it with, and, for sake of protection, governmental restrictions were thrown around them, limiting the speed to ten or twelve miles only per hour, and it took a nervy crew, indeed, to run a steamboat on Southern inland waters. In the month of August, 1864, I came on furlough from the front at Petersburg, Va., passing through North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, walking many, many miles, as the trains were then in Georgia, laden with the wounded from the front of Sherman. A survey of the country in North Carolina, as glimpsed from the railroad, showed nothing but pine wastes and resin piled at rotten depots. The nearness of North Carolina to Lee's army had well-nigh exhausted its resources. South Carolina, being more remote, and naturally then a richer agric
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Crenshaw Battery, (search)
son, S. K., private, November 14, 1863; served until surrender. Davies, H. L., private, November 17, 1863; lost leg at Burgess' Mill, October 27, 1864. Duncum, D. B., private, July 20, 1864. Dalton, W. C., private, July 22, 1864; served until surrender. Dillard, Isaiah J., private, December 30, 1864. Ellett, Robert, sergeant and 1st sergeant, March 14, 1862; September, 1864, promoted to 2d lieutenant in Chamberlayne's Battery; killed April 2, 1865, in front of Fort Gregg, Petersburg, Va. Emmett, T. A., private, March 14, 1862; killed August 18, 1864, at Archer's farm; buried on battle-field; remains, after the war, were taken up and removed to Winchester, Va. Farrell, John O., private, March 14, 1862; captured at Five Forks, April 1, 1865. Fleming, A., private, October 3, 1862; surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. Feltner, George W., farrier, October 3, 1862. Franklin, Benjamin, private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Fergusson, E. C., pr
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
, James, 380; Lieut. Robert, 275: Captain Thomas, 275. Englehard, Major J. A., 354. Ewing, Master, 330; General Thos. C., 88. Federal, Vessels destroyed, 53, 330 831; Union a compact, 87; vandalism, 27. First shot of the war, 73. Fisher's Creek, Battle of, 166. Five Forks Battle of, 284. Flag, C S., Evolution of 68. Forrest, General 318. Forts, Battery Nine, 20; Grigg, assault of and its defenders , 60, 370; Haskell, McGilvery, Meikei, Morton, Morris Island, Sedgwick, 20; Stedman, 19. Franklin, Battle of, 160. Fredericksburg, Battle of, 282, Friend Thomas R., 356. Fusileer Francaise, 2. Garland, General S., killed, 199. Garnett, Captain James M.. 32, 61. Gettysburg, Battle of, 191, 200, 228, 288, 349. Georgia, Independent flag of, 236. Gibbes, Major, Wade Hampton, 73. Gibson, General R. L., 109. Gilchrist, Major R. C., 6. Gillem, General A. C., 125. Gilmor, Major, Harry, 12. Gilmore, J. R., 53. Gilmer, Colonel, 125. Gladden. Genera