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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 942 140 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. 719 719 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 641 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 465 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 407 1 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 319 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 301 1 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 274 274 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 224 10 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. 199 1 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 39: (search)
rd his sick and wounded, successfully withdrew his army across the Pearl River, moved toward Brandon, and continued the march as far as Morton, about thirty-five miles from Jackson. The enemy followed no farther than Brandon, which was reached on the 19th, and manifested no higher purpose than that of arson, which was exhibited on a still larger scale at Jackson. Thus, within the first half of July, our disasters had followed close upon the heels of one another. Though not defeated at Gettysburg, we had suffered a check, and an army, to which nothing was considered impossible, had been compelled to retire, leaving its opponent in possession of the field of battle. The loss of Vicksburg and Port Hudson was the surrender of the Mississippi to the enemy. It was true that gunboats had run by our batteries, but not with impunity, and some of them had been sunk in the attempt. Transports for troops, supplies, and merchandise could not, except at great risk, use the river while our ba
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 41: (search)
ifferent commands were ordered to proceed to Gettysburg. This march was conducted more slowly than n of Hill's corps, met the enemy in front of Gettysburg on the morning of July 1st, driving him backement; the opposing force was driven through Gettysburg with heavy loss, including about five thousasity of entering into it. The position at Gettysburg was not the choice of either side. South frf the column did not leave its position near Gettysburg until after daylight on the 5th. The march sons and causes which produced my success at Gettysburg would have operated in his favor there, and Rappahannock. The strength of our army at Gettysburg is stated at 62,000 of all arms. Four Years General Meade, in reference to his force at Gettysburg, said, Including all arms of the service, myas the amount of my losses and casualties at Gettysburg—over twenty thousand of them had been put hoto secure our independence. The position of Gettysburg would have been worth nothing to us if our a[3 more...]
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
ral, 426. G Gaines, Dr., 115. Gaines' (gunboat), 173. Galena (gunboat), 85. Galveston, Texas, capture and recapture, 196-98. Gardner, General, 333, 352. Garfield, Colonel, 15. Garland, General, 279. Garnett, General, 266, 377. Gary, General, 563. Geary, General, 88. Geddes, Colonel, 52-53. Geneva Conference, settlement of U. S. claims against Great Britain, 236-37. Georgia, reconstruction, 630-32. Georgia (cruiser), 221, 237. Germantown (frigate), 164. Gettysburg, Pa., Battle of, 355, 370-78. Ghent, Treaty of, 1815, 7. Gillmore, General Q. A., 65, 533. Gilmer, Gen. J. F., 25, 175, 428, 534. Extract from letter to Col. W. P. Johnston, 51-52. Gilmore, James R., 515-16. Gist, General, death, 489. Gladden, General, 46. Glassell, Commander W. T., 175. Gleason, William, 200. Goggin, Major, 454. Goldsborough, Commodore, 69, 82, 86. Gordon, Gen. John B., 435, 437, 449, 452, 453,454, 557, 558, 563. Attack on Fort Steadman, 552; letter to L