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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 166 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 142 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 104 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 94 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 94 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 72 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 64 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 64 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. 53 1 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 2: Two Years of Grim War. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 52 0 Browse Search
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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 16: Dana returns to Washington (search)
ville, and that he should have a new cipher whose meaning no operator could guess out. The next day he called attention to the fact that if Bragg should make a serious effort to march into Kentucky, this army will find itself in a very helpless and dangerous condition, that it has on hand but two days rations for the troops, that the mountain and bottom roads north of the river might any day be made impracticable by a little rain, that a fatal mistake had been made in the abandonment of Lookout Mountain to the rebels against the earnest protest of Granger and Garfield, that they were unquestionably right, and that Rosecrans, who is sometimes as obstinate and inaccessible to reason, as at others he is irresolute, vacillating, and inconclusive, pettishly rejected all their arguments, and the mountain was given up. It is difficult to say which was the greater error, this order or that which on the day of battle created the gap in our lines. At any rate, such is our present situatio
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 17: campaign of Chattanooga (search)
ay for future victories. We arrived at headquarters after dark, and at once reportedly Hooker's exposed position, urging that he should be ordered to withdraw to the bridge that night. We pointed out that his camp was within cannon-shot of Lookout Mountain, and that the enemy would doubtless fall upon it in force before daylight. Grant was both provoked and anxious. He had but a poor opinion of Hooker at best, and neither the incident at Stevenson nor our report had diminished his anxiety. hom he neither regards with confidence nor respects as a man. Altogether, Grant feels that their presence here is replete with both trouble and danger. As I was detached the same afternoon with orders to examine and fortify the passes in Lookout Mountain, I knew nothing of this despatch till my return to headquarters several days later. It was then communicated to me by Rawlins and Dana in response to the appeal I was making at the time to secure promotion for Porter. My promotion, to take
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)
to Louisville, 301. Liberty of the press, 400. Lincoln, 102, 110, 127, 130, 162, 165, 168, 178, 181-183, 190, 197, 198,--200, 203, 210, 219, 227, 238, 245, 249, 277, 285, 290, 296, 300, 303, 309, 311-317, 332, 337, 351, 354, 356-359, 383, 396, 488; assassination of, 358, 359. Little River, 322. Logan, General, 223, 246. Logan, Judge, 190, 199. Long Bridge, 326, 329. Longfellow, 56. Longstreet, General, 255, 257-262, 264, 286, 287, 294, 296, 297, 298, 300, 301, 319, 338. Lookout Mountain, 270, 284, 285, 291. Lookout Valley, 254, 274, 283, 285, 291. Losses in Virginia campaign, 387. Louis Napoleon, 62-64, 76-78, 86, 87; election of, 88, 398. Louis Philippe, 62, 64. Louisville, 254, 276, 277, 301, 366. Lovejoy, Owen, 101. Lowell, poet, 51; Colonel, 336. Lyford, Stephen D., 302. Lynchburg, 330, 331. M. McClellan, General, 170, 178, 188, 189, 310, 343, 350, 474. McClernand, General, 199, 200, 210, 211,218,219,221-223,226-228, 236, 238, 245. McCoo