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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 39 1 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 10 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 6 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 7 5 Browse Search
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley 5 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 5 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid 4 0 Browse Search
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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 9: from office to office. (search)
hapter 9: from office to office. Leaves West's works on the evening Post story of Mr. Leggett— Commercial advertiser — spirit of the Times specimen of his writing at this period naturlace in the office of the Evening Post, whence, it is said, he was soon dismissed by the late Mr. Leggett, on the ground of his sorry appearance. The story current among printers is this: Mr. LeggetMr. Leggett came into the printing-office for the purpose of speaking to the man whose place Horace Greeley had taken. Where's Jones? asked Mr. Leggett. He's gone away, replied one of the men. Who haMr. Leggett. He's gone away, replied one of the men. Who has taken his place, then? said the irritable editor. There's the man, said some one, pointing to Horace, who was bobbing at the case in his peculiar way. Mr. Leggett looked at the man, and saidMr. Leggett looked at the man, and said to the foreman, For God's sake discharge him, and let's have decent-looking men in the office, at least. Horace was accordingly—so goes the story—discharged at the end of the week. He worked,