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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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Browsing named entities in Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2. You can also browse the collection for Petersburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) or search for Petersburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) in all documents.

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movement of Butler from Deep Bottom capture of Fort Harrison Ord wounded national advance interrupted Granrren holds his position three rebel assaults on Fort Harrison Butler retains his prize rebels with- draw wiours later, but was then completely successful. Fort Harrison, the strongest rebel work north of the James, waince early morning. He announced the capture of Fort Harrison to Meade, and informed him that rebel reinforcemsuccess of the day was limited to the capture of Fort Harrison in the morning, and a later advance on the right of his forts. Butler also was assaulted, at Fort Harrison, three times during the afternoon. The loss of line north of the James, and Grant strengthened Fort Harrison and turned its guns against those who had constrn from Petersburg to the Richmond front, or from Fort Harrison to Peeble's farm. The superiority in numbers poded the alarm for hours; and when the capture of Fort Harrison became known, the excitement was greater than ev
ched Commands4250428525110466506961832261,042 Br.-Gen. W. N. Pendleton commanding. Staff11211118881616 1st Corps Artill1311772,0893541816872,3112,398357246993,262 3d Corps Artill2431011,86216831751171152,1222,237451,000623,344 Anderson's Artill231661,1961271141222761,3861,46234966122782,752 Total1621111342445,155213084973452865,8276,1131142,690184399,374 Grand total187356029150772257834035351955,57530050302557179134830473568,61473,349302155,630179726,614160,41157,094 station: Petersburg, Va. date:February 20, 1865. Respectfully submitted. (Signed) W. H. Taylor, Assistant Adjutant-General. Respectfully submitted. The Commanding General is in Richmond. (In W. H. Taylor's writing.) General Sheridan to General Grant. Headquarters, cavalry, Dinwiddie court-House, March 31, 1865. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, commanding Armies United States: General: The enemy attacked me about ten o'clock A. M. to-day on the road coming in from the west of Dinwiddie court-house
bilities, 463, 464; reduces his forces to aid Hancock, 505; at Deep Bottom, III., 68, 70; at Fort Harrison, 76; second movement north of James river, 115-122; ordered to New York to preserve order duevacuates Savannah, 306; abandons Columbia, 422; defeat and retreat from Averysboro, 448. Harrison, Fort, captured by Ord, III., 71. Hatch, General, at Franklin, III., 212; at Rutherford creek,rly, 532; relations with Early's campaign, III., 17-24, 38, 80, 84,105; at Peeble's farm and Fort Harrison, 74-80; at Hatcher's run, 114-128; sends Hoke's division to North Carolina, 312; created genucceeds McClernand before Vicksburg, 863; in command of Eighteenth corps, II., 465; captures Fort Harrison, III., 71; wounded, 71; succeeds Butler in command of army of the James, 329; before Petersbruction of railroads leading into, 399, 450; defences of, III., 3-5; alarm in, at capture of Fort Harrison, 78, 79; preparations for evacuation of, 357; entrance of Weitzel into, 536; fall of, 536-54