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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 260 260 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 18 18 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 11 11 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 7 7 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 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 7 7 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 6 6 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 5 5 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 4 4 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) 4 4 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 4 4 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: November 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army of the Potomac. (search)
they arrived here, and, together with six companions taken in the fight at Leesburg, will be sent on to Richmond in the morning. The village of Fairfax looks quite deserted, but few of the citizens remaining in their homes. The houses have not been disturbed by our pickets, who are now in the village, and all kinds of property has been respected by them. But one house has been disturbed, and that was on account of a note that was found in it. It was as follows: "Fairfax C. H., Oct. 1861. "Will Gen. McClellan please occupy this house as his headquarters, and protect the property of those forced to leave? "His old friend an acquaintance, "Mrs. Bailey." I give the note from memory, but believe it is correct. It was certainly very indiscreet in Mrs. Bailey, if she be loyal at heart, to underscore the word forced, as if to make it appear she was a martyr, driven from her home against her will. I believe none of the citizens were ordered away from the town