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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 200 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 180 0 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 158 42 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 120 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 100 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 96 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 74 2 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 72 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 65 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) 49 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], 100 dollars Reward. (search)
rs since the date of my last letter, except in the extent and character of the enemy's works in and around Chattanooga, and of our own. The town is completely invested on the South side of the Tennessee river by Gen. Bragg's forces. We hold Missionary Ridge in front of the place, Lookout Mountain and the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad on the South side, and the valley between Lookout and the Ridge. We also command the East Tennessee railroad. Indeed, our lines rest upon the river above an line ran northeast and southwest at the commencement of the struggle on Saturday; but, as our left swung round, pushing the enemy before it, its direction became east and west, extending across the valley from the Chickamauga to the foot of Missionary Ridge. The enemy retreated down the valley, crossing the ridge through the pass at Rossville, the former home of John Ross, the Indian Chief, and thence to Chattanooga. It is now believed that our casualties reached 12,000, an unusual propor
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], 100 dollars Reward. (search)
From Bragg's army. Missionary Ridge, via Chickamauga, October 5.--We opened upon Chattanooga at 1 o'clock A. M. from Lookout Mountain and other points along our line, our shells exploding in the enemy's camps as well as in the city, setting fire to a house. The enemy replied briskly from Moccasin Point to our mortars on Lookout, and feebly from the star fort and casemated fort. The firing still continues. It is reported that General Wheeler has captured and burned five hundred wagons belonging to the enemy. [second Dispatch.] Missionary Ridge, via Chickamauga, October 6.--The Tennessee river is rising rapidly. It has swept away the lower pontoon bridge of the enemy and submerged the trestle bridge. Prisoners and deserters confirm the capture of the enemy's wagon train by Gen. Wheeler. Major S. P. Mitchell, Chief Quartermaster of Gen. Longstreet's corps, died last night of diphtheria. Colonel Joe Lewis, of the Sixth Kentucky regiment, has been appointed