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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 309 19 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 309 19 Browse Search
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant 170 20 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 117 33 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 65 11 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 62 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 36 2 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 34 12 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 29 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 29 3 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Affairs in the Valley — the capture of Yankees in Hardy County. (search)
ited States, in which country murder, so long as the victim is a Confederate, is considered an accomplishment, and has attained the dignity of one of "the fine arts." A Yankee correspondent informs the World of great and terrible things that Butler intends to do if the Confederates retaliate for murders committed by his officers. --He says it will be a day of sorrow for the Confederacy when they do that thing. We have no doubt he means what he says, and that he would cause to be massacred any one Yankee villain's life taken in retaliation for deeds of blood. Having murdered deliberately one innocent man, he is capable of murdering ten thousand, provided they have not arms in their hands. The correspondent also announces that, in Butler's opinion, the refusal of the Confederate authorities to permit themselves to exchange prisoners on his terms will kindle just such a fire at the North as was aroused by the fall of Fort Sumter, and that multitudes will rush forward to take Richm
The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Norfolk. (search)
embracing merchants, farmers, soldiers, citizens, women, and negroes. The "O. D." says it has leaked out the exact number of rebels now in the field is 190,000. Butler has appeared in a new character — that of founder of a Magdalene Asylum on Craney Island. The paper says: We are informed that Gen. Butler is contemplatingGen. Butler is contemplating, if he has not already accomplished, a grand reformatory, industrial, and charitable enterprise, whereby the "social evils," which are so numerous in these two cities, may be transformed into social blessings. It is said that the number of fallen women now in Norfolk and Portsmouth, who make a living by their shame, is not less td; This appears almost incredible; but the effect of war, it must be remembered, is "horribly demoralizing." Be that as it may, however, it is now reported that Gen. Butler intends transporting all these unhappy women to Craney Island, where they will be furnished with sewing to do for the soldiers in this department, and enabled t
The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Rumored Removal of Beast Butler. (search)
Rumored Removal of Beast Butler. A report was in circulation yesterday in the city that Beast Butler had been removed from his command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and that Burnside had been appointed in his stead. What foundation there is for the report we are unable to state, as we were unable to trace it to any authentic source. Rumored Removal of Beast Butler. A report was in circulation yesterday in the city that Beast Butler had been removed from his command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and that Burnside had been appointed in his stead. What foundation there is for the report we are unable to state, as we were unable to trace it to any authentic source.