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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 33 5 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 29 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 22 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 19 19 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 16 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 14 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 11 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 11 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 10 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 9 5 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
ents being attempted for some days to come. But we consider it likely that Grant will make some effort to mar the pleasure of the forthcoming soldiers' New Year's dinner, unmindful of the fact that we permitted his troops to stuff themselves in quiet on the occasion of their Thanksgiving dinner. From Southwestern Virginia. We have received some particulars of the capture of the salt works by the Yankee raiders. They were attacked about one o'clock on Tuesday by the whole force of Burbridge, numbering about five thousand. The fight was kept up all the evening mainly with artillery, our forces being commanded by Colonel Ro. T. Preston, and numbering, it is said, not more than three hundred and fifty. When night sat in, they still held their own; but, under cover of the darkness, the Yankees succeeded in reaching Fort Breckinridge, one of the main defences of the place, in overpowering numbers, and captured it. Colonel Preston deeming it impracticable to hold the works longer