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[Inclosure.]
Return of casualties in Brigadier General D. R. Jones' division, September 14-18, 1862.
Killed. Wounded.
Brigades. Officers. Enlisted Officers. Enlisted
men. men.
Toombs'. 3 13 14 108
Drayton's. 11 ... |
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cumstances the regiment maintained its position for two hours, when the enemy had gotten in our rear from the right, and had also passed beyond us on the left, and was pressing with vigor with ten times our number immed... |
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left flank into the wood, which I did. My skirmishers (the right wing of the Georgia Regulars, Captain [R. A.] Wayne commanding), not having the command to change direction, had continued moving by the flank, and uncovered my front. Having... |
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and their ammunition being now almost exhausted, Colonel Cooke, very properly, gave the order to fall back, which was done in the most perfect order, after which the regiments took up their former position, which they c... |
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the Fifth Texas being on my right and First Texas on my left, and, about 7 a. m., were ordered to advance. I received no order as to which was the directing battalion, but, advancing diagonally to the right through the woods, we entered th... |
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Numbers 266. Report of Major John A. Harman, C. S. Army, Chief Quartermaster, of captured property during the second and third quarters, 1862.
LIST OF PROPERTY CAPTURED AND TURNED IN TO THE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER VALLEY DISTR... |
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therefore returned to Harper's Ferry. After much difficulty I found the quartermaster in charge of the captured guns, and found he had been busy removing them, and in so doing had mismatched the caissons, limbers, and guns to such an extent... |
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I do not consider a forge necessary now for Captain Carpenter, as he can use Captain Poague's. One is needed, however, by Captain Raine and one by Captain Cutshaw. I do not consider that Captain Caskie needs a forge, as ... |
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position. This brigade was very much reduced, having suffered terribly on the 17th, and a considerable number of the men being just returned from the hospitals, were without arms, and, without knowing the particulars of the affair, I am sat... |
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[Addenda.]
Return of casualties in Taliaferro's brigade at the battle of Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.
[Compiled from nominal list.]
Killed. Wounded.
Command. Officers Enlisted Officers Enlist
men. . edmen.
47th Alabama 1 9 5 3... |
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GENERAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 64.
Richmond, Va., August 10, 1864.
I. The following roll of honor is published in accordance with Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 131, 1863. It will be read to ev... |
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SEPTEMBER 6-16, 1862.-Campaign in the Kanawha Valley, W. Va.
EVENTS.
September 6, 1862.-Lorin's command moves from The Narrows.
10, 1862.-Action at Fayetteville.
11, 1862.-Skirmishers at Cotton Hill, Gauley (or Miller's) Ferry... |
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and blockade the road which leads to the river from Raleigh down Loop Creek, and guard the same until after Colonel Sibers' command had passed by that point, which he did. At 3 a.m., on the 11th, I ordered Lieutenant-Colon... |
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The National Historical Society seeks to expand and enrich knowledge of the American past and, through its programs and services, to bring its members a fuller appreciation and deeper understanding of the people and events that came to create the great history that ... |
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vania Cavalry. I proceeded on the Warrenton turnpike, through Gaines -ville and New Baltimore; found on my way thither no traces of the enemy, although I had the country patrolled on my right and left flanks for about 1... |
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Numbers 14. Report of Colonel thomas W. Egan, Fortieth New Volunteers, Near White's Ford, Md., October 19, 1862.
I beg leave to submit the following report of the proceedings of myself and command on Sunday, the 12th instant:... |
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HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON,
October 13, 1862-1.20p. m.
Brigadier General GEORGE STONEMAN, Poolesville:
Anticipating a dash of Stuart's cavalry in this direction, the General-m-Chief has ordered everything to be ... |
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Numbers 9.-Lieutenant Colonel James S. Fillebrown, Tenth Maine Infantry, of affair near Snickersville.
Numbers 10.-General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, of action at Corbin's Cross-Roads, near Amissville.
Numbers 11.-Major General ... |
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35 prisoners of war, who were taken from Captain Hunter and Curll's company. They state, also, that Captain Hunter and Lieutenant Milling and Lieutenant Gallagher are prisoners in the rebels' hands, who will not let them go until they ... |
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BALTIMORE, MD., September 3, 1862.
Honorable E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
From Colonel Miles: Jackson, it is said, is outflanking Pope, and his army is within 7 miles of Leesburg. He further says that Captain Cole re... |
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UPTON'S HILL, VA.,
September 4, 1862 - 2.30 a. m.
Major General GEORGE B. McCLELLAN:
Evidence accumulates that the main body of the rebels have gone in the direction of Leesburg.
J. D. COX,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.... |
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men. A regiment of cavalry, with two light pieces, rapidly handled, would account for all the demonstration I could see with my glass, but there may have been more. General Pleasonton's cavalry being ordered away, we shall not have cav... |
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WASHINGTON, D. C.,
September 9, 1862-11.15 a. m.
Governor CURTIN:
Your telegram respecting the troops in Carlisle Barracks will be answered by the General-in-Chief, to whom you will apply for instructions in relation to military opera... |
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for immediate use, and nearly, if not quite, half of the blankets. The medical officers applied themselves to their duties with an energy and devotedness worthy of all praise, and it was only when completely exhausted that they ceased ... |
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, September 11, 1862.
Governor CURTIN, Harrisburg, Pa.:
I have telegraphed to General McClellan to send General Reynolds here, to take command in Pennsylvania. General Wool was assigned yesterday, but has been... |
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[Inclosure.]
Comparison of field return of officers and men present for duty in Hooker's corps, September 18, 1862, with morning report made September 22, 1862.
September 18, 1862
Infantry Artillery Total
Offi- Men Offi- Men Of... |
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mander and surgeon, I ordered the acting medical director to have a thorough medical inspection made of the Fourth Ohio Volunteers.
The inspecting officer reports that not more than 190 men can safely be sent into the field, and it i... |
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In reply, I beg leave to report that, upon my arrival at Hagerstown, on the night of the 19th instant, I was ordered by Brigadier-General Reynolds, U. S. Volunteers, in command of Pennsylvania militia, to move out to the Williamsport... |
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Martinsburg on Saturday, at 2 p.m., in direction of Romney; am not prepared to say that this is reliable. I am also advised this morning that the enemy is moving from the Kanawha toward Clarksburg, the front of their column, ... |
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ties. He is sending reconnoitering parties, and will soon report the foundation for these probably exaggerated reports. The Fifth Virginia, which was irregularly furloughed en masse by General Milroy, is collecting at Ceredo. Cranor ha... |
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different States, they would add greatly to our strength. Our stragglers are being daily collected, and that is one of the reasons of my being now stationary. How long they will remain with us, or when they will again disappear,... |
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the men distributed by Colonel Brown among the retained companies of his regiment.
IV. The four companies of Major Jones' battalion will be formed into two. The officers of Captains Wimbish's and Turner's batteries are relieved fr... |
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have been killed (Generals Branch and Gregg), and others are leaving, and will not be available. I waive any claim I may have to officers my peers in rank, but will take a court composed of officers of any degree.
Very r... |
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Freeman's and Roberts' batteries out on the Franklin pike 5 miles. The Abolitionists were in ambush with four regiments of infantry, twelve pieces of artillery, and a battalion of [William B.] Stokes' cavalry, commanded by Brigadier-Gen... |
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One hundred and sixth Ohio, was shot, and soon expired. He was a brave and noble young man. Lieutenant Jacob Dewald, my aide-de-camp, was very active in carrying my orders to all parts of the field. And, in conclusion of this part of ... |
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quickly surrounded by the then otherwise wholly disengaged aggregate force of the enemy. A part only made their escape across the road, and saved the regimental colors by tearing them off the staff and hiding them on their persons.
Wi... |
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On the 5th instant, Hanson's brigade, of Breckinridge's division, was moved forward on the road toward Hartsville, and halted at Baird's Mills, a point nearly due east from Nashville, and half way to Hartsville, where it was joined by... |
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their names as Captain George [G.] Knox and Lieutenant-Colonel Dickinson, who represented themselves as belonging to the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, a part of which command was near by. The reason assigned for his detention was... |
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Soon after going into camp, General Fry arrived and assumed command of all the troops in the vicinity of Columbia, and ordered the pursuit to be resumed, which order was countermanded at a point 3 miles beyond Columbia. The result... |
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Isaac P. Gray, on the Burkesville road, south of Green River, with instructions to each to give battle, and, if overpowered by largely superior forces, to skirmish the way back to Woodsonville, sending couriers often to my headqua... |
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No. 87.-Lieutenant Colonel George F. Elliott, Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry.
No. 88.-Colonel John F. Miller, Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, commanding Third Brigade.
Numbers 89.-Lieutenant Colonel William D. Ward, Thirty-seventh Indiana ... |
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Numbers 236.-Colonel W. L. L. Bowen, Florida Infantry.
Numbers 237.-Major John T. Lesley, Fourth Florida Infantry.
Numbers 238.-Colonel Joseph A. McDowell, Sixtieth North Carolina Infantry.
Numbers 239.-Colonel T. B. Smith, Twentieth... |
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back to my assigned position in reserve, and remained till late in the afternoon, when the commanding general in person ordered me to the left as re-enforcement. I then marched my command at a
double-quick and arrived on t... |
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Nolensville pike, half mile south of Nolensville, Tenn. After marching about 2 miles, the battery was ordered forward with the brigade, which was advancing in line of battle on the right of the pike, cannonading being hear... |
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General summary of killed, wounded, and missing in the Second Brigade, Second Division [Right Wing], in the battle before Murfreesborough, Tenn., on December 31, 1862.
Taken into action Field officers
Command Field Company... |
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Lieutenant Parsons, of the Fourth U. S. Artillery, who was in the thickest of the fight near my position all day, is also deserving of the warmest consideration of the Government for the efficient manner in which his battery was maneu... |
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checked by Colonel Grose and a portion of Negley's division, and the several batteries from the point occupied by General Cruft's brigade. It was difficult to say which was running away the more rapidly, the division of... |
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did not suffer severely. At 4 p.m. the fire of the enemy's musketry ceased, while that of their batteries continued until the close of the day.
Before twilight I sent details to collect and bury my dead upon the groun... |
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Numbers 134 Report of Colonel Walter C. Whitaker, Sixth Kentucky Infantry.
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH KENTUCKY INFANTRY,
Battle-field of Stone's River, Tenn. January 6, 1863
The undersigned, Walter C. Whitaker, colonel commanding Sixth Kentuc... |
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double column in reserve) was ordered to take position in the first line of battle, its left resting on the right of and near the Murfreesborough and Nashville turnpike, with two companies deployed as skirmishers about... |
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and right, soon silencing the enemy's fire, when, finding that we had no support on either flanks or rear we again withdrew to the rising ground between the pike and railroad. We then were ordered by Captain Mendenhall to take positio... |
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HDQRS. ELEVENTH REGIMENT KENTUCKY VOL. INFANTRY,
January 6, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to report the part my regiment (Eleventh Kentucky Volunteers) took in the engagement of January 2, 1863.
Having crossed the river the morning of J... |
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resting about 100 yards from the river, the Ninth Kentucky Volunteers, which were first formed on our right, being moved to the left.
About 10 o'clock we were ordered to recall our skirmishers and recross the river, wh... |
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the low ground. We then went to the point near the ford, where the artillery was stationed, and, while examining that, Major-General Rosecrans arrived at the same point. In a few moments a messenger from the front arrived from the fro... |
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY BRIGADE, In Camp near Murfreesborough, Tenn., January 6, 1863.
LIEUTENANT: I herewith have the honor to report the part taken and the work performed by my brigade since our departure from Nashville until th... |
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morning with my command and the Second East Tennessee, which reported to me that morning, via that road to the Franklin road, at which crossing we encountered the enemy's pickets and drove them in. Sent a party of the Fo... |
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Stokes, we engaged a strong party of the rebel cavalry southeast of the Nolensville pike, and after a sharp engagement put the enemy to flight.
On the following day, while under the same command, we encountered the enemy... |
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on Wednesday morning, my officers and men, without one exception, behaved with great coolness, and are entitled to much credit for the determined and successful effort in preventing a disgraceful rout of a large portion ... |
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Numbers 196. Report of Colonel John H. Savage, Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry.
JANUARY 8, 1863.
The following report of the conduct of the Sixteenth Tennessee Regiment in the battle before Murfreesborough, December 31, 1862, is respect... |
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[CHAP. XXXII.
ordnance officer; Lieutenant Darragh (severely wounded). Captains Martin and Coleman, of my volunteer staff, were active and efficient. The former had his horse killed under him.
Drs. J. F. Heustis and [John E.] Pendle... |
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[CHAP. XXXII.
HEADQUARTERS BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION,
Near Hoover's Gap, Tenn., May 6, 1863.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:
SIR: Early in April last,* and immediately after reading General Bragg's official r... |
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[CHAP. XXXII.
my front faltered and gave way under the well-directed fire and continued advance of my brigade, and I had strong hopes of success, and pressed the command forward, but the enemy was promptly re-enforced; and, finding ... |
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the Triune road; and with a narrow opening on the right of this lane there was on either side a cedar glade. The brigade advanced into the glade, and, passing it under a warm fire on the right wing, it entered a wide corn-fi... |
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the brigade was halted, the right resting near a cedar thicket. Here a severe fire was opened upon us by the sharpshooters of the enemy, wounding several of our men and creating some little confusion. We here deployed a company as ski... |
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ing Saint Cloud to the front and left thereof, from which they fired this morning; that the operations of to-day are simply for reconnaissance and to bewilder us, and also, if possible, to do injury by the destruction of property a... |
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