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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 520 520 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 182 182 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 112 112 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 64 64 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 38 38 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 36 36 Browse Search
John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer 31 31 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 28 28 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 27 27 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 23 23 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.). You can also browse the collection for December or search for December in all documents.

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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the naval war. (search)
ederals already occupied Tybee Island, which they contemplated making the base of their operations against Fort Pulaski as soon as the season should permit. The December expedition had found the channel which connects the river with Warsaw Sound strongly barricaded and defended by several works. Captain Davis, with six gun-boatse to precede the siege of Pulaski progressed slowly. Tybee Island, already designated for the erection of breach-batteries, had been occupied since the month of December. Troops were landed on the islands situated to the left of the channel of the Savannah, and one battery was erected on a promontory called Venus Point, the soilated, one at the north and the other at the south. Captain Gillmore, of the Federal engineers, who had been sent to make a survey of the place in the month of December, had proposed to erect batteries on Tybee Island to bombard the fort. It was the only point from which it could be attacked with any chance of success; but this
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Kentucky (search)
lon along the line of railroad in the neighborhood of Gallatin, and as far as Bowling Green. The partisan Morgan had also re-entered the State through the mountains of West Virginia, after having surprised on the 12th of October a small Federal garrison in the town of Augusta, on the banks of the Ohio. Winter had set in, and Bragg took up his quarters between Murfreesborough, MacMinnville and Chattanooga. The two adversaries were destined to remain stationary and inactive till the end of December. The campaign just ended had been commenced two months and a half before by the march of Bragg, who, passing to the left of Buell, had first compelled the latter to hasten to the defence of Nashville, and then to follow him into Kentucky. During this time Kirby Smith, crossing the Cumberland Mountains, had defeated the new Federal levies at Richmond, and occupied the greater part of Kentucky. Bragg, placed between Buell and the Northern States, could have compelled him to fight; but sa
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VI:—Virginia. (search)
position of his army as to avoid being turned in that direction. D. H. Hill's division had arrived in the early part of December from the valley of Virginia, where it had remained until then; it was sent to Port Royal, where it exchanged a few cannon the latter of taking the offensive in a country where all the positions can be easily defended. At the beginning of December the rain had been succeeded by cold, and winter had set in with unwonted severity; then the weather became suddenly mildout as many men as he was ordered to sacrifice, then gave the signal for retreat. Soon after, the extreme darkness of a December night came to put an end to the conflict, and spared the Federals still greater sacrifices by rendering all further atteeing satisfied with holding the enemy's army in check. Lee merely sent off some parties of cavalry at the latter end of December, which proceeded as far as Fairfax Court-house, but were driven back by Stahel's brigade. We shall only encroach, by
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VII:—politics. (search)
forces stationed in Texas during the month of December. As soon as he had arrived he set himself tout the news he received in the latter part of December made him feel the necessity of acting promptlere expected at Galveston in the last days of December. Magruder determined to anticipate their arr the night of the 30th, then for the 31st, of December. On the 28th some bold partisans, acting undre fortunate than he had been. At the end of December the Oreto, now called the Florida, fully equiwas about to expire, during the last night of December, it saw her go down in a storm. The Federa, meets in stated session the first Monday in December of each year. It adjourns when it pleases, atly, when Congress again met, in the month of December, the financial situation, as described in thend finally those of Kentucky and Missouri in December. The permanent government formed under the npublic to convert those that had been issued, December 1, 1861, into government bonds, and, on the [1 more...]