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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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The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Bragg's Fitness for command--Gen. Joe Johnston's opinion. (search)
ere in its camps. While this feeling exists, and you regard General Bragg as brave and skillful, the fact that some of all of the General officers of the army, and many of the subordinates, think that you might give them a commander with fewer defects, cannot, I think, greatly diminish his value. To me it seems that the operations of this army in Middle Tennessee have been conducted admirably. I can find no record of more effective fighting in modern battles than that of this army on December, evincing skill in the commander and courage in the troops, which fully entitle them to the thanks of the Government. In the early part of January, the country north of Grenada being considered impracticable; I directed Major-General Van Dorn to bring to Gen. Bragg's aid the cavalry of the Mississippi army, except such as Lieut, Gen. Pemberton considered necessary to him.**** I have been told by — that they have advised you to remove Gen. Bragg and place me in command of this army
" loasts were then drunk and responded to. Movements of Confederate agents. Mr. Spence, of Liverpool, the writer on occasion in the London Times, has been addressing large meetings in Glasgow in favor of Southern independence. He urged that England should take the lead in inviting the European powers to intervene in the American war. The Southern Independence Association of Manchester have invited a New York adventurer, Cornell Jewett, to deliver an address before them during December. Jewett accepted, conditional on his not being confined to the subject of the Southern right to independence, nor compromised as a Southern supporter. The European Congress. The reply of Russia to the Emperor Napoleon's invitation to the European Congress was delivered on the 26th of November. It is denied that Russia demands that the programme of the Congress shall be drawn up. Price Gortachakoff has sent an explanatory note with a formal reply to the Emperor. Switzerland se