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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: May 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War in Virginia. (search)
fought with less spirit than they had done during any of the previous engagements for the past two weeks. The following official dispatch was received at the War Department yesterday relative to the fight on Wednesday evening: Spotsylvania C. H., May 18, 7 P. M.,via Milford, 19th. Hon. J. A. Seddon, Sec., of War: The enemy opened his batteries on a portion of Ewell's line and attempted an assault, but failed. He was easily repulsed. Subsequently he cannonaded a portion of Hill's lines, near Early. The casualties on our side are very few. R. E. Lee. Butler's movements on the Southside does not appear to be very clear. It was asserted yesterday morning, with an air of truth, that he was embarking his troops at Bermuda Hundreds, and that a portion of them had already landed on the Peninsula or North side of James river. This report, however, lacks confirmation, and we are inclined to the opinion that he is lying quiescent under cover of his gunboats.
The Daily Dispatch: May 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], The defeat of Sigel. (search)
ive." We were to be cut off from all communication with the country — our armies for local defence were to be defeated rapidly in detail — raiders were to destroy the subsistence accumulated for the city and for the main army of the Confederacy — Butler was to occupy Petersburg and invest or take Richmond if he could — while Grant was to run over Lee, by mere force of overwhelming numbers, and take Richmond by storm if Butler should leave it for him. There was indeed a Yankee deluge to sweep thiButler should leave it for him. There was indeed a Yankee deluge to sweep this devoted State and submerge this hated city.--The waters had been accumulated, and the floodgates were to be opened from many points at once, and there was no hope, no chance of escape, for we poor rebels, from their raging and overwhelming force. The gates were hoisted, the floods came, and dashed against our bulwarks with all their power, and were resisted and repelled! A few days dissipated all the calculations of the boastful nation that had concentrated its mighty resources for the fina