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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: November 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
e south side of James river, some two and a half or three miles south of Dutch gap. The report was utterly unfounded. From a gentleman who left there late last evening, we learn that not a gun was fired on General Pickett's line yesterday. Butler's canal. This work, while in progress, and all concerning it, cannot fail to be of interest. From persons well acquainted with the geography of Dutch gap, through which the canal is being cut, we have learned some facts which will enable the sloping down to the river on the east. The channel of the river runs against the west side, striking it obliquely. Just off the shore at this point the water is from twelve to fifteen feet deep. The channel being on this side will greatly aid Butler should he ever complete his canal, as had it been on the middle or on the opposite side of the river he would have been obliged to construct a huge breakwater to turn the stream into the canal. We learn he is cutting diagonally through the isthm
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
nd bringing off two guns. Our picket line was advanced here for some distance, and our men still hold their new ground. The correspondent of the Tribune with Butler's army, who described the grand movement of the armies on the morning of the assault, thus draws in his hours: This army made a demonstration on the enemy's, and of the Eighteenth, to probably double that; about half of them, however, captured by the enemy. We make two extracts from a correspondent's letter with Butler's army. Here is what he wrote on the 27th: At this writing, of the first day's operations it is almost impossible to form a correct opinion of the results spersed, giving assurance of a fine day. As the first light appeared the pickets began to exchange shots, which was continued up to ten o'clock, at which hour General Butler appeared upon the field. The results of the Petersburg movement, whether satisfactory or otherwise, depended entirely upon the Army of the Potomac, the movem