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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 148 18 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 75 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 62 6 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 62 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 40 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 39 3 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 27 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 26 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 25 3 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 25 9 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
hin a short while your faces will be turned homeward, and your feet pressing Tennessee soil.' At this the crowd could control themselves no longer, but gave vent to their joy in the most extravagant manner. President Davis was followed by General Howell Cobb, who, in a few remarks, made many happy hits and convulsed the audience with laughter. General Hood was enthusiastically called for. Slowly rising from his chair, and dashing his hat down like a blushing school boy, the General said: "SolI leave to other men than I. Within a few days more I expect to give the command 'Forward!' and I believe that your are, like myself, willing to go forward, even if we live on parched corn and beef. I am ready to give the command 'forward' this very night.--Good night." The speaking continued until a late hour in the night. The President, Howell Cobb, General Hood and Governor Harris made two speeches.--Senator Sparrow, from Louisiana, made a telling speech to Gibson's Louisiana brigade."