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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 1,039 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 833 7 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 656 14 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 580 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 459 3 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 435 13 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 355 1 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 352 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 333 7 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 330 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Kentucky. (search)
the command to fall back to our old position. Thus, in an instant, we lost all we had gained in two long hours of hard fighting. In the charge we lost five or six of our brave boys. On reaching the blow of the hill, we gave a shout for Jeff. Davis, resolving to have the field or die. Again we opened fires with double energy. Now the battle raged along the whole brow of the hill. Col. Williams fought like a tiger. Twice the enemy tried to flank him; twice they were repulsed. The ery was likewise placed to a better position, throwing shot and shell with fatal effect. Colonel Trigg's regiment was called forward to reinforce Colonel Moore; but, before they could reach their position, a victory was proclaimed in favor of Jeff. Davis. The enemy's guns were silenced, and, as soon as the Yankees could get off the field, we were left its possessors. Had not night been on us the rout would have been made complete; but the day was gone, we tired and hungry, eight miles fr