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The Daily Dispatch: July 13, 1863., [Electronic resource] 14 0 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 14 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 2 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 12 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 12 0 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 11 5 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 1, 1863., [Electronic resource] 11 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1863., [Electronic resource] 9 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1861., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General . 8 4 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
tance, and which are now in possession of the military here — an amusing incident occurred. Lieut. Miller, ordnance officer of Gen. Grandall's command, hearing that Jeff. Thompson was in Pocahontas,he guard; who told him he could not get in unless he was an officer.--"I am an officer," replied Miller, "and must go in." He passed in and saluted Jeff., remarking, "All you've got some Feds, I I have," replied Jeff, "and a d — d big lot of them, too!" Just then Captain Gentry walked up to Miller, and said "you are my prisoner!" "Aint you joking?" asked Miller, still believing Thompson was "Miller, still believing Thompson was "in command." "Aint he joking, General," appealing to Jeff. "Yes," replied the latter, "but it's a coutounded serious joke." Then the truth flashed on the benighted and confused mind of Miller that he Miller that he was in a town surrounded by Federal cavalry, and that, in stead of Thompson holding those "blue coats" in the room as his prisoners, he was theirs. The Lieutenant resigned his sword without further p