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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 0 Browse Search
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War. 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1864., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 2 0 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 23, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Skirmish at Tallow Knob. (search)
nd, of Lieutenant J. McCloughlin, took command of the party from the former camp, tendered their services for the expedition. Having prepared their rations, and being with the prospects of continuing the fiendish invaders; the through a pathless and forest for the scene of action, about twenty miles distant from Huntersville. Late in the evening our boys found that they cou each lace in time to surprise the enemy that night, so they resolved to fall in upon the road which leads to Big Spring, and attack the Yankees on the march if they were retreating, or cut off their retreat and attack them from the rear. But, on reaching the road it seemed as if the Yankees had just passed, so the in front beckoned to those in rear to keep silent and off they started at a treble quick time and continued the chase for nearly two miles, when they came up with the enemy on Tallow Knob. Our advance first discovered three who were getting water at a little spring just by the path; here our bo