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Lieutenant - General GRANT : The usual quiet along the lines of this army prevailed yesterday and last night , disturbed only by the usual artillery and musketry practic in front of the Ninth Corps , which occurred at 2 a . m . this ...
Lieutenant - General GRANT : The usual quiet along the lines of this army prevailed yesterday and last night , disturbed only by the usual artillery and musketry practic in front of the Ninth Corps , which occurred at 2 a . m . this ...
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Major - General MEADE : My engineer officers make the same report of the lack of practicability of assault anywhere along our present front that you do . At present we are doing very well . All the roads are cut and the enemy are living ...
Major - General MEADE : My engineer officers make the same report of the lack of practicability of assault anywhere along our present front that you do . At present we are doing very well . All the roads are cut and the enemy are living ...
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These men having been at Petersburg but a very short time give little valuable information concerning our exact front . They say that there is some cavalry on the right of the enemy's line near the lead - works ; that other cavalry is ...
These men having been at Petersburg but a very short time give little valuable information concerning our exact front . They say that there is some cavalry on the right of the enemy's line near the lead - works ; that other cavalry is ...
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The enemy in our front are very nervous , I think , and do three - fourths of the firing . Our lines are being shelled by mortars , but our losses are not large , amouting to 480 in last ten days . A. E. BURNSIDE , Major - General .
The enemy in our front are very nervous , I think , and do three - fourths of the firing . Our lines are being shelled by mortars , but our losses are not large , amouting to 480 in last ten days . A. E. BURNSIDE , Major - General .
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L. RICHMOND , Assistant Adjutant General , Ninth Corps : COLONEL : I have the honor to report everythiug has been quiet in my front for the last twelve hours . No movement of enemy observed . The work on the fort on my left is nearly ...
L. RICHMOND , Assistant Adjutant General , Ninth Corps : COLONEL : I have the honor to report everythiug has been quiet in my front for the last twelve hours . No movement of enemy observed . The work on the fort on my left is nearly ...
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