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... another near General Crawford's headquarters capable of holding a battery and 500 men , and another along the plank road about half - way between the two that will hold 1,500 men . This will , I believe , enable oar left flank to be ...
... another near General Crawford's headquarters capable of holding a battery and 500 men , and another along the plank road about half - way between the two that will hold 1,500 men . This will , I believe , enable oar left flank to be ...
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There is a runor among their men that all General Lee asks of them is to hold their position ; they have orders not to fire on our men unless we open on them or advance . This General Anderson is now in temporary cominand of ...
There is a runor among their men that all General Lee asks of them is to hold their position ; they have orders not to fire on our men unless we open on them or advance . This General Anderson is now in temporary cominand of ...
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... he would endeaver to hold on where he was . He cannot ride on horseback . I will send Captain Clark , just relieved at Yorktown , or the best quartermaster I have in the corps into the field , but Colonel Biggs is not able to go .
... he would endeaver to hold on where he was . He cannot ride on horseback . I will send Captain Clark , just relieved at Yorktown , or the best quartermaster I have in the corps into the field , but Colonel Biggs is not able to go .
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One company still remains there , which is ample to serve the battery and hold the work itself . II . L. ABBOT , Colonel First Connecticut Artillery . [ First indorsement . ] HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS , July 8 , 1864 .
One company still remains there , which is ample to serve the battery and hold the work itself . II . L. ABBOT , Colonel First Connecticut Artillery . [ First indorsement . ] HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS , July 8 , 1864 .
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Major - General SMITH , Commanding Eighteenth Army Corps : I have received a dispatch from General Grant asking me if it is possible to add to your force from the forces in my front . I have 2,435 old troops to hold my lines with .
Major - General SMITH , Commanding Eighteenth Army Corps : I have received a dispatch from General Grant asking me if it is possible to add to your force from the forces in my front . I have 2,435 old troops to hold my lines with .
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