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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 . HEADQUARTERS , City Point , July 5 , 1861 . ( Maj . Gen. A , E. BURNSIDE : ] DEAR GENERAL ...
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 . HEADQUARTERS , City Point , July 5 , 1861 . ( Maj . Gen. A , E. BURNSIDE : ] DEAR GENERAL ...
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Their mortar firing is continued with increased effect , making the casualties in the command more numerous . Very respectfully , your oberlient servant , 0. B. WILLCOX , Brigadier General , Commanding .
Their mortar firing is continued with increased effect , making the casualties in the command more numerous . Very respectfully , your oberlient servant , 0. B. WILLCOX , Brigadier General , Commanding .
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They have opened also two new mortars about opposite my center , O. B. WILLCOX , Brigadier General . HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS , July 5 , 1864 . Lieut . Col. T. S. BOWERS , Assistant Adjutant - General , Hdqrs . Armies in the Field ...
They have opened also two new mortars about opposite my center , O. B. WILLCOX , Brigadier General . HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS , July 5 , 1864 . Lieut . Col. T. S. BOWERS , Assistant Adjutant - General , Hdqrs . Armies in the Field ...
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U. Lieutenant - General , JULY 5 , 1864—1 P. M. Brigadier - General RAWLINS , Chief of Staff , Armies of the United States : Will you be kind enough to order a 13 - inch mortar and car on which it is to be fired , now at City Point ...
U. Lieutenant - General , JULY 5 , 1864—1 P. M. Brigadier - General RAWLINS , Chief of Staff , Armies of the United States : Will you be kind enough to order a 13 - inch mortar and car on which it is to be fired , now at City Point ...
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Colonel ABBOT : Please send up to General Burnside to - morrow four 8 - inch or 10 - inch mortars , with sixty rounds of shell each ; or two of each , with part of the 10 - inch projectiles ( shrapnel ) .
Colonel ABBOT : Please send up to General Burnside to - morrow four 8 - inch or 10 - inch mortars , with sixty rounds of shell each ; or two of each , with part of the 10 - inch projectiles ( shrapnel ) .
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