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A road has been opened by General Birney to the rear of his division , and one by General Gibbon to his picket - line . WINFD S. HANCOCK , Major - General . SPECIAL ORDERS , No. 176 . ILEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS , July 6 , 1861 . 3.
A road has been opened by General Birney to the rear of his division , and one by General Gibbon to his picket - line . WINFD S. HANCOCK , Major - General . SPECIAL ORDERS , No. 176 . ILEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS , July 6 , 1861 . 3.
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Colonel PAINE , Aide - de - Camp : We have 900 men on picket from the James to head of ravine , old troops ; along the ravine 100 men , new troops ; on the left of the ravine 400 new troops and 300 dismounted cavalry .
Colonel PAINE , Aide - de - Camp : We have 900 men on picket from the James to head of ravine , old troops ; along the ravine 100 men , new troops ; on the left of the ravine 400 new troops and 300 dismounted cavalry .
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If General Wright's picket - line is to be relieved to - night it will be a difficult operation . ... Major - General HANCOCK : The Sixth Corps is ordered to move at once , and their pickets must therefore be relieved with as little ...
If General Wright's picket - line is to be relieved to - night it will be a difficult operation . ... Major - General HANCOCK : The Sixth Corps is ordered to move at once , and their pickets must therefore be relieved with as little ...
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Lientenant - Colonel WALKER , Assistant Adjutant - General : COLONEL : General Miles has 1,643 muskets ; 500 of this number are on the working party , and some 150 on our picket , making 650 , and leaving only , say , 1,000 here for ...
Lientenant - Colonel WALKER , Assistant Adjutant - General : COLONEL : General Miles has 1,643 muskets ; 500 of this number are on the working party , and some 150 on our picket , making 650 , and leaving only , say , 1,000 here for ...
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The total strength of the picket now on is 500 inen besides officers . There are eightythree posts , averaging about six men to the post . There is no reserve at present , all the men being on the line . If , however , it is the desire ...
The total strength of the picket now on is 500 inen besides officers . There are eightythree posts , averaging about six men to the post . There is no reserve at present , all the men being on the line . If , however , it is the desire ...
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| Title | The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States. Record and Pension Office |
| Author | United States. War Department |
| Contributors | United States. War Records Office, United States. Record and Pension Office, United States. Congress. House |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 5 Apr 2018 |
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