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COMMANDING OFFICER FIRST BRIGADE : If you deem it desirable , you may withdraw your second line after nightfall to - night , and encamp it on the creek in rear and as nearly opposite to its position on the line as the ground will admit ...
COMMANDING OFFICER FIRST BRIGADE : If you deem it desirable , you may withdraw your second line after nightfall to - night , and encamp it on the creek in rear and as nearly opposite to its position on the line as the ground will admit ...
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His statement disagrees with that of the deserter from Harris ' brigade , of the same division , previously reported this p . m . regarding the position of Mahone's division . He states that Mahone's old brigade is on the right of the ...
His statement disagrees with that of the deserter from Harris ' brigade , of the same division , previously reported this p . m . regarding the position of Mahone's division . He states that Mahone's old brigade is on the right of the ...
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The 8 - inch mortar battery was put in position and the heavy guns did not arrive . A. E. BURNSIDE , Major - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , July 7 , 1864 . Major - General BURNSIDE , Commanding Ninth Corps : GENERAL : I am ...
The 8 - inch mortar battery was put in position and the heavy guns did not arrive . A. E. BURNSIDE , Major - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , July 7 , 1864 . Major - General BURNSIDE , Commanding Ninth Corps : GENERAL : I am ...
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I hope to have the guns in position to - morrow morning . The work is in front of the present position occupied by a section of Twitchell's battery . The ' covered way being built was about completed last night .
I hope to have the guns in position to - morrow morning . The work is in front of the present position occupied by a section of Twitchell's battery . The ' covered way being built was about completed last night .
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... thus increasing the animals to be fed and the number of wagons using the roads , some three or four hundred . Another objection is the uncertainty of our position and the difficulty of getting rid of them in the event of a sudden ...
... thus increasing the animals to be fed and the number of wagons using the roads , some three or four hundred . Another objection is the uncertainty of our position and the difficulty of getting rid of them in the event of a sudden ...
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