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They complain of rations being short , but I do not think there is any diminution . Very respectfully , GEORGE H. SHARPE , Colonel , & c . JULY 5 , 18649 a . m . Major - General WARREN : Enemy are erecting a work in rear of main line ...
They complain of rations being short , but I do not think there is any diminution . Very respectfully , GEORGE H. SHARPE , Colonel , & c . JULY 5 , 18649 a . m . Major - General WARREN : Enemy are erecting a work in rear of main line ...
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11 a . m . a large party , extended in a line some hundred yards in length , began to dig in open field to the rear and our left of tlie redoubt . They are still at work , evidently throwing up a new line of rifle - pits .
11 a . m . a large party , extended in a line some hundred yards in length , began to dig in open field to the rear and our left of tlie redoubt . They are still at work , evidently throwing up a new line of rifle - pits .
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Regimental and brigade rear guards , under commissioned officers , will be established and will prevent all falling out of the ranks , watering horses without orders , and independent and disorderly proceedings of every kind .
Regimental and brigade rear guards , under commissioned officers , will be established and will prevent all falling out of the ranks , watering horses without orders , and independent and disorderly proceedings of every kind .
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With constant and rapid marching and short allowances of rest and forage for the horses it was consequent that many were exhausted , and men could not keep in the column but were obliged to straggle in rear . Many horses were shot by my ...
With constant and rapid marching and short allowances of rest and forage for the horses it was consequent that many were exhausted , and men could not keep in the column but were obliged to straggle in rear . Many horses were shot by my ...
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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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| 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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