The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - Confederate States of America |
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... enemy made the attack on our camp , on Massard Prairie ; and as soon as the alarm was given that the enemy was in the prairie , which was about 6 a . m . , I sent immediately for the herd , which had been out grazing since daylight ...
... enemy made the attack on our camp , on Massard Prairie ; and as soon as the alarm was given that the enemy was in the prairie , which was about 6 a . m . , I sent immediately for the herd , which had been out grazing since daylight ...
Page 34
... enemy were driven back and took a position upon a high ridge under cover of the guns at Negro Hill . Captain Humphreys , with his light battery , followed then and kept up a galling fire , which I could plainly see told with consid ...
... enemy were driven back and took a position upon a high ridge under cover of the guns at Negro Hill . Captain Humphreys , with his light battery , followed then and kept up a galling fire , which I could plainly see told with consid ...
Page 114
... enemy , who , numerically , was greatly his superior . This brings me to the point of time when the spring campaign opened , and I beg you to remark the position of the opposing forces . Mylines extended from the Indian Territory ...
... enemy , who , numerically , was greatly his superior . This brings me to the point of time when the spring campaign opened , and I beg you to remark the position of the opposing forces . Mylines extended from the Indian Territory ...
Page 115
... enemy to display his infantry ; to notify me as soon as he had done so , and I wonld join him in the front . I hoped to derive an element of morale from the arrival of Churchill's command and my own presence at the moment of action ...
... enemy to display his infantry ; to notify me as soon as he had done so , and I wonld join him in the front . I hoped to derive an element of morale from the arrival of Churchill's command and my own presence at the moment of action ...
Page 171
... enemy before them , until within a short distance of the enemy's camp , which he had abandoned , when I was ordered to close by company on the right of skirmishers , and remount my command , after which I advanced to the abandoned camp ...
... enemy before them , until within a short distance of the enemy's camp , which he had abandoned , when I was ordered to close by company on the right of skirmishers , and remount my command , after which I advanced to the abandoned camp ...
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