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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... fall back , and lost largely in men and horses before that could be done . By this time both squadrons were mounted and in line . I ordered them to dismount , to fight on foot , intending to fall back to the bayou , which was about ...
... fall back , and lost largely in men and horses before that could be done . By this time both squadrons were mounted and in line . I ordered them to dismount , to fight on foot , intending to fall back to the bayou , which was about ...
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... fall back ; being thus left without support on my right or left I fell back and joined the main force , at once reporting to Captain Lembke , who was on the right with the how- itzer . Before he had given me any instructions he was shot ...
... fall back ; being thus left without support on my right or left I fell back and joined the main force , at once reporting to Captain Lembke , who was on the right with the how- itzer . Before he had given me any instructions he was shot ...
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... fall back until they could form on the right of the other companies . When I had fallen back to the left of my company's parade ground I came in speaking distance of Major Mefford , when I received orders to form my company on the ...
... fall back until they could form on the right of the other companies . When I had fallen back to the left of my company's parade ground I came in speaking distance of Major Mefford , when I received orders to form my company on the ...
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... fall back toward Fort Smith , Ark exchanging shots continually with the enemy . I was forced to fall bac some two miles and a half . I halted and fo formed into line and foun the enemy had halted . During the skirmishing one of my men ...
... fall back toward Fort Smith , Ark exchanging shots continually with the enemy . I was forced to fall bac some two miles and a half . I halted and fo formed into line and foun the enemy had halted . During the skirmishing one of my men ...
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... fall I have given necessa instructions to cut lines of communication north . This movement General Cooper was made ... back from Clarksville . If this be the river is clear from Fort Smith to Little Rock . General Cooper sa General ...
... fall I have given necessa instructions to cut lines of communication north . This movement General Cooper was made ... back from Clarksville . If this be the river is clear from Fort Smith to Little Rock . General Cooper sa General ...
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advance aide-de-camp Arkansas Arkansas River arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack August battalion battery battle Bayou Big Blue Boonville Brig brigade Brigadier-General bushwhackers camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry Missouri charge Colonel Company Creek crossing Curtis detachment direction dismounted dispatch division encamped enemy enemy's engaged Enrolled Missouri Militia Fagan fall back Fifteenth Kansas fight fire flank force Ford Fort Leavenworth Fort Scott Fort Smith forward front guerrillas guns HEADQUARTERS honor to report horses Indians Infantry instant Jefferson City Kansas Cavalry Kansas State Militia killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major Major-General mand marched miles Missouri State Militia morning moved night o'clock obedient servant October officers ordered Osage pickets Pleasonton position prairie Price prisoners pursuit re-enforcements rear rebels regiment respectfully retreat River road Rosecrans Saint Louis Sanborn Scott scout Second Kansas sent September Shelby skirmish train TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT troops U. S. Army wagons Warrensburg wounded