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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... fight with 214 men and 7 officers , and came out with 75 men and 5 officers . The atacking party I believe to be Shelby . Respectfully , Brig . Gen. E. A. CARR , D. H. WILSON , Captain , Tenth Illinois Cavalry . Commanding District ...
... fight with 214 men and 7 officers , and came out with 75 men and 5 officers . The atacking party I believe to be Shelby . Respectfully , Brig . Gen. E. A. CARR , D. H. WILSON , Captain , Tenth Illinois Cavalry . Commanding District ...
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... fight was severe until about 10 o'clock , when a detachment of the Fifteenth Illi- nois Cavalry , under Major Carmichael , came to our assistance , cutting their way directly through the enemy's lines to reach us . On their arrival the ...
... fight was severe until about 10 o'clock , when a detachment of the Fifteenth Illi- nois Cavalry , under Major Carmichael , came to our assistance , cutting their way directly through the enemy's lines to reach us . On their arrival the ...
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... fight the colored men stood up to their duty like veterans , and it was owing to their strong arms and cool heads , backed by fearless daring , alone that I was able to get away either of my guns . They marched eighteen miles at once ...
... fight the colored men stood up to their duty like veterans , and it was owing to their strong arms and cool heads , backed by fearless daring , alone that I was able to get away either of my guns . They marched eighteen miles at once ...
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... fight as best they could . We drove the enemy back , and as I had received no orders from the commanding officer , I ... fighting and falling back to the house . There the men that were left were overpowered and captured . Before ...
... fight as best they could . We drove the enemy back , and as I had received no orders from the commanding officer , I ... fighting and falling back to the house . There the men that were left were overpowered and captured . Before ...
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... fight and another brilliant victory . You will remember that I informed you in my last dispatch of having sent Colonels Dobbin and Gordon with 1,000 men to ravage and destroy the Government plantations below Helena . They started on the ...
... fight and another brilliant victory . You will remember that I informed you in my last dispatch of having sent Colonels Dobbin and Gordon with 1,000 men to ravage and destroy the Government plantations below Helena . They started on the ...
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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