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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... instant Col. W .: Brooks , in command of detachments of the Fifty - sixth and the Sixtiet U. S. Colored Infantry , and one section of Lembke's battery , numbe ing , all told , 368 men and officers , were attacked by overwhelmin forces ...
... instant Col. W .: Brooks , in command of detachments of the Fifty - sixth and the Sixtiet U. S. Colored Infantry , and one section of Lembke's battery , numbe ing , all told , 368 men and officers , were attacked by overwhelmin forces ...
Page 19
... instant . Made a reconnaissance across the creek at day- light , but failing to find an enemy there , and gathering ... instantly killed , and First Lieut . A. B. Crane , Fifty - sixth U. S. Colored Infantry , commanding Company D ...
... instant . Made a reconnaissance across the creek at day- light , but failing to find an enemy there , and gathering ... instantly killed , and First Lieut . A. B. Crane , Fifty - sixth U. S. Colored Infantry , commanding Company D ...
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... instant I organized a column of 1,000 men into thre distinct raiding detachments , and sent them straight at the railroa with orders to waste , burn , and destroy . The column on the extren right , commanded by Col. B. F. Gordon ...
... instant I organized a column of 1,000 men into thre distinct raiding detachments , and sent them straight at the railroa with orders to waste , burn , and destroy . The column on the extren right , commanded by Col. B. F. Gordon ...
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... instant , from department headquarters , I have the honor to make the following report of military operations for the year ending 1st instant : Upon the return from the expedition under my command against the . hostile Sioux Indians in ...
... instant , from department headquarters , I have the honor to make the following report of military operations for the year ending 1st instant : Upon the return from the expedition under my command against the . hostile Sioux Indians in ...
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... instant for Simsport , on the Atchafalaya , taking with me 400 men . The object of the expedition was to ascertain the truth of a report coming from the gun - boats at the mouth of Red River , that the rebels were crossing artillery at ...
... instant for Simsport , on the Atchafalaya , taking with me 400 men . The object of the expedition was to ascertain the truth of a report coming from the gun - boats at the mouth of Red River , that the rebels were crossing artillery at ...
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