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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... ordered my bugler to blow to horse . The Squad- rons H , K , and D were pressed so hard by the enemy that they only made out to mount and fall back , and lost largely in men and horses before that could be done . By this time both ...
... ordered my bugler to blow to horse . The Squad- rons H , K , and D were pressed so hard by the enemy that they only made out to mount and fall back , and lost largely in men and horses before that could be done . By this time both ...
Page 33
... ordered forward to support Colonel Bell , which they obeyed with an alacrity and enthusiasm highly creditable to both officers and men . I would state here that the Second Creek and Seminole Regiments xhibited the samespirit , also ...
... ordered forward to support Colonel Bell , which they obeyed with an alacrity and enthusiasm highly creditable to both officers and men . I would state here that the Second Creek and Seminole Regiments xhibited the samespirit , also ...
Page 85
... Ordered the whole command on half rations to enable me to make a scout to Big Rump Valley . Had details out cutting and drying corn for men's rations . Seventeenth day , August 3. - Lieutenant Qualey arrived with detach- ment , bringing ...
... Ordered the whole command on half rations to enable me to make a scout to Big Rump Valley . Had details out cutting and drying corn for men's rations . Seventeenth day , August 3. - Lieutenant Qualey arrived with detach- ment , bringing ...
Page 127
... ordered , I found that this culprit guide had deserted . Another guide was employed ( the best to be had ) , but who was imperfectly acquainted with localities I wished to examine . From this camp the entire command moved via Janos down ...
... ordered , I found that this culprit guide had deserted . Another guide was employed ( the best to be had ) , but who was imperfectly acquainted with localities I wished to examine . From this camp the entire command moved via Janos down ...
Page 163
... ordered me to go ahead deployed as skirmishers , so that he should not be surprised by parties secreted in ravines . When arriving near a point of timber before us a bold party of warriors came dashing at us ; the captain ordered me to ...
... ordered me to go ahead deployed as skirmishers , so that he should not be surprised by parties secreted in ravines . When arriving near a point of timber before us a bold party of warriors came dashing at us ; the captain ordered me to ...
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