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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... bayou , dismounted and crossed the bayou , and lay under the south bank . I then ordered the two squadrons to mount , and seeing the enemy nearly ' round my right to the bayou and about three squadrons of mounted cavalry coming up on ...
... bayou , dismounted and crossed the bayou , and lay under the south bank . I then ordered the two squadrons to mount , and seeing the enemy nearly ' round my right to the bayou and about three squadrons of mounted cavalry coming up on ...
Page 180
... Bayou a con- siderable force with four pieces of artillery . I have ordered Colonel Davis , at Napoleonville , to push them with his whole available force , and to drive them across Grand River . I am holding the Sixteenth In- diana ...
... Bayou a con- siderable force with four pieces of artillery . I have ordered Colonel Davis , at Napoleonville , to push them with his whole available force , and to drive them across Grand River . I am holding the Sixteenth In- diana ...
Page 181
... Bayou Boeuf , on the 20th , and not mailed . The most important language I see in them is this : Our army is now marching slowly toward Pointe Coupée . Walker's division is going to Morgan's Ferry . I am , truly , yours , R. A. CAMERON ...
... Bayou Boeuf , on the 20th , and not mailed . The most important language I see in them is this : Our army is now marching slowly toward Pointe Coupée . Walker's division is going to Morgan's Ferry . I am , truly , yours , R. A. CAMERON ...
Page 182
... Bayou Grand on Friday night and after the affair of the pickets went back kiting across the bayou . The same night , about four or five miles from the bayon , they broke into squads , and leaving the road struck across the swamps to ...
... Bayou Grand on Friday night and after the affair of the pickets went back kiting across the bayou . The same night , about four or five miles from the bayon , they broke into squads , and leaving the road struck across the swamps to ...
Page 184
... bayou . I immediately ordered the men to get their carbines ready and to gallop . When about fifty yards from the bridge where the road crosses the bayou ( we ) were suddenly fired upon by a large force of the enemy concealed in the ...
... bayou . I immediately ordered the men to get their carbines ready and to gallop . When about fifty yards from the bridge where the road crosses the bayou ( we ) were suddenly fired upon by a large force of the enemy concealed in the ...
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