A Record of Confederate Generals: Giving the States of Each, and Rank, with a Full List of Battles, and the Dates of Each, from 1861 to 1865. Alphabetically Arranged

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E. Waddey Company, printers, 1897 - United States - 42 pages
 

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Page 40 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that...
Page 40 - I need not tell the survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them ; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that would have attended the continuation of the contest, I have determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen.
Page 21 - Division; Gen. AP Hill's Division. Losses: Union, 450 killed, 660 wounded, 290 missing; Confed., 229 killed, 1,047 wounded, 31 missing; Union, Brig.Gens. Augur, Carroll, and Geary wounded ; Confed., Brig.-Gen. CS Winder killed. 10 to 13. — Grand River, Lee's Ford, Chariton River, Walnut Creek, Compton Ferry, Switzler's Mills, and Yellow Creek, Mo. Union, 9th Mo. Cav.; Opponents, Poindexter's Independent forces. Losses: Union, 5 wounded. Poindexter lost 150 men killed and wounded, 100 captured [estimated]....
Page 34 - ... Near Snicker's Gap, August 13 and 19, 1864. Namozine Church and Willicomack, April 3, 1865. Nelson's Farm, June 30, 1862. New Market Crossroads, June 30, 1862. New Market, May 15, and October 7, 1864. New Market Heights, or Laurel Hill, September 28 to 30, 1864.
Page 34 - Petersburg and vicinity : Chester Station, May 6 and 7, 1864. Petersburg, June 10, 1864. Philomont, November 1, 1862. Poplar Springs Church, October 1, 1864. Port Republic, June 9, 1862. Quaker Road, March 23, 1865.
Page 34 - New Market Bridge, December 22, 1861. Newport News, June 5, 1861. Newton and Cedar Springs, November 12, 1864. North Anna River, Jericho Ford, or Taylor's Bridge, and Totopotomy Bridge, May 23 to 27, 1864. Occoquan, March 5, 1862.
Page 28 - Murfreesboro, July 13, 1862, and December 5 to 8, 1864. Murfreesboro, or Stone River, December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863.
Page 28 - Gap, Beech Grove, Liberty Gap, and Gray's Gap. June 23 to 30, 1863.

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