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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 21 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 19 1 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 12 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 10 2 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 10 0 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 8 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 8 2 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 8 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 3 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 7 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Sensible servant. (search)
from Sandy Hook works wonders in favor of health, discipline and contentment. The principal incident of camp life is the defection in the New York 19th regiment.--This morning, being the expiration of the three months terms for which the men, or a majority of them, claimed they were enlisted for in the Federal service, the line was formed, and the orders of the Governor of the State of New York, the determination of the Government, and the articles of war were read to the regiment. Maj. Ledlie, in temporary command, addressed the men, and fiscally ordered all who chose to remain to advance three paces. About two hundred declined, and were immediately taken charge of by the Second Cavalry. Subsequently they were disrobed of their equipments, and placed in charge of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. Biddle. Twenty-four hours have been allowed for them to reconsider their decision, and it is believed at least one-half of the disaffected will return to their duty. All the co