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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 68 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 45 1 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 40 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 34 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 27 11 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 26 2 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 26 4 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 24 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 20 4 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 18 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], The great victory. (search)
ng southward, several of the advanced corps having crossed the Rapidan, and the alternative was thus presented to General Lee of instantly coming out of his defences for battle, or for a rapid retreat to secure his roads to Richmond. He could not remain behind his entrenchments with his enemy rapidly pushing along his flank to get in between him and Richmond his base of supplies. He must come out and fight or retreat, and without loss of time, or the powerful advanced cavalry force of General Stoneman will anticipate him and cut off his railway communications. We shall not be surprised, therefore, if our next intelligence from the Army of the Potomac is that of a desperate battle, or of the hasty retreat of the rebel army to some new position. But, as the enemy appear to have had at none of the crossings of the Rappahannock any protecting force beyond a line of pickets and a squad or two of riflemen, is it not possible that Lee, anticipating this flank movement of Gen. Hooker,
The Daily Dispatch: May 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in Goochland and Louisa. (search)
ng down, with slow and deliberate advances, upon the devoted capital of the Confederacy. But the truth of the matter, so far as can be ascertained, is that the cavalry detachment which undertook this portion of the job, after being defeated by Lee, went into Goochland county, where they commenced a series of depredations upon the inhabitants, and doubtless carried on their operations in this respect quite extensively. This force has been estimated at some 1,200 men. It will been seen that Stoneman divided his command into detachments, and sent them in various directions to perform the work assigned them. The canal party, it is supposed, afterwards united with another force from Louisa, for our scouts reported yesterday that 4,000 or 5,000 were moving down the Deep Run road towards Hungary Station. Rumors were numerous yesterday of their presence at various points on the Fredericksburg road; but Superintendent Rady experienced no difficulty in repairing the telegraph line on tha