Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Department of the WestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 |
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... provisions , knapsacks , and without transportation . A violent rain . storm came up , and the troops were exposed to it all night ; were without food for twenty - four hours , and when food was received the beef was found to be spoiled ...
... provisions , knapsacks , and without transportation . A violent rain . storm came up , and the troops were exposed to it all night ; were without food for twenty - four hours , and when food was received the beef was found to be spoiled ...
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... As we shall have to send our teams back for provisions after four days ' march , we should not leave here with less than sixty thousand rations , as we cannot calculate on their return in less than fifteen days to TESTIMONY . 19.
... As we shall have to send our teams back for provisions after four days ' march , we should not leave here with less than sixty thousand rations , as we cannot calculate on their return in less than fifteen days to TESTIMONY . 19.
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... provision train , while Warsaw , the most important point on the Osage , should be immediately occupied by the home guards of Johnson , Pettis and Benton county , re - enforced by a volunteer regiment and two pieces of artillery . Rolla ...
... provision train , while Warsaw , the most important point on the Osage , should be immediately occupied by the home guards of Johnson , Pettis and Benton county , re - enforced by a volunteer regiment and two pieces of artillery . Rolla ...
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... provisions , was a matter of perhaps rather doubtful policy . On the afternoon of the 9th of August we marched out to fight the enemy . I do not think that General Lyon was aware of their real strength . He es- timated them at 15,000 ...
... provisions , was a matter of perhaps rather doubtful policy . On the afternoon of the 9th of August we marched out to fight the enemy . I do not think that General Lyon was aware of their real strength . He es- timated them at 15,000 ...
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... provisions , by forages into the surrounding country ; his large force of mounted men enabling him to do this without much annoyance from me . I find my position extremely embarrassing , and am at present unable to de- termine whether I ...
... provisions , by forages into the surrounding country ; his large force of mounted men enabling him to do this without much annoyance from me . I find my position extremely embarrassing , and am at present unable to de- termine whether I ...
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Adjutant Answer arms army arrived artillery asked August battery battle Bird's Point Boonville brigade Cairo camp Cape Girardeau Captain cavalry charge CHESTER HARDING Colonel contract Covode creek despatch directed Drummondtown duty enemy expedition force Frémont Front Royal Gooch guard guns Hays HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT heard horses instructions J. C. FREMONT Jefferson City Joseph railroad letter Lexington Lieutenant Louis LOUIS ARSENAL Lyon Major General Commanding Major General FREMONT McKinstry ment miles military Missouri morning negroes night o'clock Odell officers permit persons Port Royal President Price quartermaster Question railroad re-enforcements rebels received regiment river Rolla Savannah secessionists Secretary Secretary of War sent September September 14 September 22 soldiers Springfield supplies supposed surgeon sworn and examined taken telegraph told took transportation TREASURY DEPARTMENT troops United vessels wagons Washington wounded
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