Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War in Three PartsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 |
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... Bottom's and New Bridges ; and the barrier of the Chickahominy being left unguarded at Bottom's Bridge , no time should have been lost in making use of the circumstance to turn and seize the passage of New Bridge , which might have been ...
... Bottom's and New Bridges ; and the barrier of the Chickahominy being left unguarded at Bottom's Bridge , no time should have been lost in making use of the circumstance to turn and seize the passage of New Bridge , which might have been ...
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... Bottom's Bridge should have been completed , and likewise tétes - de - pont , or strong positions , prepared to cover the debouchés from our bridges to the left bank of the Chickahominy . With these the army would have possessed freedom ...
... Bottom's Bridge should have been completed , and likewise tétes - de - pont , or strong positions , prepared to cover the debouchés from our bridges to the left bank of the Chickahominy . With these the army would have possessed freedom ...
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... Bridge , and there are low hills that go down to the creek . At the bottom of these hills , on the top of the little abrupt bluff that rises from the creek , ( a bluff about forty feet high , ) is a deep rifle - pit - an embankment ...
... Bridge , and there are low hills that go down to the creek . At the bottom of these hills , on the top of the little abrupt bluff that rises from the creek , ( a bluff about forty feet high , ) is a deep rifle - pit - an embankment ...
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... bridge , and scouts have been within a quarter of a mile . Am advancing on the other roads . Indications that enemy ... Bottom's Bridge ford , and went a mile beyond , the enemy being about half a mile in front . I have three regiments ...
... bridge , and scouts have been within a quarter of a mile . Am advancing on the other roads . Indications that enemy ... Bottom's Bridge ford , and went a mile beyond , the enemy being about half a mile in front . I have three regiments ...
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... Bottom's Bridge and watch the crossing of the White Oak swamp . The next day I rode to the front and saw how the troops were posted . Engi- neers were sent over , and were directed to fortify a position about the Seven Pines . In making ...
... Bottom's Bridge and watch the crossing of the White Oak swamp . The next day I rode to the front and saw how the troops were posted . Engi- neers were sent over , and were directed to fortify a position about the Seven Pines . In making ...
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a. m. to-morrow advance Alexandria Answer Aquia creek arrived artillery attack batteries battle battle of Williamsburg Bottom's Bridge bridge brigade Burnside Captain cavalry Centreville chairman Chandler Chickahominy Colonel committee met pursuant corps cross despatch direction division enemy enemy's fight following witnesses force Fort Monroe fortifications Fortress Monroe Franklin Fredericksburg Frémont front G. B. MCCLELLAN General-in-Chief Gooch guns H. W. HALLECK Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman horses infantry James river land Major General H. W. Major General MCCLELLAN Manassas McDowell miles military morning move movement night o'clock Odell officers operations opinion peninsula pontoons position Potomac President pursuant to adjournment quartermaster Question railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements rebels received regiments retreat Richmond road Secretary Secretary of War sent side Sumner supplies suppose telegraph tion troops wagons WAR DEPARTMENT Warrenton Washington Williamsburg York river Yorktown