Campaigns of the Civil War: The Shenandoah Valley in 1864. By G.E. Pond. 1884Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883 |
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advance army arrived artillery attack Averell Averell's Baltimore Battalion Battery battle Berryville Blue Ridge Breckenridge bridge brigade BRIGADIER-GENERAL burned camp campaign Capt captured cavalry Cedar Creek Charlottesville City Point Colonel command Confederate Crook crossed Custer despatch division of cavalry Duffié Early Early's enemy enemy's fire Fisher's Hill Fitz Lee's flank force ford Front Royal Gordon Gordonsville Grant guns Halleck Halltown Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg Hunter infantry Kershaw's division killed and wounded Lomax loss Lynchburg Martinsburg Maryland McCausland Merritt miles military Monocacy morning Mount Jackson moved night Nineteenth Corps officers Ohio Opequon orders Pennsylvania pickets Port Republic position Potomac prisoners railroad Ramseur reached rear reconnoissance regiments reinforcements reported retreat Richmond river road Rodes Rosser sent Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sigel Sixth Corps skirmishers Snicker's Staunton Strasburg Thoburn's Torbert town trains troops Union Valley pike Virginia Central Railroad wagons Washington West Virginia Wharton Winchester
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第40页 - If Hunter can possibly get to Charlottesville and Lynchburg, he should do so, living on the country. The railroads and canal should be destroyed beyond possibility of repairs for weeks. Completing this, he could find his way back to his original base, or from about Gordonsville join this army. "US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. "MAJOR-GENERAL HW HALLECK.
第199页 - This destruction embraces the Luray valley and Little Fort valley as well as the main valley. " A large number of horses have been obtained, a proper estimate of which I can not now make.
第241页 - Providence, his routed army was reorganized, a great national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days, Philip H.
第115页 - I want Sheridan put in command of all the troops in the field, with instructions to put himself south of the enemy, and follow him to the death. Wherever the enemy goes, let our troops go also.
第151页 - ... army were kept at Harper's Ferry. I asked him if he could get out his teams and supplies in time to make an attack on the ensuing Tuesday morning. His reply was, that he could before daylight on Monday. He was off promptly to time, and I may here add, that the result was such that I have never since deemed it necessary to visit General Sheridan before giving him orders.
第151页 - Go in ! For the convenience of forage, the teams for supplying the army were kept at Harper's Ferry. I asked him if he could get out his teams and supplies in time to make an attack on the ensuing Tuesday morning. His reply was, that he could before daylight on Monday.
第248页 - ... consume and destroy all forage and subsistence, burn all barns and mills and their contents, and drive off all stock in the region the boundaries of which are above described.
第115页 - ... or of following him to the "death," in any direction. I repeat to you, it will neither be done nor attempted, unless you watch it every day and hour...
第77页 - If the enemy has left Maryland, as I suppose he has, he should have upon his heels veterans, militiamen, men on horseback, and everything that can be got to follow to eat out Virginia clear and clean as far as they go, so that crows flying over it for the balance of this season will have to carry their provender with them.
第73页 - I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here, and with General Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good. I have great faith that the enemy will never be able to get back with much of his force.