The soldier in our Civil War - a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, (14576254560)

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Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, ed Campbell-Copeland, T. (Thomas), ed Beath, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1839-1914 Vandervoort, Paul. History of the Grand Army of the Republic Avery, I. W. (Isaac Wheeler), 1837-1897. History of the Confederate Veterans' Association Davis, A. P. History of the Sons of Veterans Merrill, Frank P. History of the Sons of Veterans
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Navy Grand Army of the Republic United Confederate Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Publisher: New York Atlanta : Stanley Bradley Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library



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avr, embraced two brigades, I amlid by Colonels Gronvillo M. Dodge and William Vnndover, and included theFonrth and Ninth Iowa. Thirty-fifth Illinois, andtbu Twenty-fifth Missouri Regiments of Infantry,Iho Third Illinois Cavalry, nnd tho First and ThirdIowa Batteries of Artillery, ten guns. Besides theabove, wore tho following not brigaded: TheTwenty-fonrth and part of tho Third MissonnInfantry, tho Third Iowa Cavalry, Bo wens bat-talion of Missouri Cavalry, and Captain Stevensbattery of four gnus. General Prices army had been strengthened b\General Hon MoCnlloehs force, of both of whiclitho ohiof command was taken by G on eral Earl VuiDorn, who, on tho 30th of January, had been ap-pointed Oom.mn.nder of tho .-nils-Mississippi Du-pnrtmont, comprising tho States of Arkansas,Missouri and Louisiana as far south as tho fledRiver and tho Indian Territory west of Arkansas.To thoso forces wore afterward added Iho Wcybodies of Indium under General Albert Pike 2.50 THE SOLDIER IN OUR CW1L WAR.
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wt ili • THE SOLDIER /A OUR CIVIL WAk. fhe total Confederate force waa about 35,000, And that of tbe Fed-erals nearly 11,0(10 men. General Van Dorn, accompaniedoy Generals Price, MeCulloeh, Pikoand Mcintosh, began his ndvanco onthe morning of the 6th of Marchtoward tho position hold by Sigoladivisions, then near Bentonville..halting that night at Cross Hol-lows, about twelve miles from SugarCreek. When Sigel became awareof the perilous condition of hisforce, both by scents and by a mes-sage from General Curtis, he senthis cavalry to Osage Springs, inorder to cover his right flank, and,(paring tho Thirty-sixth Illinois andpart of the Second Missouri at Ben-innville ns a rear guard, ho dis-patched his train forward to jointho main army at Sugar Creek. The misunderstanding of an orderl>y Colonel Schaeffer came near, how-over, proving disastrous to the Fed-erals. He bud also marched forward,leaving behind some 000 mon andAve pieces of artillery, which wereshortly after surrounded by