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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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and 1800. Iio served throughout (ho Civil Wnr, and as umwr.Xr of tbo stall of Brigadier-general T. A. Morris, was prison! nt Laurel lliil, July Olb In111b. 1R01. Ho una breveted colonel fur gallantConduct nt the battle, nf Cnrrloks Ford, Vu., July llith, 1S01, and was in command of ibe cngngedtroops on Hint day. On August Olb, 1801, liebecame nmajor in the Carps of Engineers, nnd vaAugust 13lh was made a Lrigadlcr-genend in UiuVoluutcora. He commun.tid his brigade at NewCreek, August 10th, 1801, and wan cngagod In tinCornifcjt Ferry, September 10th, and ihpursuit of the Confederntc forces from Cotton Hillto Itnleigh County, Vn„ November ISth to 16th,voly engaged us super- intend ■ngincer of rated him from the Art of tho SHABPSHOOTERS KhuM 1HL tFlan i SEinaj 3 a. UlllVINU. UX A BATONET-CUiKOE, TH> ; jA^Kd IurJJnj, JUNE larn, 1S63 nuied becoming vacantby thodcath*of Brign-dicr-gc n era 1 Wood bury. 00 tbo 3d of 3Inrch, 1 afla, on the conaolida- 33* THE SOLDIER iff OUR CIVIL IVAR.
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i THU SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL IVAh. Wrps et Iho RitpHnr Army of IhL- (Toiled Stalf, Majorfro bum vim promoted to the rank of lieatcnant-colotaJof Engineers, which position he fiiit»rqacntly held in thoBcgular Armr- mm April LtBb to Mny 0(h, 1863, he vim engngW tninTerfnl*3iiJlni( tlio Ihrowlnjr of ponton-bridgra neroai Ihoftnr.^nhminock for Iho piuwige and retreat of the unny ntChnnccHonivllIe. Daring thb lime be was mode lieutenant-rolonel of tlii! Corps of EDfrlnceni. Hewn* engaged In traSd-Inp ponion hi Fniiikllni Creating In the fn.-e of (he enemy.June Stb, 1868; on Ho Potomac, nt Edwardss Ferry, Jnno2lM: wn* In command of Iho ponton depot nt Washingtonfrom July, 1863, lo May, 160-1; nnd was in eommnnd of HipEngineer Brigade from June;, 186-1, lo June I/ilh, IMS, beingcnjmged In superintending tlio laying of a ponton-bridgeB.200 feet long acrnag the James River nt Fort Powhatan,Jane IDUl, 1B6L no constructed nnd iommnml.il the de-fenses lit Clly Poln., 7a., In r>.-M»r, luftl, nn

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