 | William Swinton - 1864 - 40 strani
...thousand men ; of these, six th«usand were useless to him, being placed in garrison at Gloucester Point, Mulberry Island, etc. "So that it will be seen,"...regarding the enemy, repeatedly represented to General McClellan how trifling the rebel force was and begged him to push on before the rebels should have... | |
 | William Swinton - 1864 - 54 strani
...eleven thousand men ; of these, six theusand were useless to him, being placed in garrison at Gloucester Point, Mulberry Island, etc. "So that it will be seen,"...was defended by about jive thousand men," What is now a matter of certainty was then a matter of shrewd conjecture. General Wool, whose position at Fortress... | |
 | William Swinton - 1864 - 44 strani
...eleven thousand men ; of these, six thsusand were useless to him, being placed in garrison at Gloucester Point, Mulberry Island, etc. "So that it will be seen,"...a length of thirteen miles, was defended by about five thousand men." What is now a matter of certainty was then a matter of shrewd conjecture. General... | |
 | Hiram Ketchum - 1864 - 80 strani
...thousand were useless to him, being placed in garrison at Gloucester Point, Mulberry Island, &c. ; so that it will be seen," adds he, "that the balance...a length of thirteen miles, was defended by about five thousand men." "Sayb"wbo? Gerieral Magruder. And who is General Magruder? He is the witness —... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 strani
...Island, fixed garrisons amounting to 6,000 men, my whole force being 11,000, so that it mil be seen that the balance of the line, embracing a length of thirteen miles, was defended by about 5,000 men. After the reconnoissances in great force from Fortress Monroe and Newport News, the enemy,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 518 strani
...Island, fixed garrisons amounting to 6,000 men, my whole force being 11,000, so that it will be seen that the balance of the line, embracing a length of thirteen miles, was defended by about 5,000 men. After the reuonnoissances in great force from Fortress Monroe and Newport News, the enemy,... | |
 | Confederate States of America. War Department - 1864 - 600 strani
...garrisons, amounting to six thousand men, my whole force being eleven thousand. So that it will be seen that the balance of the line, embracing a length of thirteen miles, was defended by about five thousand men. I whole front of our line from Minor's farm to Yorktown. 1 have no accurate data,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 864 strani
...six thousand men, my whole force being eleven thousand, so that it will be seen that the balance qf the line, embracing a length of thirteen miles, was defended by about Jive thousand 411 £71. i After (he reconnoissanoea in great force from Fortress Monroe and Newport News, the enemy,... | |
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Point, one and a half miles. I was compelled to place in Gloucester Point, Yorktown, and Mulberry Island, fixed garrisons, amounting to six thousand men, my whole force being eleven thousand. So that it will be seen that the balance of the line, embracing... 
