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Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863

Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the railroad. Next, Confederate skirmishers appeared on a hill overlooking the Union column. Finally, there were several Confederate charges. Union forces were able to return fire and, after several hours of fierce fighting, to capture Confederate artillery and approximately 450 prisoners.

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A battery at close quarters.

The story of the eleventh Ohio battery at Iuka and Corinth, Miss. Also available in digital form.

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In memoriam, James Samuel Wadsworth, 1807-1864;

Half-title: Major-General James S. Wadsworth at Gettysburg and other fields. Half-title following t.-p.: Dedication of monument erected by the state of New York in commemoration of the services of Brevet Major-General James Samuel Wadsworth, U. S. V., and the New York troops under his command on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, 1863. "Life of General Wadsworth, by Horatio C. King": p. [77]-121. Also available in digital form.

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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In three parts. Part III

Francis Preston Blair, Jr., U.S. Representative, Missouri. General Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army. General Benjamin F. Butler, U.S. Army. General Irvin McDonald, U.S. Army. General James B. Ricketts, U.S. Army. General John C. Fremont, U.S. Army. General Lewis Wallace, U.S. Army. General T.W. Sherman, U.S. Army. Index to Part III follows p. 656. List of documents relating to trade in military districts, p. 559. Notable witnesses include: Testimony on miscellaneous subjects relating to the war, p. 280. William A. Hammond, U.S. Surgeon General. William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island.

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