The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 8John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson Henry B. Dawson, 1864 |
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... Negroes deserted from the from the pickets ; 8 A.M. a flag from the enemy report them strong , Gen. Lincoln French with private letters from the Bri- with the rebel army having joined the tish prisoners : destroyed the barracks and ...
... Negroes deserted from the from the pickets ; 8 A.M. a flag from the enemy report them strong , Gen. Lincoln French with private letters from the Bri- with the rebel army having joined the tish prisoners : destroyed the barracks and ...
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... negroes on camp and town , at night a house took fire , Hutchinson's Island ; perceived the enemy but it went out without communicating to in front and on the left busy in their works , any other building , the frigate and gallies ...
... negroes on camp and town , at night a house took fire , Hutchinson's Island ; perceived the enemy but it went out without communicating to in front and on the left busy in their works , any other building , the frigate and gallies ...
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... negroes skirmishing with water - hear'd several guns from the sea , the Rebels the whole afternoon , we fired which we suppose signals ; more deserters occasionally during the night on the come in , who reported the enemy's loss to ...
... negroes skirmishing with water - hear'd several guns from the sea , the Rebels the whole afternoon , we fired which we suppose signals ; more deserters occasionally during the night on the come in , who reported the enemy's loss to ...
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... negroes brought in dispatch in procuring Shoes as can well be two Rebel Dragoons and eight horses , and made . As you are now to have but a fewe kiiled two rebels who were in a foraging hints , the great concern of an Empty Trea- party ...
... negroes brought in dispatch in procuring Shoes as can well be two Rebel Dragoons and eight horses , and made . As you are now to have but a fewe kiiled two rebels who were in a foraging hints , the great concern of an Empty Trea- party ...
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... Negroes deserted from the from the pickets ; 8 A.M. a flag from the enemy report them strong , Gen. Lincoln French with private letters from the Bri- with the rebel army having joined the tish prisoners : destroyed the barracks and ...
... Negroes deserted from the from the pickets ; 8 A.M. a flag from the enemy report them strong , Gen. Lincoln French with private letters from the Bri- with the rebel army having joined the tish prisoners : destroyed the barracks and ...
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