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Whitman rushed to the front, searching the hospitals in Falmouth, Virginia, across the Rappahannock River
high house, corner of 15th and F. street—there is a splendid view, away down south, of the Potomac river
Since our repulse from the Fredericksburg batteries and return this side of the river, the men take things
The rebels still hold the other side of the river and apear to be in considerable force, but they keep
We have just come off Picket, everything along the river and in the camp is just the same as when you
The Army commenced to move from here early on Tuesday morning last, going somewhere up the river, but
over here and eat us all up) my oppinion is, that it was intended to throw a heavy force accross the river
or on the flank while we occupied their attention in front, with our Batteries on this side of the river
The scenery around Washington is really fine, the Potomac a lordly river, the hills, woods, &c all attractive
done that, And Lee as you say must have been badly hurt or he would never let Hooker come across the river
we had such favorable news from there at first, and Hooker managed things so nicely in crossing the river
find out that we had not only not, taken Richmond, but that Hooker had been obliged to recross the river
One thing I think is plain, in crossing the river and getting in the rear of Lee's army in the manner
somewhere, and that the dispatches were from General Carter, and that the rebs had crossed the Cumberland River
is very low i dont think that he will live but 3 or foar days wee think we will cros the Cumbrlen river
home twice since i roat to you i cudent stay long for the rebels pickets was in site just acrous the river
millsprings our boys are all in good sirrets and egger to fight since rot to you wee went acrous the river
go up to Georgetown, about two & a half miles up the Potomac, an old town—just opposite it in the river
warm, but has not cleared off yet—the trees look so well from where I am, & the Potomac—it is a noble river—I
Johnson, if he had attempted to come to the relief of Pemberton, We are between the Yazoo and Black rivers
, our advance came up to the enemys pickets, who were posted on the opposite side of the Big Black river
at Jackson, this City you know is the Capitol of the state and is built on the bank of the Pearl river
the river again just below the city, makeing a line of about 3 miles in length.
, while someone crossed the river, and made an attack on the rear, which of course would have cutt off
corps had returned to Vicksburgh, & some acc'ts say that part of the corps had started to come up the river
with them about each one, in every part of the United States, and many of the engagements on the rivers
August 6th and marched down to the Yazoo river, where we went on board the boat, and started down the
where the citazens citizens had prepared a nice meal for us, after getting our grub we crossed the river
must be now back again in Kentucky, or that way, as I see a letter from Cairo, (up the Mississippi river
this weather the rich & splendid environs of Washington are an unfailing fountain to me—go down the river
, but I wondered why you did not write—What comfort you must take out there in the country, by the river—I
changed our camp since I last wrote, we are now about 8 miles from Nicholasville, near the Kentucky River
The city of the wide Potomac, the queenly river, lined with softest, greenest hills and uplands.
There is no place in the city, or for miles and miles off, or down or up the river, but what you see
Sometimes from the river, coming up through Seventh-street, you see a long, long string of them, slowly
But this city, even in the crude state it is to-day, with its buildings of to-day, with its ample river
the California, Idaho and Colorado regions (two-thirds of our territory lies west of the Mississippi River
he will get elected for he is a good union man— i am in the hospittle on davids island up the east river
clutched him by the arm, & poured out the greatest singing you ever heard—it poured like a raging river
population is 1,500,000), almost every body well-drest, & appearing to have enough—then the splendid river