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1 Ohio State Journal.

2 General McClellan's Report, p. 4.

3 Testimony before Committee of Congress.

4 Norfolk Day-Book.

5 Peninsular Campaign. Rev. Dr. Marks.

6 General McClellan's Report, p. 66.

7 General Heintzelman's testimony.

8 Maine Adjutant-General's Report, 1862, p. 142. Captain B. M. Smith.

9 Campaign from Texas to Maryland, by Rev. Nicholas A. Davis, Chaplain Fourth Texas. Richmond, 1863.

10 Stephens's speech.

11 Notes on Virginia.

12 McClellan's Report, p. 79.

13 See page 50.

14 President Lincoln's letter,—Testimony, p. 321.

15 Adjutant-General's Report,—Testimony, p. 315.

16 McClellan's Report, p. 79.

17 Confederate Reports, Official, p. 516.

18 Battle-Fields of the South, by an English Officer in the Confederate Army. London.

19 Southern History of the War, Vol. II. p. 31.

20 Southern History, Vol. II. p. 31.

21 Estvan's War Pictures from the South, p. 271.

22 Battle-Fields of the South.

23 The diagram represents the position of the troops at the beginning of the battle.

24 Battle-Fields of the South, Vol. II. p. 4

25 Keyes's Report.

26 Adjutant-General's Report, Maine, 1862.

27 Adjutant-General's Report.

28 Battle-Fields of the South.

29 Chaplain Marks.

30 Testimony, p. 352.

31 Testimony, p. 609.

32 Army of the Potomac, p. 79.

33 Chaplain Marks.

34 Campaign from Texas to Maryland.

35 McClellan's Despatch. Testimony, p. 338.

36 Pollard's Southern History, p. 329.

37 Confederate Narrative, Rebellion Record, Vol. V. p. 250.

38 Battle-Fields of the South.

39 Campaign from Texas to Maryland, p. 46.

40 Richmond Whig, June 29, 1862.

41 Peninsular Campaign.

42 Battle-Fields of the South, p. 170.

43 Cologne Gazette account.

44 Hooker's Report.

45 Pollard, Southern Hist.

46 Campaign from Texas to Maryland.

47 Battle-Fields of the South.

48 Report, p. 140.

49 Peninsular Campaign, p. 294.

50 See "My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field."

51 Pope's Report.

52 Pope's Report.

53 Sigel's Report.

54 Southern History, Second Year, p. 113.

55 General McClellan's Report, p. 213.

56 McClellan's Report.

57 Life of Stonewall Jackson, p. 197.

58 The Church and the Rebellion, p. 196.

59 Pollard, Vol. II. p. 137.

60 Upon the map accompanying General McClellan's Report there are several residences marked Poffenberger; also several marked D. Miller. But the residence here described was the one around which the severest fighting occurred on the right,—Joseph Poffenberger's.

61 Pollard, Vol. II. p. 125.

62 Jackson's Report, Southern History, Vol. II. p. 132.

63 Southern Hist., Vol. II. p. 132.

64 Jackson's Report, Southern History, Vol. II. p. 133.

65 Campaign from Texas to Maryland, p. 89.

66 Ibid, p. 90.

67 Major Hyde's Report.

68 Maine Adjutant General's Report, 1862.

69 McClellan's Report, p. 208.

70 Charleston Courier's account of the battle.

71 Burnside's Testimony.

72 McClellan's Report, p. 207.

73 McClellan's Report, p. 201.

74 Statement of a Rebel officer after the battle,—a prisoner.

75 Campaign from Texas to Maryland, and Charleston Courier.

76 See McClellan's statement of the number of troops present, p. 214, Report.

77 Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball's Report.

78 Report, p. 212.

79 Burnside's Testimony, p. 642.

80 Vol. II., p. 142.

81 President's Letter.

82 Adjutant-General's Report.

83 Report Christian Commission.

84 Speech at Ellicott's Mills, 1864.

85 In General McClellan's report of the battle of Fair Oaks, he calls this brigade "Abercrombie's,"—evidently a mistake.

86 Kearny was appointed division commander of the Third Corps (Heintzelman's) at the commencement of the Peninsular campaign.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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