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Couch's official reports for the Fredericksburg Campaign.
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The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War
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Dupuy, Trevor N., Curt Johnson, and David L. Bongard.
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1832:. Springfield, MA: C. W. Bryan & Co., 1888.
1731:Major General Darius Nash Couch: Enigmatic Valor
1632:. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1952.
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1829:Massachusetts in the War, 1861–1865
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1647:. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
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1991:Winfield S. Hancock
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2025:Political offices
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