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(VREF973.731 WHI); Morgan, James A., III, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Little Sort of Boats: the Fights at Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21-22, 1861\u003c/title\u003e, 2004 (VREF 973.731 MOR); Holien, Kim Bernard, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBattle at Ball's Bluff\u003c/title\u003e, 1995 (VREF973.73 HOL), and United States, Congress, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eReport of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War\u003c/title\u003e (1863) (VREF973.713 UNI)\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Elijah V. White's Ball's Bluff Address (SC 0023); Springwood Select Home School for Young Ladies (SC 0019); Lewis Edward Files 53-0307 Ball's Bluff Battlefield and Cemetery (M022), Thomas Balch Library; White, E. 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