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  • Donald Overall's father died of wounds near Arras, in 1917, leaving a widow and two young sons.

    Remembrance Day: 'I'm an old man, I am supposed to be tough. I thought I was hard, but I'm not. He's my dad and I miss him' 2011

  • Once upon a time, it was the Liberty Overall's factory, there on Morris Avenue, and Jada's grandmother worked there when she was young.

    "The stillness still that doesn't end." crk_blog_vault 2008

  • Late in the evening General Rosecrans, accompanied by General McCook, and several other officers whose names I am now unable to recall, rode by my headquarters on their way to the rear to look for a new line of battle -- on Overall's creek it was said -- that would preserve our communications with Nashville and offer better facilities for resistance than the one we were now holding.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The fires and the supposed movements had no weight, therefore, in deciding the proposition to take up a line at Overall's creek, but General Rosecrans, fortunately for the army, decided to remain where he was.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • If it had been decided to fall back to Overall's creek, we could have withdrawn without much difficulty very likely, but such a retrograde movement would have left to the enemy the entire battle - field of Stone River and ultimately compelled our retreat to Nashville.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • If Mr Marsh is dead, his children would be entitled to a share of Mr Overall's estate.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • Mr Marsh was believed to have once lived in Mr Overall's house in Dendy St, Brighton, but no records have been found of him since 1930.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • The fires and the supposed movements had no weight, therefore, in deciding the proposition to take up a line at Overall's creek, but General Rosecrans, fortunately for the army, decided to remain where he was.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • If it had been decided to fall back to Overall's creek, we could have withdrawn without much difficulty very likely, but such a retrograde movement would have left to the enemy the entire battle-field of Stone River and ultimately compelled our retreat to Nashville.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • Late in the evening General Rosecrans, accompanied by General McCook, and several other officers whose names I am now unable to recall, rode by my headquarters on their way to the rear to look for a new line of battle -- on Overall's creek it was said -- that would preserve our communications with Nashville and offer better facilities for resistance than the one we were now holding.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

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