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... Hill and Eutaw Springs , in 1781. This great distinction has ever since had a marked influence on the life of the corps . In the ante - bellum career of the corps there was maintained an esprit de corps , watchful and virile . " Success ...
... Hill and Eutaw Springs , in 1781. This great distinction has ever since had a marked influence on the life of the corps . In the ante - bellum career of the corps there was maintained an esprit de corps , watchful and virile . " Success ...
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... Hill . " I was then in command of a division in the corps commanded by General John B. Gordon , of Georgia , and my division occupied that portion of the trenches around Petersburg from the Appomat- tox river on the left , and extended ...
... Hill . " I was then in command of a division in the corps commanded by General John B. Gordon , of Georgia , and my division occupied that portion of the trenches around Petersburg from the Appomat- tox river on the left , and extended ...
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... Hill called “ Fort Stedman , ' one further south called " Fort Haskell , " and one opposite the Crater called " Fort ... hills beyond Harrison's creek , the Federals had a second line , very much like the first , and so con- structed ...
... Hill called “ Fort Stedman , ' one further south called " Fort Haskell , " and one opposite the Crater called " Fort ... hills beyond Harrison's creek , the Federals had a second line , very much like the first , and so con- structed ...
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... hills on the left bank of the Appomattox river opposite the enemy's second line of fortifi- cations on the right bank of the river in front of Hare's Hill or Fort Stedman . We spent an hour or more examining the enemy's posi- tion ...
... hills on the left bank of the Appomattox river opposite the enemy's second line of fortifi- cations on the right bank of the river in front of Hare's Hill or Fort Stedman . We spent an hour or more examining the enemy's posi- tion ...
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... Hill , cutting off the troops between Fort Stedman and the Appo- mattox river , and by thus getting in their rear , to compel them to cross over to the left bank of that river or be captured . Thus hav- ing opened the way to City Point ...
... Hill , cutting off the troops between Fort Stedman and the Appo- mattox river , and by thus getting in their rear , to compel them to cross over to the left bank of that river or be captured . Thus hav- ing opened the way to City Point ...
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