Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 13
... advance arrived in Berryville late in the evening of the 17th of October , and drove a scouting party of the enemy out of town . We did not find Stuart there , as we expected , our scouts reporting that he could not cross the Shenandoah ...
... advance arrived in Berryville late in the evening of the 17th of October , and drove a scouting party of the enemy out of town . We did not find Stuart there , as we expected , our scouts reporting that he could not cross the Shenandoah ...
Page 19
... advance of the Federals was checked in the summer of 1864 at the time they came so near cap- turing Petersburg . The position thus established , and the works destined to Gordon's Assault on Fort Stedman . 19 Gordon's Assault on Fort ...
... advance of the Federals was checked in the summer of 1864 at the time they came so near cap- turing Petersburg . The position thus established , and the works destined to Gordon's Assault on Fort Stedman . 19 Gordon's Assault on Fort ...
Page 20
... advance on Petersburg degenerated into the slow and tedious process called the siege of Petersburg . The Federal works consisted of a front line of earth redoubts or forts at short intervals connected by a chain of earthen breastworks ...
... advance on Petersburg degenerated into the slow and tedious process called the siege of Petersburg . The Federal works consisted of a front line of earth redoubts or forts at short intervals connected by a chain of earthen breastworks ...
Page 28
... advance because it was now in the full blaze of daylight , and the seventy - five yards that lay between Fort Sted- man and our shelter was swept by the direct and cross fire of many pieces of artillery posted in both the first and ...
... advance because it was now in the full blaze of daylight , and the seventy - five yards that lay between Fort Sted- man and our shelter was swept by the direct and cross fire of many pieces of artillery posted in both the first and ...
Page 42
... the rays of the declining Isun and the Southern battle flags gleaming redly against the dark background . They seemed to have struck the Federal advance on the flank . From the long line of gray a 42 Southern Historical Society Papers .
... the rays of the declining Isun and the Southern battle flags gleaming redly against the dark background . They seemed to have struck the Federal advance on the flank . From the long line of gray a 42 Southern Historical Society Papers .
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