Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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... ground , he called after me : " I am going , anyhow . " And he did , sure enough . As we turned the corner I saw the Yankees standing at the big windows with their guns in their hands . The courtroom was in the second floor . Just as we ...
... ground , he called after me : " I am going , anyhow . " And he did , sure enough . As we turned the corner I saw the Yankees standing at the big windows with their guns in their hands . The courtroom was in the second floor . Just as we ...
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... ground in its immediate front , but in front of the breastworks and the neighboring forts to the right and to the left ; so that an attack- ing force would have to face not only a direct fire from infantry and artillery , but the ...
... ground in its immediate front , but in front of the breastworks and the neighboring forts to the right and to the left ; so that an attack- ing force would have to face not only a direct fire from infantry and artillery , but the ...
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... ground while the ends of the other two presented their sharp points to the front and rear at the heighth of a man's breast . These pieces of scantling are fastened together at the ends with short iron chains a few inches long , so that ...
... ground while the ends of the other two presented their sharp points to the front and rear at the heighth of a man's breast . These pieces of scantling are fastened together at the ends with short iron chains a few inches long , so that ...
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Southern Historical Society Robert Alonzo Brock. They hollowed out the ground just in rear of the trenches , and made cellars or caves under the earth in which they slept , ate and lived for five months . One - third of the men were kept ...
Southern Historical Society Robert Alonzo Brock. They hollowed out the ground just in rear of the trenches , and made cellars or caves under the earth in which they slept , ate and lived for five months . One - third of the men were kept ...
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... ground . The ground at this point was a coinfield , but the farmer who had planted it had not seen fit to gather his crop , and as the storming party moved out they made more noise among the cornstalks than the " Yank " on picket was ...
... ground . The ground at this point was a coinfield , but the farmer who had planted it had not seen fit to gather his crop , and as the storming party moved out they made more noise among the cornstalks than the " Yank " on picket was ...
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