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Page 24
... moved out they made more noise among the cornstalks than the " Yank " on picket was accustomed to hear , and he sang out to our picket : " I say , Johnny , what are you doing in that corn ? " To this Johnny very innocently replied ...
... moved out they made more noise among the cornstalks than the " Yank " on picket was accustomed to hear , and he sang out to our picket : " I say , Johnny , what are you doing in that corn ? " To this Johnny very innocently replied ...
Page 25
... moved off at a trail arms , and not a word was spoken or a sound heard except the regular beat of their feet as they stepped out at a double - quick . I have read many accounts , both in history and fiction , of such attacks , and my ...
... moved off at a trail arms , and not a word was spoken or a sound heard except the regular beat of their feet as they stepped out at a double - quick . I have read many accounts , both in history and fiction , of such attacks , and my ...
Page 26
... moved rapidly across the intervening space and into the captured fort . When the head of the column reached the enemy's works , and the first files were on them , I found that the leading files were lying down behind the breastworks at ...
... moved rapidly across the intervening space and into the captured fort . When the head of the column reached the enemy's works , and the first files were on them , I found that the leading files were lying down behind the breastworks at ...
Page 32
... moved forward , his command ex- tending from the Shenandoah to the Potomac , in the following order from right to left , A. P. Hill , Lawton and Jones . The attack began early on the morning of Monday , the 15th , and after brisk firing ...
... moved forward , his command ex- tending from the Shenandoah to the Potomac , in the following order from right to left , A. P. Hill , Lawton and Jones . The attack began early on the morning of Monday , the 15th , and after brisk firing ...
Page 36
... moved to a piece of woods a short distance to our left and front , where we re- mained all the next day ( 18th ) . We were expecting another attack all that morning until truces were made for the burial of the dead , whether officially ...
... moved to a piece of woods a short distance to our left and front , where we re- mained all the next day ( 18th ) . We were expecting another attack all that morning until truces were made for the burial of the dead , whether officially ...
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