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... . We fixed him as comfortably as we could and laid the sword by his side . The enemy had gone out of town by the Harper's Ferry road 14 Southern Historical Society Papers . Imboden's Dash into Charlestown By Captain F M Berkeley II.
... . We fixed him as comfortably as we could and laid the sword by his side . The enemy had gone out of town by the Harper's Ferry road 14 Southern Historical Society Papers . Imboden's Dash into Charlestown By Captain F M Berkeley II.
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... side , and the authorities . Finally , one afternoon , as the paper was about to go to press , a detachment of soldiers , under an officer , with orders , arrested the editor and his two partners , de- stroyed or appropriated the ...
... side , and the authorities . Finally , one afternoon , as the paper was about to go to press , a detachment of soldiers , under an officer , with orders , arrested the editor and his two partners , de- stroyed or appropriated the ...
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... sides . At intervals along these breastworks were smaller ( unenclosed ) fortifications , lunettes . Three of these lunettes were very near Fort Stedman- Battery No. 10 , immediately to the north , Batteries Nos . 11 and 12 just south ...
... sides . At intervals along these breastworks were smaller ( unenclosed ) fortifications , lunettes . Three of these lunettes were very near Fort Stedman- Battery No. 10 , immediately to the north , Batteries Nos . 11 and 12 just south ...
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... side had placed a heavy line of chevaux de frise , with an occasional open- ing sufficient to allow a man to pass through . This chevaux de frise , it may be well to explain to the unmilitary reader , consisted of square pieces of ...
... side had placed a heavy line of chevaux de frise , with an occasional open- ing sufficient to allow a man to pass through . This chevaux de frise , it may be well to explain to the unmilitary reader , consisted of square pieces of ...
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... side a desultory fire was kept up , each side firing at the only vulner- able spots , which were these loopholes . They were easily located by the smoke from the muskets , and their exact situation became known to all . So accurate was ...
... side a desultory fire was kept up , each side firing at the only vulner- able spots , which were these loopholes . They were easily located by the smoke from the muskets , and their exact situation became known to all . So accurate was ...
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