The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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Page 87
... column in person , cheering on the men . In twenty minutes the battle was over , and the enemy , flying in every direction , hastened in their retreat by the cannon balls that went ploughing through their disordered ranks . A large ...
... column in person , cheering on the men . In twenty minutes the battle was over , and the enemy , flying in every direction , hastened in their retreat by the cannon balls that went ploughing through their disordered ranks . A large ...
Page 89
... columns were formed in total darkness , and set forward rapidly . In dead silence they pushed on through the storm , but the darkness and mud so impeded . their progress that they did not arrive before Philippi till near light . The ...
... columns were formed in total darkness , and set forward rapidly . In dead silence they pushed on through the storm , but the darkness and mud so impeded . their progress that they did not arrive before Philippi till near light . The ...
Page 93
... column with dispatches , was captured by them and thus revealed the whole strategem . Pegram immediately dispatched twenty - five hundred men and three pieces of artillery to the top of the mountain to resist the advance of Rosecrans ...
... column with dispatches , was captured by them and thus revealed the whole strategem . Pegram immediately dispatched twenty - five hundred men and three pieces of artillery to the top of the mountain to resist the advance of Rosecrans ...
Page 94
... column . Halting in its place , it stood still for half an hour in the pouring rain , while the necessary recon- noissances were made . The bushes were so thick that ther opposing forces could not be seen , and the whereabouts of the ...
... column . Halting in its place , it stood still for half an hour in the pouring rain , while the necessary recon- noissances were made . The bushes were so thick that ther opposing forces could not be seen , and the whereabouts of the ...
Page 95
... column pushed on that afternoon and encamped about two miles south of Leedsville . The next morning , at two o'clock , the loud reveille called up the weary soldiers , who snatching a hasty breakfast started after the fugitives . The ...
... column pushed on that afternoon and encamped about two miles south of Leedsville . The next morning , at two o'clock , the loud reveille called up the weary soldiers , who snatching a hasty breakfast started after the fugitives . The ...
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