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 53
... heavy artillery , he could easily have kept the surrounding shores clear , but not a shot was permitted to be fired . This brave commander , with his little garrison of seventy - five men , saw month after month the frowning batteries ...
... heavy artillery , he could easily have kept the surrounding shores clear , but not a shot was permitted to be fired . This brave commander , with his little garrison of seventy - five men , saw month after month the frowning batteries ...
Page 56
... heavy , deafening explosions were like a continuous clap of thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and shot and shell beat upon it , and burst within and over it incessantly . The heavy ...
... heavy , deafening explosions were like a continuous clap of thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and shot and shell beat upon it , and burst within and over it incessantly . The heavy ...
Page 67
... heavy disaster following the fall of fort Sumter . The navy yard at Norfolk , was the largest , and the most important one in the country . To the rebels it was of vital importance . for notwithstanding the thefts of Floyd , while ...
... heavy disaster following the fall of fort Sumter . The navy yard at Norfolk , was the largest , and the most important one in the country . To the rebels it was of vital importance . for notwithstanding the thefts of Floyd , while ...
Page 76
... heavy fears that had oppressed them . A feeble effort was made by Governor Hicks to prevent troops from crossing the state by this route , but a passage had been cleared , and it was resolved that nothing should close it . Regiment ...
... heavy fears that had oppressed them . A feeble effort was made by Governor Hicks to prevent troops from crossing the state by this route , but a passage had been cleared , and it was resolved that nothing should close it . Regiment ...
Page 77
... heavy guns , planted on Arlington Hights , would have rendered it un- tenable . C Now commenced defections in the army and navy , and it was impossible to tell whom to trust . A large portion of the officers in both branches of service ...
... heavy guns , planted on Arlington Hights , would have rendered it un- tenable . C Now commenced defections in the army and navy , and it was impossible to tell whom to trust . A large portion of the officers in both branches of service ...
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