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 85
... loss in killed and This disaster Defeat was a wounded of some forty men . The whole affair was badly managed the regiments through mistake firing into each . other - and had the enemy shown any energy the whole command would have been ...
... loss in killed and This disaster Defeat was a wounded of some forty men . The whole affair was badly managed the regiments through mistake firing into each . other - and had the enemy shown any energy the whole command would have been ...
Page 90
... loss , in killed , wounded , and mis- sing , was twenty - one . This marching on the enemy in a rail- road train , without any scouts being sent in advance to recon- noiter , was looked upon as a most extraordinary mode of pro- ceeding ...
... loss , in killed , wounded , and mis- sing , was twenty - one . This marching on the enemy in a rail- road train , without any scouts being sent in advance to recon- noiter , was looked upon as a most extraordinary mode of pro- ceeding ...
Page 98
... loss was slight . All told , in both engagements , it would not reach sixty , while that of the enemy in killed alone was nearly two hundred , besides a thousand captured . This forced march of over thirty miles , in less than twenty ...
... loss was slight . All told , in both engagements , it would not reach sixty , while that of the enemy in killed alone was nearly two hundred , besides a thousand captured . This forced march of over thirty miles , in less than twenty ...
Page 104
... loss in killed and wounded was only forty - four , while that of the enemy was supposed to be between three and four hundred . While these events were occurring in Missouri and West- ern Virginia , the Union men in Kentucky were making ...
... loss in killed and wounded was only forty - four , while that of the enemy was supposed to be between three and four hundred . While these events were occurring in Missouri and West- ern Virginia , the Union men in Kentucky were making ...
Page 117
... loss of the battle certain . Ten thousand fresh troops thrown suddenly on these two divisions , that had been marching and fighting without any respite for thirteen hours , could have but one result . It must be remembered that those ...
... loss of the battle certain . Ten thousand fresh troops thrown suddenly on these two divisions , that had been marching and fighting without any respite for thirteen hours , could have but one result . It must be remembered that those ...
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