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 73
... moved simultaneously . The Massachusetts Sixth led the van , and four days after the President's proclamation was issued were entering Baltimore . Threats had been ut- tered that northern troops should not be allowed to pass through the ...
... moved simultaneously . The Massachusetts Sixth led the van , and four days after the President's proclamation was issued were entering Baltimore . Threats had been ut- tered that northern troops should not be allowed to pass through the ...
Page 86
... moved against him there . The latter fled , burning and destroying bridges , railroads , and telegraphs in his retreat . Reaching Booneville , forty miles distant , and one of the strongest secession towns in the state , he made a stand ...
... moved against him there . The latter fled , burning and destroying bridges , railroads , and telegraphs in his retreat . Reaching Booneville , forty miles distant , and one of the strongest secession towns in the state , he made a stand ...
Page 101
... moved his column , which looked a mere speck on the wide prairie , steadily forward , till he came within eight hundred yards of the rebel camp . He then halted , and unlimbering his artillery which was composed of six six , and two ...
... moved his column , which looked a mere speck on the wide prairie , steadily forward , till he came within eight hundred yards of the rebel camp . He then halted , and unlimbering his artillery which was composed of six six , and two ...
Page 102
... moved . Not a sound was heard through the quiet , determined ranks , except the occasional orders of the officers , as the line of glittering steel moved swiftly over the prairie , while the clouds of calvary hovered darkly on either ...
... moved . Not a sound was heard through the quiet , determined ranks , except the occasional orders of the officers , as the line of glittering steel moved swiftly over the prairie , while the clouds of calvary hovered darkly on either ...
Page 103
... moved rapidly forward towards Carthage , occasionally saluting squads of the enemy that kept hover- ing along his flank with his artillery . But on reaching the town he found it to his surprise in the hands of the enemy , and a ...
... moved rapidly forward towards Carthage , occasionally saluting squads of the enemy that kept hover- ing along his flank with his artillery . But on reaching the town he found it to his surprise in the hands of the enemy , and a ...
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