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Page 90
... fell from his horse , shot by some one concealed behind a fence or in a house . He was struck full in the breast , and was supposed at first to be mortally wounded . Wagons loaded with munitions of war , forage , officer's blankets ...
... fell from his horse , shot by some one concealed behind a fence or in a house . He was struck full in the breast , and was supposed at first to be mortally wounded . Wagons loaded with munitions of war , forage , officer's blankets ...
Page 98
... fell dead where he stood . Not an officer was near him ; all had ingloriously fled , leaving him alone , save a young and delicate boy from Georgia , who nobly refusing to desert him , fell dead by his side . The pursuit was kept up for ...
... fell dead where he stood . Not an officer was near him ; all had ingloriously fled , leaving him alone , save a young and delicate boy from Georgia , who nobly refusing to desert him , fell dead by his side . The pursuit was kept up for ...
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... fell into the hands of the enemy . Out of the woods volumes of smoke writhed fiercely upwards , telling where bodies of infantry struggled for the mastery - regiments on the double- quick streamed across the open meadows , and the next ...
... fell into the hands of the enemy . Out of the woods volumes of smoke writhed fiercely upwards , telling where bodies of infantry struggled for the mastery - regiments on the double- quick streamed across the open meadows , and the next ...
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... fell on him . Unaccustom- ed to a large command , without time to acquaint himself with the wants of his extensive department , -with an army to create , and a system to settle , he was thrown at once into the midst of battling armies ...
... fell on him . Unaccustom- ed to a large command , without time to acquaint himself with the wants of his extensive department , -with an army to create , and a system to settle , he was thrown at once into the midst of battling armies ...
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... fell back to Rolla . This left a great portion of Missouri in the hands of the rebels . Small bodies , however , kept the field , and incessant skirmishes and combats , the alternate occupation of remote towns by the loyalists and ...
... fell back to Rolla . This left a great portion of Missouri in the hands of the rebels . Small bodies , however , kept the field , and incessant skirmishes and combats , the alternate occupation of remote towns by the loyalists and ...
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