The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 84
... force , at the same time , passed the Chain bridge , a few miles above Washington , and took pos- session of the Loudon and Hampshire railroad , capturing two trains and several hundred passengers . Other regiments took part in this ...
... force , at the same time , passed the Chain bridge , a few miles above Washington , and took pos- session of the Loudon and Hampshire railroad , capturing two trains and several hundred passengers . Other regiments took part in this ...
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... force was rapidly concentrating at Manassas Junction , a strong natural position , about thirty miles southward from Washington . Skirmishing between the pickets along the lines was now incessant , relieved occasionally by more or less ...
... force was rapidly concentrating at Manassas Junction , a strong natural position , about thirty miles southward from Washington . Skirmishing between the pickets along the lines was now incessant , relieved occasionally by more or less ...
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... force was five thousand five hundred strong . Col- onel Sigel now 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 ...
... force was five thousand five hundred strong . Col- onel Sigel now 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 ...
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... force to overwhelm Lyon at Spring- field . Fremont may not have been the man for such an emergency , and it would have been difficult to find one that was . He must have been capable of impossibilities . He had hardly time to look ...
... force to overwhelm Lyon at Spring- field . Fremont may not have been the man for such an emergency , and it would have been difficult to find one that was . He must have been capable of impossibilities . He had hardly time to look ...
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... force to about three thousand five hundred men . He had , however , been there only three days at work , when the driving in of his pickets announced the near approach of the enemy . After the battle of Wilson's Creek , Price chased ...
... force to about three thousand five hundred men . He had , however , been there only three days at work , when the driving in of his pickets announced the near approach of the enemy . After the battle of Wilson's Creek , Price chased ...
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