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Page 61
... four hours borne the concentrated fire of four powerful batteries , and which , though unable to return only an occasional shot , and wrap- ped in a fierce conflagration , still refused to yield . It was a sight to move the pity of any ...
... four hours borne the concentrated fire of four powerful batteries , and which , though unable to return only an occasional shot , and wrap- ped in a fierce conflagration , still refused to yield . It was a sight to move the pity of any ...
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... four guns ; the Merrimac and Columbia , forty - four ; the Raritan , forty - five ; the sloops - of- war Germantown and Plymouth , each twenty - two guns ; the brig Dolphin , a powder boat , and the frigate United States , ( in ordinary ...
... four guns ; the Merrimac and Columbia , forty - four ; the Raritan , forty - five ; the sloops - of- war Germantown and Plymouth , each twenty - two guns ; the brig Dolphin , a powder boat , and the frigate United States , ( in ordinary ...
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... four privates , proceeded to the top of the house and cut down the flag . As they were coming down stairs , preceded by private Brownell , they met the man they had just before accosted , standing in the hall with a double - barreled ...
... four privates , proceeded to the top of the house and cut down the flag . As they were coming down stairs , preceded by private Brownell , they met the man they had just before accosted , standing in the hall with a double - barreled ...
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... four regiments of Union troops in two divisions commanded by Colonels Lander and Kelly . The two latter left Grafton at ten o'clock at night on the second of June , and proceeding by railroad to within twenty- five miles of Philippi ...
... four regiments of Union troops in two divisions commanded by Colonels Lander and Kelly . The two latter left Grafton at ten o'clock at night on the second of June , and proceeding by railroad to within twenty- five miles of Philippi ...
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... 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 des- perate efforts to keep the state out of ...
... 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 des- perate efforts to keep the state out of ...
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