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... guns en barbette , and they were knocked to pieces one after another by the shot and shells that swept the crest of the ramparts . These were the only guns that could throw shells , and hence Anderson was able to reply to the enemy only ...
... guns en barbette , and they were knocked to pieces one after another by the shot and shells that swept the crest of the ramparts . These were the only guns that could throw shells , and hence Anderson was able to reply to the enemy only ...
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... guns . Instead of this , we succeeded in scuttling and firing the Pennsylvania , Delaware , and Columbus , each seventy - four guns ; the Merrimac and Columbia , forty - four ; the Raritan , forty - five ; the sloops - of- war ...
... guns . Instead of this , we succeeded in scuttling and firing the Pennsylvania , Delaware , and Columbus , each seventy - four guns ; the Merrimac and Columbia , forty - four ; the Raritan , forty - five ; the sloops - of- war ...
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... guns , rolling away over the vast expanse . rebels , who occupied a slight swell on the plain , replied , and for a time a brisk artillery fire was kept up , while not a tree or a shrub or hill obstructed the view or sheltered the com ...
... guns , rolling away over the vast expanse . rebels , who occupied a slight swell on the plain , replied , and for a time a brisk artillery fire was kept up , while not a tree or a shrub or hill obstructed the view or sheltered the com ...
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... guns . At length he reached his baggage wagons , fifty in number toiling slowly forward . These were at once formed into a solid square , and surrounded by the artillery and in- fantry , moved slowly back till they approached Dry Fork ...
... guns . At length he reached his baggage wagons , fifty in number toiling slowly forward . These were at once formed into a solid square , and surrounded by the artillery and in- fantry , moved slowly back till they approached Dry Fork ...
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... guns . " Is he coming ? " trembled on every tongue . Yes , they carried the American flag , and deliverance had ar- rived at last . On they came in easy range down the oppos- ing slope , until close upon our lines , when they suddenly ...
... guns . " Is he coming ? " trembled on every tongue . Yes , they carried the American flag , and deliverance had ar- rived at last . On they came in easy range down the oppos- ing slope , until close upon our lines , when they suddenly ...
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