The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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... heavy , deafening explosions were like a continuous clap of thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and shot and shell beat upon it , and burst within and over it incessantly . The heavy ...
... heavy , deafening explosions were like a continuous clap of thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and shot and shell beat upon it , and burst within and over it incessantly . The heavy ...
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... heavy disaster following the fall of fort Sumter . The navy yard at Norfolk , was the largest , and the most important one in the country . To the rebels it was of vital importance , for notwithstanding the thefts of Floyd , while ...
... heavy disaster following the fall of fort Sumter . The navy yard at Norfolk , was the largest , and the most important one in the country . To the rebels it was of vital importance , for notwithstanding the thefts of Floyd , while ...
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... heavy force of artillery , he set out from Cheat Mountain at midnight , and marched in dead silence over the rugged way . Colonel Kimball of the Fourteenth Indiana , was ordered to move against the enemy's front and right , and push ...
... heavy force of artillery , he set out from Cheat Mountain at midnight , and marched in dead silence over the rugged way . Colonel Kimball of the Fourteenth Indiana , was ordered to move against the enemy's front and right , and push ...
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... heavy rains that ren- dered the roads heavy ; but the moment he received Scott's message , he ordered his cavalry and mounted men to the front , and pushing forward at a rapid pace , reached Liberty after dark , where he found Scott's ...
... heavy rains that ren- dered the roads heavy ; but the moment he received Scott's message , he ordered his cavalry and mounted men to the front , and pushing forward at a rapid pace , reached Liberty after dark , where he found Scott's ...
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... heavy strain , as the two vessels rolled on the heavy seas , and they parted . The Governor had now three feet of water in her hold , and was fast settling in the The Sabine then made the hazardous experiment to get alongside , though ...
... heavy strain , as the two vessels rolled on the heavy seas , and they parted . The Governor had now three feet of water in her hold , and was fast settling in the The Sabine then made the hazardous experiment to get alongside , though ...
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