The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 96
... line of battle . But the first cannon shot set them in motion again , and throwing away their remaining baggage , even their canteens , they streamed in disorder forward . Again being pushed so close that their baggage train was in ...
... line of battle . But the first cannon shot set them in motion again , and throwing away their remaining baggage , even their canteens , they streamed in disorder forward . Again being pushed so close that their baggage train was in ...
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... line . Totten's battery coming into action by sections , and by single piece ... lines often coming within a few yards of each other , before delivering their ... battle raged fiercer than ever . Though contest- 132 DEATH OF LYON . ing ...
... line . Totten's battery coming into action by sections , and by single piece ... lines often coming within a few yards of each other , before delivering their ... battle raged fiercer than ever . Though contest- 132 DEATH OF LYON . ing ...
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... BATTLE OF WILD CAT CAMP , KY . HE country looked to the cool nights and temperate days of October with ardent ... line of defense , and the waves of civil war drifted backward and forward over the distracted state . But east of the river the ...
... BATTLE OF WILD CAT CAMP , KY . HE country looked to the cool nights and temperate days of October with ardent ... line of defense , and the waves of civil war drifted backward and forward over the distracted state . But east of the river the ...
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... line of battle across their line of progress . Colonel Logan ordered his flag to the front of his regiment , and moved straight on the enemy , followed by the whole army except the Twenty - seventh Illinois and Dollins ' cavalry , which ...
... line of battle across their line of progress . Colonel Logan ordered his flag to the front of his regiment , and moved straight on the enemy , followed by the whole army except the Twenty - seventh Illinois and Dollins ' cavalry , which ...
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... line , and they struggled forward as they best could , while the shells burst among the branches overhead , and the ... battle was over by four o'clock , and our loss all told was but sixty - seven . The rebels acknowledged a loss of two ...
... line , and they struggled forward as they best could , while the shells burst among the branches overhead , and the ... battle was over by four o'clock , and our loss all told was but sixty - seven . The rebels acknowledged a loss of two ...
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