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Page 104
... loss in killed and wounded was only forty - 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 ...
... loss in killed and wounded was only forty - 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 ...
Page 118
... loss of his guns , turned savagely back , powerless to stay the reverse tide of battle . The gal- lant young governor of Rhode Island , seeing that all was lost , spiked ; with his own hands , the guns of his regiment before he fled ...
... loss of his guns , turned savagely back , powerless to stay the reverse tide of battle . The gal- lant young governor of Rhode Island , seeing that all was lost , spiked ; with his own hands , the guns of his regiment before he fled ...
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... loss in killed , and wounded , and missing , amounted to nearly two thousand , of which one thousand four hundred . and twenty - three were taken prisoners . Among the killed were Colonel Cameron , brother of the Secretary of War , 120 ...
... loss in killed , and wounded , and missing , amounted to nearly two thousand , of which one thousand four hundred . and twenty - three were taken prisoners . Among the killed were Colonel Cameron , brother of the Secretary of War , 120 ...
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... loss was reported to be one thousand two hun- dred and thirty - six , though it was probably much larger . The rebels reported about the same loss . We lost the bat- tle , but the nation claimed a victory . Five thousand had met twenty ...
... loss was reported to be one thousand two hun- dred and thirty - six , though it was probably much larger . The rebels reported about the same loss . We lost the bat- tle , but the nation claimed a victory . Five thousand had met twenty ...
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... loss , and retreated ten miles . Our loss was only nine killed , while that of the enemy was one hun- dred , and among them Colonel J. A. Washington , recent pro- prietor of Mount Vernon . A strange fatality attended every attempt of ...
... loss , and retreated ten miles . Our loss was only nine killed , while that of the enemy was one hun- dred , and among them Colonel J. A. Washington , recent pro- prietor of Mount Vernon . A strange fatality attended every attempt of ...
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