The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 104
... morning , from whence he leisurely continued his retreat to Mount Vernon . Sigel had handled his little force throughout the trying circumstances with which he had been surrounded , with consummate skill and shown himself an able ...
... morning , from whence he leisurely continued his retreat to Mount Vernon . Sigel had handled his little force throughout the trying circumstances with which he had been surrounded , with consummate skill and shown himself an able ...
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... morning , the order to march was given . It was a warm moonlight night , and the army presented a magnificent spectacle as it began to move off through the green fields and overhanging woods . The fires by which the host had cooked its ...
... morning , the order to march was given . It was a warm moonlight night , and the army presented a magnificent spectacle as it began to move off through the green fields and overhanging woods . The fires by which the host had cooked its ...
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... morning broke warm and pleasant , and at six o'clock Tyler was in front of the enemy's centre , and soon a thirty pound rifled Parrott gun - the signal agreed on by which he was to announce he was in position- awoke the morning echoes ...
... morning broke warm and pleasant , and at six o'clock Tyler was in front of the enemy's centre , and soon a thirty pound rifled Parrott gun - the signal agreed on by which he was to announce he was in position- awoke the morning echoes ...
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... morning light would prevent . The battle had raged for four hours , and now in the darkness the troops were ordered to fall back on the lines . their arms all night , and a part of them within two or three hundred yards of the fort ...
... morning light would prevent . The battle had raged for four hours , and now in the darkness the troops were ordered to fall back on the lines . their arms all night , and a part of them within two or three hundred yards of the fort ...
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... morning , dispatched Sullivan with the Thirteenth Indiana , along the main road , and most of two Virginia and Ohio regiments by the bridle path , with orders , if possible , to fall simultaneously on the enemy , and force their way to ...
... morning , dispatched Sullivan with the Thirteenth Indiana , along the main road , and most of two Virginia and Ohio regiments by the bridle path , with orders , if possible , to fall simultaneously on the enemy , and force their way to ...
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