The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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... nearly to the parallel of thirty . Here its progress was arrested ; though in Maryland , Virginia , and Kentucky , influ- ences were at work , which promised before long to place them beside the free states of the north . Bills were ...
... nearly to the parallel of thirty . Here its progress was arrested ; though in Maryland , Virginia , and Kentucky , influ- ences were at work , which promised before long to place them beside the free states of the north . Bills were ...
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... nearly exhausted- the magazine could not be reached for more powder , yet now and then a shot was fired to let the fleet outside and the enemy know they had not surrendered . To add to the horrors of their position , the shells and ...
... nearly exhausted- the magazine could not be reached for more powder , yet now and then a shot was fired to let the fleet outside and the enemy know they had not surrendered . To add to the horrors of their position , the shells and ...
Page 88
... nearly to Fortress Monroe , began to be lined with their batteries , while from little above Washington , the river , for most of the way , also served as a dividing line be . tween the hostile forces . The movements of our troops ...
... nearly to Fortress Monroe , began to be lined with their batteries , while from little above Washington , the river , for most of the way , also served as a dividing line be . tween the hostile forces . The movements of our troops ...
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... nearly every man at the guns , fell into the hands of the enemy . Out of the woods volumes of smoke writhed fiercely upwards , telling where bodies of infantry struggled for the mastery - regiments on the double- quick streamed across ...
... nearly every man at the guns , fell into the hands of the enemy . Out of the woods volumes of smoke writhed fiercely upwards , telling where bodies of infantry struggled for the mastery - regiments on the double- quick streamed across ...
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... 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 FEELING AT THE NORTH . and Colonel Slocum of.
... 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 FEELING AT THE NORTH . and Colonel Slocum of.
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