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Page 161
... strong , was seen streaming down the mountain in the rear , their artillery thundering before them . As they approached the fortifications , cheer after cheer went up from the rebels . Our infantry , exasperated at the shout , asked ...
... strong , was seen streaming down the mountain in the rear , their artillery thundering before them . As they approached the fortifications , cheer after cheer went up from the rebels . Our infantry , exasperated at the shout , asked ...
Page 168
... strong at Blue Mills Ferry landing , near Liberty , whither he had retired from Lexington . Simultaneously with this move- ment , Colonel Smith , with the Illinois Sixteenth and a part of the thirty - ninth Ohio regiments , was to come ...
... strong at Blue Mills Ferry landing , near Liberty , whither he had retired from Lexington . Simultaneously with this move- ment , Colonel Smith , with the Illinois Sixteenth and a part of the thirty - ninth Ohio regiments , was to come ...
Page 205
... strong , lay in ambush , and did not fire until the head of Colonel Marshall's battalion , which was in advance , reached the sharp turn . Then , all at once , a de- structive fire was opened upon it , and the " mountain side was blue ...
... strong , lay in ambush , and did not fire until the head of Colonel Marshall's battalion , which was in advance , reached the sharp turn . Then , all at once , a de- structive fire was opened upon it , and the " mountain side was blue ...
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... strong , were drawn up near a church known as Mount Zion . FIGHT AT MOUNT ZION . Their left lay sheltered in a piece of woods , and the sharp shooters were sent to dislodge them . They advanced cau- tiously , and soon the woods rang ...
... strong , were drawn up near a church known as Mount Zion . FIGHT AT MOUNT ZION . Their left lay sheltered in a piece of woods , and the sharp shooters were sent to dislodge them . They advanced cau- tiously , and soon the woods rang ...
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... strong op- position to McClellan began to develop themselves . The country , however , was appeased by the assurance that a great plan was maturing , which required delay , but at the proper time would be developed and crush the ...
... strong op- position to McClellan began to develop themselves . The country , however , was appeased by the assurance that a great plan was maturing , which required delay , but at the proper time would be developed and crush the ...
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