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Page 93
... woods , preceded by a guide , pushed resolutely forward towards the top of the mountain , where the rebels had an intrenchment directly in rear of their main army . There had been a cold mountain rain , and the bushes were dripping wet ...
... woods , preceded by a guide , pushed resolutely forward towards the top of the mountain , where the rebels had an intrenchment directly in rear of their main army . There had been a cold mountain rain , and the bushes were dripping wet ...
Page 95
... woods , and fled in every direction . McClellan , in the meantime , was cutting a road through the woods towards the intrenchments at the foot of the hill . The heavy firing came down to him from the top of the mountain , and ignorant ...
... woods , and fled in every direction . McClellan , in the meantime , was cutting a road through the woods towards the intrenchments at the foot of the hill . The heavy firing came down to him from the top of the mountain , and ignorant ...
Page 112
... woods . The fires by which the host had cooked its midnight meal — the last to many a poor soldier - dotted the hill - sides and hazy valleys as far as the eye could reach . Long lines of steel , flashing in the moonbeams - extended ...
... woods . The fires by which the host had cooked its midnight meal — the last to many a poor soldier - dotted the hill - sides and hazy valleys as far as the eye could reach . Long lines of steel , flashing in the moonbeams - extended ...
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... woods volumes of smoke writhed fiercely upwards , telling where bodies of infantry struggled for the mastery - regiments on the double- quick streamed across the open meadows , and the next moment , like two thunder clouds charged with ...
... woods volumes of smoke writhed fiercely upwards , telling where bodies of infantry struggled for the mastery - regiments on the double- quick streamed across the open meadows , and the next moment , like two thunder clouds charged with ...
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... woods on the other side of the shoals , the masts of several rebel vessels . The commander , Lieutenant Braine , immediately opened on them with shells , which exploding in their midst scattered them in all directions . Rolling up their ...
... woods on the other side of the shoals , the masts of several rebel vessels . The commander , Lieutenant Braine , immediately opened on them with shells , which exploding in their midst scattered them in all directions . Rolling up their ...
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