The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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Page 87
... cheering on the men . In twenty minutes the battle was over , and the enemy , flying in every direction , hastened in their retreat by the cannon balls that went ploughing through their disordered ranks . A large quantity of stores fell ...
... cheering on the men . In twenty minutes the battle was over , and the enemy , flying in every direction , hastened in their retreat by the cannon balls that went ploughing through their disordered ranks . A large quantity of stores fell ...
Page 94
... cheer sprang forward . The enemy , panic stricken , broke and fled with the excep- tion of a single man , who stood to his gun till he was shot down by a revolver . Rending the air with their loud hur- rahs , the victorious troops now ...
... cheer sprang forward . The enemy , panic stricken , broke and fled with the excep- tion of a single man , who stood to his gun till he was shot down by a revolver . Rending the air with their loud hur- rahs , the victorious troops now ...
Page 99
... bridge . The moment the head entered it , the rebels poured in a destructive volley . Receiving it without flinch- ing , the little band with a loud cheer dashed on a run across 100 FIGHT AT BARBOURSVILLE . it . But when nearly.
... bridge . The moment the head entered it , the rebels poured in a destructive volley . Receiving it without flinch- ing , the little band with a loud cheer dashed on a run across 100 FIGHT AT BARBOURSVILLE . it . But when nearly.
Page 100
... cheers . and yells . Maddened by these shouts of triumph and loud taunts , our soldiers dashed forward , each for himself ; and some crawling along on the string pieces , and some swing- ing along the rafters , they at length cleared ...
... cheers . and yells . Maddened by these shouts of triumph and loud taunts , our soldiers dashed forward , each for himself ; and some crawling along on the string pieces , and some swing- ing along the rafters , they at length cleared ...
Page 102
... started off on a sharp trot , and with loud cheers cleared the bridge , while the enemy's cavalry rent by shrapnell and canister , scattered in every direction . BATTLE OF CARTHAGE . 103 Horses with empty saddles went.
... started off on a sharp trot , and with loud cheers cleared the bridge , while the enemy's cavalry rent by shrapnell and canister , scattered in every direction . BATTLE OF CARTHAGE . 103 Horses with empty saddles went.
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advance army arrived artillery attack BARBOURSVILLE batteries Beauregard Blue Mills brave brigade Bull Run camp cannon CAPE HATTERAS cavalry Centreville CHEAT MOUNTAIN cheers Colonel column command Congress Creek dashed defeat division enemy enemy's fell field fierce fight fire flag flank fled force fort Moultrie fort Pickens fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forward gallant Governor Green Brier gun boats heavy Heintzelman hour hundred immediately Kentucky latter line of battle Lyon McClellan McClernand ment miles Missouri morning mountain moved nation night o'clock officers ordered party patriotism position Potomac President proclamation pushed reached rear rebellion rebels regiment retreat river road Rosecranz secession Secretary of War seemed sent shells shore shot shout side Sigel skirmishers slavery soldiers soon South Carolina southern confederacy stood storm stream Sumter surrender terrible thousand thunder tion took troops Union vessels victory volley Washington Wigfall woods wounded Zouaves