The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... column in person , 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 ...
... column in person , 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 ...
Page 89
... columns were formed in total darkness , and set forward rapidly . In dead silence they pushed on through the storm , but ... column of Colonel Kelly came in sight across the river below the 90 KELLY WOUNDED . camp , and hearing the heavy 6.
... columns were formed in total darkness , and set forward rapidly . In dead silence they pushed on through the storm , but ... column of Colonel Kelly came in sight across the river below the 90 KELLY WOUNDED . camp , and hearing the heavy 6.
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... column . with dispatches , was captured by them and thus revealed the whole strategem . Pegram immediately dispatched twenty - five hundred men and three pieces of artillery to the top of the mountain to resist the advance of Rosecranz ...
... column . with dispatches , was captured by them and thus revealed the whole strategem . Pegram immediately dispatched twenty - five hundred men and three pieces of artillery to the top of the mountain to resist the advance of Rosecranz ...
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... column . Halting in its place , it stood still for half an hour in the pouring rain , while the necessary recon- noisances were made . The bushes were so thick that the opposing forces could not be seen , and the whereabouts of the ...
... column . Halting in its place , it stood still for half an hour in the pouring rain , while the necessary recon- noisances were made . The bushes were so thick that the opposing forces could not be seen , and the whereabouts of the ...
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... column pushed on that afternoon and encamped about two miles south of Leedsville . The next morning , at two o'clock , the loud reveille called up the weary soldiers , who snatching a hasty breakfast started after the fugitives . The ...
... column pushed on that afternoon and encamped about two miles south of Leedsville . The next morning , at two o'clock , the loud reveille called up the weary soldiers , who snatching a hasty breakfast started after the fugitives . The ...
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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