The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... Crossing -The Field at Night - THE SECOND DAY'S BATTLE - A Fearful Sun- day - Bravery of the New Jersey Regiments - Bayonet Charge of the Second Excelsior A Frightful Struggle - McClellan on the Field- The Enemy Repulsed - The Victory ...
... Crossing -The Field at Night - THE SECOND DAY'S BATTLE - A Fearful Sun- day - Bravery of the New Jersey Regiments - Bayonet Charge of the Second Excelsior A Frightful Struggle - McClellan on the Field- The Enemy Repulsed - The Victory ...
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... crossing in a fiery net - work over the doomed fort , heralded in the day . Anderson and his little band sat quietly within their stronghold , listening uninoved to the wild hurricane without , till the sun had climbed the heavens . The ...
... crossing in a fiery net - work over the doomed fort , heralded in the day . Anderson and his little band sat quietly within their stronghold , listening uninoved to the wild hurricane without , till the sun had climbed the heavens . The ...
Page 76
... crossing the state by this route , but a passage had been cleared , and it was resolved that nothing should close it . Regiment after regiment was now hurried forward , and though much privation and suffering were endured , owing to the ...
... crossing the state by this route , but a passage had been cleared , and it was resolved that nothing should close it . Regiment after regiment was now hurried forward , and though much privation and suffering were endured , owing to the ...
Page 86
... crossing several bluffs commenced ascending a slope a half a mile long , on the top of which the enemy were posted in a strong position . FIGHT AT BOONEVILLE . Arriving within easy range , Captain Totten threw some nine - pounder shells ...
... crossing several bluffs commenced ascending a slope a half a mile long , on the top of which the enemy were posted in a strong position . FIGHT AT BOONEVILLE . Arriving within easy range , Captain Totten threw some nine - pounder shells ...
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... crossing a wheat field , pushed for another ford , a quarter of a mile below . Reaching it , they dashed through the stream without stop- ping to defend the passage , and continued their flight . 98 DEATH OF GARNETT . Garnett , incensed ...
... crossing a wheat field , pushed for another ford , a quarter of a mile below . Reaching it , they dashed through the stream without stop- ping to defend the passage , and continued their flight . 98 DEATH OF GARNETT . Garnett , incensed ...
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