The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... shores clear , but not a shot was permitted to be fired . This brave commander , with his little garrison of seventy ... shore . Without orders to abandon it , and without permission to stop the preparations going on for his over . throw ...
... shores clear , but not a shot was permitted to be fired . This brave commander , with his little garrison of seventy ... shore . Without orders to abandon it , and without permission to stop the preparations going on for his over . throw ...
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... shore shook to the fierce reverberations . A line of volcanoes seemed ud- denly to have opened in the sea , and the broad glare from the blazing guns , and bursting shells traversing the air in every direction and crossing in a fiery ...
... shore shook to the fierce reverberations . A line of volcanoes seemed ud- denly to have opened in the sea , and the broad glare from the blazing guns , and bursting shells traversing the air in every direction and crossing in a fiery ...
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... shores were lined with excited spectators , gazing earnestly over the water , where the tossing clouds of smoke obscured the sky . Every portion of the fortress was search- ed by the enemy's fire , and loosened bricks and mortar were ...
... shores were lined with excited spectators , gazing earnestly over the water , where the tossing clouds of smoke obscured the sky . Every portion of the fortress was search- ed by the enemy's fire , and loosened bricks and mortar were ...
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... shore . The north had hitherto been divided . The democrats , and those opposed to the republican party had sympathized with the south in their indignation at the triumph of a faction , whose battle cry had been hostility to an ...
... shore . The north had hitherto been divided . The democrats , and those opposed to the republican party had sympathized with the south in their indignation at the triumph of a faction , whose battle cry had been hostility to an ...
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... shores are heavily wooded . Along these the enemy had posted himself — his line extending for nearly eight miles . To the east on our left was Blackburn ford , where Tyler's artillery action took place . The strength of the enemy there ...
... shores are heavily wooded . Along these the enemy had posted himself — his line extending for nearly eight miles . To the east on our left was Blackburn ford , where Tyler's artillery action took place . The strength of the enemy there ...
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