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Page 44
... infantry com- panies were posted in different parts of the city ; officers were continually passing to and fro ; and as the procession ap- proached the Capitol , Gen. Scott , who was in constant commu- nication with all quarters of the ...
... infantry com- panies were posted in different parts of the city ; officers were continually passing to and fro ; and as the procession ap- proached the Capitol , Gen. Scott , who was in constant commu- nication with all quarters of the ...
Page 77
... infantry supports were withdrawn , and the work was occu- pied for a moment by the enemy . Captain Bridges , of the 1st North Carolina regiment , was ordered to retake it . The charge of the North Carolina infantry , on this occasion ...
... infantry supports were withdrawn , and the work was occu- pied for a moment by the enemy . Captain Bridges , of the 1st North Carolina regiment , was ordered to retake it . The charge of the North Carolina infantry , on this occasion ...
Page 78
... infantry , however , dispelled this illusion . Their firing was as cool as that of veterans ; the only difficulty being the anxiety of the riflemen to pick off the foe , the men repeatedly calling to their officers , " May I fire ? I ...
... infantry , however , dispelled this illusion . Their firing was as cool as that of veterans ; the only difficulty being the anxiety of the riflemen to pick off the foe , the men repeatedly calling to their officers , " May I fire ? I ...
Page 79
... infantry , who , by their charge on the redoubt taken by the enemy early in the action , contributed , most of all , to the success and glory of the day . The battle had been the result of scarcely any thing more than a reconnoissance ...
... infantry , who , by their charge on the redoubt taken by the enemy early in the action , contributed , most of all , to the success and glory of the day . The battle had been the result of scarcely any thing more than a reconnoissance ...
Page 80
... infantry pickets to give the alarm , the command at Philippi was surprised by about five thousand infantry and a battery of artillery , and dis- persed in great confusion , but with inconsiderable loss of life , through the woods . The ...
... infantry pickets to give the alarm , the command at Philippi was surprised by about five thousand infantry and a battery of artillery , and dis- persed in great confusion , but with inconsiderable loss of life , through the woods . The ...
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