The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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Page 45
... battery to discharge their missiles . But I trust they will strike the armor of truth and fall harmless at our feet , and that by the 28th of December no flag but the Palmetto will float over any part of South Carolina . " Great ...
... battery to discharge their missiles . But I trust they will strike the armor of truth and fall harmless at our feet , and that by the 28th of December no flag but the Palmetto will float over any part of South Carolina . " Great ...
Page 59
... battery , having a front on the south , or water side , of about 300 feet , and a depth of about 240 feet . It is built with salient and re - entering angles on all sides , and is admirably adapted for defence , either from the attack ...
... battery , having a front on the south , or water side , of about 300 feet , and a depth of about 240 feet . It is built with salient and re - entering angles on all sides , and is admirably adapted for defence , either from the attack ...
Page 60
... battery of heavy guns . A good many men are engaged in clearing the ramparts of turf and earth , for the purpose of putting down a very ugly - looking arrangement , which consists of strips of planks four inches wide , one and a half ...
... battery of heavy guns . A good many men are engaged in clearing the ramparts of turf and earth , for the purpose of putting down a very ugly - looking arrangement , which consists of strips of planks four inches wide , one and a half ...
Page 63
... battery , and anxiously sought the cause . Great alarm spread throughout the town , and the troops were called to arms . Various were the conjectures : some thought that a fresh United States force When the fact became known , the ex ...
... battery , and anxiously sought the cause . Great alarm spread throughout the town , and the troops were called to arms . Various were the conjectures : some thought that a fresh United States force When the fact became known , the ex ...
Page 82
... battery might be built with breast works of cotton - bales , behind which sharp- shooters could post themselves and pick off each man in the fort ; some hit upon the expedient of filling bomb - shells with prussic acid to throw among ...
... battery might be built with breast works of cotton - bales , behind which sharp- shooters could post themselves and pick off each man in the fort ; some hit upon the expedient of filling bomb - shells with prussic acid to throw among ...
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