Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 8Amer. Educational Alliance, 1915 - United States |
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Page 74
... guns under Colonel Patton were in position above the mouth of Scarey Creek on the south side of the Kanawha , and about three miles distant . It was necessary to dislodge Patton , whose guns com- manded the river . Cox landed on the ...
... guns under Colonel Patton were in position above the mouth of Scarey Creek on the south side of the Kanawha , and about three miles distant . It was necessary to dislodge Patton , whose guns com- manded the river . Cox landed on the ...
Page 95
... guns with lines of intrenchments while several gunboats carrying from 4 to 8 heavy guns each , in command of Commodore George N. Hollins , were anchored along the shore between the upper and lower redoubts . Pope decided against any ...
... guns with lines of intrenchments while several gunboats carrying from 4 to 8 heavy guns each , in command of Commodore George N. Hollins , were anchored along the shore between the upper and lower redoubts . Pope decided against any ...
Page 360
... guns discharged 1,411 shells at the work , of which 1,247 struck it . On the night of the 6th the sappers pushed past the south face of the fort , masking its guns , and removed the pikes planted at the foot of the counter scarp of the ...
... guns discharged 1,411 shells at the work , of which 1,247 struck it . On the night of the 6th the sappers pushed past the south face of the fort , masking its guns , and removed the pikes planted at the foot of the counter scarp of the ...
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