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... force ( two companies ) , and , as the fall advanced , the want of quinine and stimulants became a seri- ous annoyance . Moreover , our rations were running low ; we had been three weeks without a new supply ; and our commanding officer ...
... force ( two companies ) , and , as the fall advanced , the want of quinine and stimulants became a seri- ous annoyance . Moreover , our rations were running low ; we had been three weeks without a new supply ; and our commanding officer ...
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... force us . His fire was well directed , but the fence afforded us a slight pro- tection . Lieutenant Fairbank and a few of the men were here wounded . For a while , we held the enemy in check , but at length the skirmishers of the Forty ...
... force us . His fire was well directed , but the fence afforded us a slight pro- tection . Lieutenant Fairbank and a few of the men were here wounded . For a while , we held the enemy in check , but at length the skirmishers of the Forty ...
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... forces for an attack on our position . At noon he came out of the woods , just beyond the village , in two lines of ... force not exceeding five thou- sand men , they had held in check , for an entire day , three times their own number ...
... forces for an attack on our position . At noon he came out of the woods , just beyond the village , in two lines of ... force not exceeding five thou- sand men , they had held in check , for an entire day , three times their own number ...
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... force seemed to have moved to the right . On the 22d of November , how- ever , they returned , not having found evidently the weak place in our lines which they had sought . It was now thought they might attack our front that night ...
... force seemed to have moved to the right . On the 22d of November , how- ever , they returned , not having found evidently the weak place in our lines which they had sought . It was now thought they might attack our front that night ...
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... force which was to attempt an enter- prise which ranks with the most famous charges in military history should be mentioned in detail . It consisted of three brigades of McLaw's division ; — that of General Wolford , the Sixteenth ...
... force which was to attempt an enter- prise which ranks with the most famous charges in military history should be mentioned in detail . It consisted of three brigades of McLaw's division ; — that of General Wolford , the Sixteenth ...
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