The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 3Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 738 pages |
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Page 70
... Fort Gibson , not now menaced by the Texans from the south , but by Price forced back from the east and turning to the west . Blunt having moved from Leavenworth to Fort Scott , in Kansas , started thence with all the mounted men he ...
... Fort Gibson , not now menaced by the Texans from the south , but by Price forced back from the east and turning to the west . Blunt having moved from Leavenworth to Fort Scott , in Kansas , started thence with all the mounted men he ...
Page 71
... Fort Smith , Ark . , to Fort Gibson , in the Indian Territory . On the 4th of October , he received word that the former post was in danger of an attack , and on the same day he set out for Fort Smith with an escort of a hundred men ...
... Fort Smith , Ark . , to Fort Gibson , in the Indian Territory . On the 4th of October , he received word that the former post was in danger of an attack , and on the same day he set out for Fort Smith with an escort of a hundred men ...
Page 83
... Fort Beaure- gard , and on up to Fort Moultrie ; while in the centre of the picture , rising as it were from the water , stood Fort Sumter , displaying the rebel flag on one angle and the Palmetto flag on the opposite angle ; and beyond , ...
... Fort Beaure- gard , and on up to Fort Moultrie ; while in the centre of the picture , rising as it were from the water , stood Fort Sumter , displaying the rebel flag on one angle and the Palmetto flag on the opposite angle ; and beyond , ...
Page 84
... Fort Sum- ter in that way , the bulldog Monitors sought another opening ; but even the shoal ground between the fort and Cum- mings ' Point was barred up with piles . In fact , Fort Sumter was found to be the apex of a triangle , the ...
... Fort Sum- ter in that way , the bulldog Monitors sought another opening ; but even the shoal ground between the fort and Cum- mings ' Point was barred up with piles . In fact , Fort Sumter was found to be the apex of a triangle , the ...
Page 87
... Fort Moultrie fired the first gun . The band was hushed at Sumter , the musi- cians were dispatched to their pieces , and the order was given to open fire , carefully and by battery . " At three minutes past three the guns belched forth ...
... Fort Moultrie fired the first gun . The band was hushed at Sumter , the musi- cians were dispatched to their pieces , and the order was given to open fire , carefully and by battery . " At three minutes past three the guns belched forth ...
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