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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... cavalry , 1,000 infantry , and six pieces of artillery , masked in a strong position on the opposite bank , with which we were unacquainted . The enemy was driven from his position , but not until he had succeeded in destroying the ...
... cavalry , 1,000 infantry , and six pieces of artillery , masked in a strong position on the opposite bank , with which we were unacquainted . The enemy was driven from his position , but not until he had succeeded in destroying the ...
Page 31
... Cavalry and Detached Parties . - The Enterprise of General Van Dorn . - His Attack on Franklin . - His Repulse . - General Morgan on the Move . - His Rout at Snow Hill . --- Success of Union Cavalry . - Woodward Recaptured . - Wheeler's ...
... Cavalry and Detached Parties . - The Enterprise of General Van Dorn . - His Attack on Franklin . - His Repulse . - General Morgan on the Move . - His Rout at Snow Hill . --- Success of Union Cavalry . - Woodward Recaptured . - Wheeler's ...
Page 33
... cavalry division , on the Eagleville and Shelbyville pike , to make a furious attack on the enemy's cavalry and drive in their infantry guards on their main line , while General Granger , with his own troops and Bran- nan's division ...
... cavalry division , on the Eagleville and Shelbyville pike , to make a furious attack on the enemy's cavalry and drive in their infantry guards on their main line , while General Granger , with his own troops and Bran- nan's division ...
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... cavalry , one brigade under General Turchin , was sent with the twenty - first army corps to look out toward McMinnville . All the remain- der , under Major - General Stanley , were to meet General Mitchell coming in from Versailles ...
... cavalry , one brigade under General Turchin , was sent with the twenty - first army corps to look out toward McMinnville . All the remain- der , under Major - General Stanley , were to meet General Mitchell coming in from Versailles ...
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... cavalry came down with resistless sweep and drove them in confusion into the river . Many were killed and drowned ... cavalry ; supported by Major- General Granger's infantry , and acting under his general directions , it had attacked ...
... cavalry came down with resistless sweep and drove them in confusion into the river . Many were killed and drowned ... cavalry ; supported by Major- General Granger's infantry , and acting under his general directions , it had attacked ...
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