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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... enemy's works , and for half an hour an artillery duel ensued of the fiercest description . The object on our part was to try ere night to feel the enemy's works and prove their position and strength , so that we could commence the ...
... enemy's works , and for half an hour an artillery duel ensued of the fiercest description . The object on our part was to try ere night to feel the enemy's works and prove their position and strength , so that we could commence the ...
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... enemy's works , and was dis- guised by the bushes and woods . Run- ing parallel with the woods was a plan- tation ditch , which was enlarged and deepened , and a breast - work , which was enfiladed by the fire from the corner fort ...
... enemy's works , and was dis- guised by the bushes and woods . Run- ing parallel with the woods was a plan- tation ditch , which was enlarged and deepened , and a breast - work , which was enfiladed by the fire from the corner fort ...
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... enemy's works ; one section between the Fifty - third Massachusetts and One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York ; the ... enemy in it , and after the usual precautions the entire staff en- tered the factory with Colonel Gooding and ...
... enemy's works ; one section between the Fifty - third Massachusetts and One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York ; the ... enemy in it , and after the usual precautions the entire staff en- tered the factory with Colonel Gooding and ...
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... enemy apparently in the condition of the unintrenched . 6 . * * * * Early the next morning , at daybreak , Captain Allen , of Company D , Thirty- first Massachusetts , entered the extreme left of the enemy's works , and at the same time ...
... enemy apparently in the condition of the unintrenched . 6 . * * * * Early the next morning , at daybreak , Captain Allen , of Company D , Thirty- first Massachusetts , entered the extreme left of the enemy's works , and at the same time ...
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... enemy before them , the gun - boats which had moved up the Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya River were co - operating with effect . The Queen of the West , whose capture by the enemy has been already recorded , was overtaken in the ...
... enemy before them , the gun - boats which had moved up the Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya River were co - operating with effect . The Queen of the West , whose capture by the enemy has been already recorded , was overtaken in the ...
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advance army arrived artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries bridge brigade Burnside Captain captured cavalry centre Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Court House Creek crossed defence dépôt destroyed direction division driven east enemy enemy's eral expedition Federal fifth corps fight fire five flank fleet followed force Fort Fisher Fort Morgan Fort Sumter Fort Wagner four Fredericksburg front garrison Government gun-boats guns heavy Hill hundred infantry intrenchments iron-clads killed and wounded loss Major-General ment miles military morning Morris Island moved movement musketry night o'clock occupied officers passed Petersburg pickets pontoon bridge port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners railroad rear rebel regiments retreat Richmond river road Schofield second corps sent shell Sheridan Sherman shot side sixth corps skirmishers soon Spottsylvania Court House Station steamer surrender Tennessee thousand tion took town troops Union vessels wagon trains wagons