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 21
... five thousand shot and shell , yet not more than twenty - five men were killed by these projectiles . " The enemy without was less formi- dable than the foe within . The garrison had worse dangers than shot and shell to contend with ...
... five thousand shot and shell , yet not more than twenty - five men were killed by these projectiles . " The enemy without was less formi- dable than the foe within . The garrison had worse dangers than shot and shell to contend with ...
Page 62
... five o'clock P.M. of the 20th of August . He promptly forward- ed the information up and down the line , and to my headquarters , and called in his scouting parties to march upon them . One hour and a half later he re- ceived ...
... five o'clock P.M. of the 20th of August . He promptly forward- ed the information up and down the line , and to my headquarters , and called in his scouting parties to march upon them . One hour and a half later he re- ceived ...
Page 63
... five miles without rest and without food from the morning of the 20th . Quantrell had his men mounted on the best horses of the border , and had collected fresh ones going to and at Lawrence , almost enough to remount his command . He ...
... five miles without rest and without food from the morning of the 20th . Quantrell had his men mounted on the best horses of the border , and had collected fresh ones going to and at Lawrence , almost enough to remount his command . He ...
Page 64
... five miles north of Paola , and but a little behind the commands of Coleman and Clark . 66 Major Thacher , commanding at Westport when news arrived that Quan- trell was returning by way of the Osage Valley , took the rest of the mounted ...
... five miles north of Paola , and but a little behind the commands of Coleman and Clark . 66 Major Thacher , commanding at Westport when news arrived that Quan- trell was returning by way of the Osage Valley , took the rest of the mounted ...
Page 65
... five hours , in crossing the Kansas River - to Lanesfield . Finding there , at daybreak , that Quantrell had passed east , I left the command to fol- low as rapidly as possible , and pushed on , reaching , soon after dark , the point on ...
... five hours , in crossing the Kansas River - to Lanesfield . Finding there , at daybreak , that Quantrell had passed east , I left the command to fol- low as rapidly as possible , and pushed on , reaching , soon after dark , the point on ...
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