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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... held out a year if they had had provisions , etc. They also claim to have learned how to dodge shells , and say that those fired from the mortars had become fa- vorites with the people . Shots from Parrott guns were not so popular ...
... held out a year if they had had provisions , etc. They also claim to have learned how to dodge shells , and say that those fired from the mortars had become fa- vorites with the people . Shots from Parrott guns were not so popular ...
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... held command . On the 6th of April they moved down to Bayou Sara , and seizing some ten thousand sacks of corn , threw them into the river . They then sailed down to within five miles of the As Admiral Farragut was thus , by his ...
... held command . On the 6th of April they moved down to Bayou Sara , and seizing some ten thousand sacks of corn , threw them into the river . They then sailed down to within five miles of the As Admiral Farragut was thus , by his ...
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... held all these passes , and his main position in front of Shelby- ville was strengthened by a redan line extending from Horse Mountain on the east to Duck River on the west , covered by a line of abattis . " Polk's corps was at ...
... held all these passes , and his main position in front of Shelby- ville was strengthened by a redan line extending from Horse Mountain on the east to Duck River on the west , covered by a line of abattis . " Polk's corps was at ...
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... held the posi- tion until the remainder of Reynolds ' division arrived . The enemy kept at artillery distance from them , and left us to hold the bridge across the Garrison fork and the debouch of the Fairfield road . " As it was not ...
... held the posi- tion until the remainder of Reynolds ' division arrived . The enemy kept at artillery distance from them , and left us to hold the bridge across the Garrison fork and the debouch of the Fairfield road . " As it was not ...
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... held by the master in respect of his slaves ; provided , how- ever , that after the said 4th of July , 1870 , no person so held to service shall be sold to non - residents or removed from the State by authority of his late owner or his ...
... held by the master in respect of his slaves ; provided , how- ever , that after the said 4th of July , 1870 , no person so held to service shall be sold to non - residents or removed from the State by authority of his late owner or his ...
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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