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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... land force had thus marched to Franklin , driving 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 ...
... land force had thus marched to Franklin , driving 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 ...
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... land . The whole position was inclosed within suc- cessive lines of fortifications of the most formidable character . The enemy were so confident of its strength , that they proudly termed Port Hudson their Gib- raltar . The commander ...
... land . The whole position was inclosed within suc- cessive lines of fortifications of the most formidable character . The enemy were so confident of its strength , that they proudly termed Port Hudson their Gib- raltar . The commander ...
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... land approaches , that it was feared by the timid that that city would be taken , and many of its inhabitants of secession sentiments bold- ly expressed their expectations of such a result . The enemy's main object , however , was to ...
... land approaches , that it was feared by the timid that that city would be taken , and many of its inhabitants of secession sentiments bold- ly expressed their expectations of such a result . The enemy's main object , however , was to ...
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... land forces . The service of the navy , though subordinate to that of the army , in the accomplishment of the final result , was of great assistance in securing it . Not only during the siege of Port Hudson , but in the movements which ...
... land forces . The service of the navy , though subordinate to that of the army , in the accomplishment of the final result , was of great assistance in securing it . Not only during the siege of Port Hudson , but in the movements which ...
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... Land ' a Mill Bayon , N E Obion W Pawpawl لنا Khoras san BERVI LF OF MEX EXCCO Iberville 126 Claiborna PRiver To Haines Walnut Hill Bluff B Donaldsonville VICKS BURG Z Z Napoleon PWarrenton Bringie A CoBlouse Palmyra Bend 109 big plack ...
... Land ' a Mill Bayon , N E Obion W Pawpawl لنا Khoras san BERVI LF OF MEX EXCCO Iberville 126 Claiborna PRiver To Haines Walnut Hill Bluff B Donaldsonville VICKS BURG Z Z Napoleon PWarrenton Bringie A CoBlouse Palmyra Bend 109 big plack ...
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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