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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... night to feel the enemy's works and prove their position and strength , so that we could commence the attack understandingly in the morn- ing . The enemy seemed to have field- works of an extensive character . In the bayou , the rebel ...
... night to feel the enemy's works and prove their position and strength , so that we could commence the attack understandingly in the morn- ing . The enemy seemed to have field- works of an extensive character . In the bayou , the rebel ...
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... night of the 17th and the whole of the next day were occupied in pushing with vigor the reconstruction of this bridge . " On the 19th the march was re- sumed , and continued to the vicinity of Grand Coteau , and on the following day our ...
... night of the 17th and the whole of the next day were occupied in pushing with vigor the reconstruction of this bridge . " On the 19th the march was re- sumed , and continued to the vicinity of Grand Coteau , and on the following day our ...
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... night , it was next to impossible to tell whether we were running into the Hartford or going ashore , and , if the latter , on which bank , or whether some of the other vessels were about to run into us or into each other . All this ...
... night , it was next to impossible to tell whether we were running into the Hartford or going ashore , and , if the latter , on which bank , or whether some of the other vessels were about to run into us or into each other . All this ...
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... night of the 30th of March , and burnt her . On the morning of the 31st of March , the Hartford , Albatross , and Switzer- land passed Warrenton , on their course down the river . On reaching their anchorage at Turner's plantation , in ...
... night of the 30th of March , and burnt her . On the morning of the 31st of March , the Hartford , Albatross , and Switzer- land passed Warrenton , on their course down the river . On reaching their anchorage at Turner's plantation , in ...
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... night toward Manchester , Wilder's brigade having seized Matt's Hollow early in the after- noon , and thus secured the passage . " June 27th , headquarters reached Manchester , where General Reynolds ' and part of Negley's division had ...
... night toward Manchester , Wilder's brigade having seized Matt's Hollow early in the after- noon , and thus secured the passage . " June 27th , headquarters reached Manchester , where General Reynolds ' and part of Negley's division had ...
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