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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... passed , the Vicksburgers persistently assert that they have not been much damaged ; that shells are comparatively ... passing the entrance . I should not imagine them very desirable bed - cham- bers , but they seem to have answered a ...
... passed , the Vicksburgers persistently assert that they have not been much damaged ; that shells are comparatively ... passing the entrance . I should not imagine them very desirable bed - cham- bers , but they seem to have answered a ...
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... passed several months in organiz- ing the department , and then with a largely reinforced army entered upon a campaign against the enemy occupying the Attakapa and Teche regions , lying between the western bank of the Missis- sippi and ...
... passed several months in organiz- ing the department , and then with a largely reinforced army entered upon a campaign against the enemy occupying the Attakapa and Teche regions , lying between the western bank of the Missis- sippi and ...
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... passed the line of the sugar - house , supported by the Thirty - eighth Massa- chusetts , Lieutenant - Colonel Rodman . Here they were hotly contested by the enemy . When we had pushed them back , Colonel Gooding and his staff rode on ...
... passed the line of the sugar - house , supported by the Thirty - eighth Massa- chusetts , Lieutenant - Colonel Rodman . Here they were hotly contested by the enemy . When we had pushed them back , Colonel Gooding and his staff rode on ...
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... passed the cane - field . The One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York were pressing the left of the enemy , intending to turn it ; and here occurred an example of bravery worthy of mention . The exact position of the enemy on the right ...
... passed the cane - field . The One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York were pressing the left of the enemy , intending to turn it ; and here occurred an example of bravery worthy of mention . The exact position of the enemy on the right ...
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... passed the head of Prophet Island , how- ever , and arrived abreast of the mortar boats , which were headed by the Essex and the Sachem . Presently the gleam- ing lights , which had been on our star- board beam , shone on our quarter ...
... passed the head of Prophet Island , how- ever , and arrived abreast of the mortar boats , which were headed by the Essex and the Sachem . Presently the gleam- ing lights , which had been on our star- board beam , shone on our quarter ...
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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