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 43
... railroad bridge or destroy a track , they reached Vienna , on the Jeffersonville Railroad , July 11th . On the same day they made their ap- pearance at Vernon , on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad , and demanded the surrender of ...
... railroad bridge or destroy a track , they reached Vienna , on the Jeffersonville Railroad , July 11th . On the same day they made their ap- pearance at Vernon , on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad , and demanded the surrender of ...
Page 78
... railroad at Warsaw ; also destroyed for five miles more all the culverts as well as the telegraph . At Keenansville an armory was destroyed . Large quan- tities of small - arms and quantities of commissary and quartermaster's stores ...
... railroad at Warsaw ; also destroyed for five miles more all the culverts as well as the telegraph . At Keenansville an armory was destroyed . Large quan- tities of small - arms and quantities of commissary and quartermaster's stores ...
Page 133
... Rail- road , connecting Fredericksburg with Gordonsville , passes through it . We halted about a mile from the town , and at once made preparations to destroy the railroad . One squadron of the Tenth New York , under Colonel Irwin , was ...
... Rail- road , connecting Fredericksburg with Gordonsville , passes through it . We halted about a mile from the town , and at once made preparations to destroy the railroad . One squadron of the Tenth New York , under Colonel Irwin , was ...
Page 215
... Railroad are a series of narrow valleys , separated by smaller ranges of hills or low moun- tains , over which there are quite a number of practicable wagon - roads run- ning eastward toward the railroad . " The first of these ranges is ...
... Railroad are a series of narrow valleys , separated by smaller ranges of hills or low moun- tains , over which there are quite a number of practicable wagon - roads run- ning eastward toward the railroad . " The first of these ranges is ...
Page 216
... railroad , by crossing the Tennessee below Chattanooga , was a difficult task . It was necessary to cross the Cumberland Mountains with subsis- tence , ammunition , at least a limited supply of forage , and a bridge train ; to cross ...
... railroad , by crossing the Tennessee below Chattanooga , was a difficult task . It was necessary to cross the Cumberland Mountains with subsis- tence , ammunition , at least a limited supply of forage , and a bridge train ; to cross ...
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