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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... shell which had been poured so continually into the city had , however , left their marks everywhere . The streets ... shells placed atop of each post . The porches and piazzas ( nearly every house has one ) are also adorned with curious ...
... shell which had been poured so continually into the city had , however , left their marks everywhere . The streets ... shells placed atop of each post . The porches and piazzas ( nearly every house has one ) are also adorned with curious ...
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... shells are comparatively innocent things- ' nothing when you get used to them ; ' that they could have 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 ...
... shells are comparatively innocent things- ' nothing when you get used to them ; ' that they could have 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 ...
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... shell , and the salt- works , about seven miles from New Iberia , were taken possession of , and thus two sources of most important supplies were wrested from the enemy . General Banks , continuing his onward progress , was able , on ...
... shell , and the salt- works , about seven miles from New Iberia , were taken possession of , and thus two sources of most important supplies were wrested from the enemy . General Banks , continuing his onward progress , was able , on ...
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... little repose by day or night . During the siege of six weeks , from May 27 to July 7th , " remarks one of the besieged , " the enemy must have fired from fifty 66 to seventy - five thousand shot and shell , yet 20 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... little repose by day or night . During the siege of six weeks , from May 27 to July 7th , " remarks one of the besieged , " the enemy must have fired from fifty 66 to seventy - five thousand shot and shell , yet 20 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
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... shell to contend with , but " against them all they fought like heroes , and did their duty cheerfully . Several buildings were burned by the enemy's shells , among which was the mill , entailing a loss of two or three thousand bushels ...
... shell to contend with , but " against them all they fought like heroes , and did their duty cheerfully . Several buildings were burned by the enemy's shells , among which was the mill , entailing a loss of two or three thousand bushels ...
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