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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... skirmishers , and was very hotly engaged all day with the Eighteenth Louisiana Infantry . In the afternoon he was so hotly pressed , that Lieutenant Geisse , with half of his com- pany , took the bayou side , and Captain Ellis with the ...
... skirmishers , and was very hotly engaged all day with the Eighteenth Louisiana Infantry . In the afternoon he was so hotly pressed , that Lieutenant Geisse , with half of his com- pany , took the bayou side , and Captain Ellis with the ...
Page 10
... skirmishing , and on the ex- treme left , as the enemy's fire seemed very severe , an attempt was made to turn their flank by Colonel Ingraham's brigade , which ... skirmishers became a line of pickets , the main 10 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... skirmishing , and on the ex- treme left , as the enemy's fire seemed very severe , an attempt was made to turn their flank by Colonel Ingraham's brigade , which ... skirmishers became a line of pickets , the main 10 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
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... skirmishers , and slowly ad- vanced , meeting no enemy until they had 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 ...
... skirmishers , and slowly ad- vanced , meeting no enemy until they had 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 ...
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... skirmishers ; the One Hun- dred and Fifty - sixth New York , Lieu- tenant - Colonel Sharpe , on the extreme right on the woods , advancing slowly and supported by the cavalry . Between the Thirty - eighth and Fifty - third Massa ...
... skirmishers ; the One Hun- dred and Fifty - sixth New York , Lieu- tenant - Colonel Sharpe , on the extreme right on the woods , advancing slowly and supported by the cavalry . Between the Thirty - eighth and Fifty - third Massa ...
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... skirmishers became a line of pickets , the main body sleeping on their arms , in the same position they were during the day , intending to renew it in the morning . * ** " The order to keep the men concealed in the plantation ditches ...
... skirmishers became a line of pickets , the main body sleeping on their arms , in the same position they were during the day , intending to renew it in the morning . * ** " The order to keep the men concealed in the plantation ditches ...
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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