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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... taken , the enemy getting within sixty yards of it before it could be withdrawn . The remainder of the division came up , and a cannonading was kept up for four hours . The ene- my sent off his infantry by a cross road through them ...
... taken , the enemy getting within sixty yards of it before it could be withdrawn . The remainder of the division came up , and a cannonading was kept up for four hours . The ene- my sent off his infantry by a cross road through them ...
Page 16
... taken ; and three gun - boats and eight trans- ports destroyed . " 7 . From Opelousas , General Banks con- tinued his rapid and almost unopposed progress to Washington and Alex- May andria , on the Red River , where the enterprising ...
... taken ; and three gun - boats and eight trans- ports destroyed . " 7 . From Opelousas , General Banks con- tinued his rapid and almost unopposed progress to Washington and Alex- May andria , on the Red River , where the enterprising ...
Page 30
... taken part in the bombard- ment of the batteries , during the un- successful attempts of General Banks to carry the enemy's works by assault . On the 11th of July , the two steamers arrived at New Orleans , where , after their ...
... taken part in the bombard- ment of the batteries , during the un- successful attempts of General Banks to carry the enemy's works by assault . On the 11th of July , the two steamers arrived at New Orleans , where , after their ...
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... taken possession of by the soldiers . Dayton was thus restored to quiet and order . Meanwhile , Vallandigham had arrived at Cincinnati , where , on the 6th of May , he was arraigned for trial by a military commission , * appointed by ...
... taken possession of by the soldiers . Dayton was thus restored to quiet and order . Meanwhile , Vallandigham had arrived at Cincinnati , where , on the 6th of May , he was arraigned for trial by a military commission , * appointed by ...
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... taken in all 1,200 prisoners . The rebel loss in killed will reach 500 or 600. Al- though the rebels are badly whipped , there is no doubt but that they will renew the attack , and are now massing their troops for that purpose . " My ...
... taken in all 1,200 prisoners . The rebel loss in killed will reach 500 or 600. Al- though the rebels are badly whipped , there is no doubt but that they will renew the attack , and are now massing their troops for that purpose . " My ...
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