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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... took the bayou side , and Captain Ellis with the other half , the right , skirt- ing the woods , and Captain McCarthy , * Correspondent N. Y. Herald . with Company A , took the centre . Colonel Bryan 170 PURSUIT OF JOHNSTON . 9 property ...
... took the bayou side , and Captain Ellis with the other half , the right , skirt- ing the woods , and Captain McCarthy , * Correspondent N. Y. Herald . with Company A , took the centre . Colonel Bryan 170 PURSUIT OF JOHNSTON . 9 property ...
Page 10
... took the centre . Colonel Bryan reported that he was too hotly pressed , and the Thirty - first Mas- sachusetts was sent over to support him . " In the afternoon the main army had reached the enemy's works , and for half an hour an ...
... took the centre . Colonel Bryan reported that he was too hotly pressed , and the Thirty - first Mas- sachusetts was sent over to support him . " In the afternoon the main army had reached the enemy's works , and for half an hour an ...
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... took effect while we were running down rapidly with the current . It was a melancholy affair , for we did not know but what the whole expedition was a failure ; neither could we tell whether any of our vessels had been destroyed , nor ...
... took effect while we were running down rapidly with the current . It was a melancholy affair , for we did not know but what the whole expedition was a failure ; neither could we tell whether any of our vessels had been destroyed , nor ...
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... took McMinnville by surprise . On this occasion , " Colonel Longworth , of the Ohio Cavalry , struck the railroad , destroyed the telegraph and bridges be- tween Morrison and Manchester , and burned a train of cars and locomotive ...
... took McMinnville by surprise . On this occasion , " Colonel Longworth , of the Ohio Cavalry , struck the railroad , destroyed the telegraph and bridges be- tween Morrison and Manchester , and burned a train of cars and locomotive ...
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... took the General Van Dorn was shot by a Dr. Peters , at Spring Hill , Tenn . , on the 7th of May , 1863 . occasion to get to the rear of Forrest and move toward Georgia . The latter , upon discovering the movement , started in pursuit ...
... took the General Van Dorn was shot by a Dr. Peters , at Spring Hill , Tenn . , on the 7th of May , 1863 . occasion to get to the rear of Forrest and move toward Georgia . The latter , upon discovering the movement , started in pursuit ...
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