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 39
... train on each and many officers and men . " Again , in the middle of April , Gen- eral Wheeler boasted the destruction of two gun - boats and three transports on the Cumberland River , to which the Unionists , about the same time ...
... train on each and many officers and men . " Again , in the middle of April , Gen- eral Wheeler boasted the destruction of two gun - boats and three transports on the Cumberland River , to which the Unionists , about the same time ...
Page 44
... train and many horses and small - arms in my possession . " Since writing the above , I followed farther up the river ; met another portion of Morgan's force , fording back . Several were killed , twenty - five or thirty wounded ...
... train and many horses and small - arms in my possession . " Since writing the above , I followed farther up the river ; met another portion of Morgan's force , fording back . Several were killed , twenty - five or thirty wounded ...
Page 46
... train of Union wagons . so that his front teeth are slightly exposed . His com- plexion is sandy , and the hair quite thin on the top of his head . He looks to be an ordinary man intellectually . He has , however , one of the ...
... train of Union wagons . so that his front teeth are slightly exposed . His com- plexion is sandy , and the hair quite thin on the top of his head . He looks to be an ordinary man intellectually . He has , however , one of the ...
Page 47
... train , and arriving early General Burnside in his depart- next morning at Dayton , they battered ment , however effective , yielded down several doors of his house , and seiz- for a time in public interest to his re - ed Mr ...
... train , and arriving early General Burnside in his depart- next morning at Dayton , they battered ment , however effective , yielded down several doors of his house , and seiz- for a time in public interest to his re - ed Mr ...
Page 57
... train of over a hundred wagons loaded with plunder . General Vandeveer also join- ed in the pursuit , and strove to cut them off . Pressing hard upon Marmaduke , he succeeded in overtaking his rear- guard and attacked it twice ...
... train of over a hundred wagons loaded with plunder . General Vandeveer also join- ed in the pursuit , and strove to cut them off . Pressing hard upon Marmaduke , he succeeded in overtaking his rear- guard and attacked it twice ...
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