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 11
... turned out that there was not any battery outside the works . " The Thirty - first Massachusetts , under Lieutenant - Colonel Hopkins , was ordered to deploy as skirmishers , and slowly ad- vanced , meeting no enemy until they had ...
... turned out that there was not any battery outside the works . " The Thirty - first Massachusetts , under Lieutenant - Colonel Hopkins , was ordered to deploy as skirmishers , and slowly ad- vanced , meeting no enemy until they had ...
Page 12
... turned his horse and rode back unharmed . Colonel Sharpe now advanced very close to the woods under a terrible fire . So heavy was it , that the Thirty - first was ordered to support and press it on . They con- tinued it until near the ...
... turned his horse and rode back unharmed . Colonel Sharpe now advanced very close to the woods under a terrible fire . So heavy was it , that the Thirty - first was ordered to support and press it on . They con- tinued it until near the ...
Page 13
... turned by the One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York , and hence were , in fact , untenable . Another hour would have put us in possession of the whole works . We immediately pressed in , and the One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York ...
... turned by the One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York , and hence were , in fact , untenable . Another hour would have put us in possession of the whole works . We immediately pressed in , and the One Hundred and Fifty - sixth New York ...
Page 27
... turned back . I soon discovered that it was too true . Our return was , of course , more rapid than our passage up ... turning with her head down stream , exploded . The Hartford and Albatross , which had succeeded in passing the ...
... turned back . I soon discovered that it was too true . Our return was , of course , more rapid than our passage up ... turning with her head down stream , exploded . The Hartford and Albatross , which had succeeded in passing the ...
Page 36
... turned , and reported having found the enemy in force on all the roads except the one leading to Estill Springs . Scouts all confirmed this , with the fact that it was the general belief that Bragg would fight us in his intrenchments at ...
... turned , and reported having found the enemy in force on all the roads except the one leading to Estill Springs . Scouts all confirmed this , with the fact that it was the general belief that Bragg would fight us in his intrenchments at ...
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