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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... wagons . * * " On the opposite side of the bayou General Banks discovered that they had retreated in the night , and entered the works , finding that they had left their thirty - two - pounder without spiking it . They had heard that ...
... wagons . * * " On the opposite side of the bayou General Banks discovered that they had retreated in the night , and entered the works , finding that they had left their thirty - two - pounder without spiking it . They had heard that ...
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... wagons to pass each other . These passes were occupied by " 6. The road by Versailles , into the Shelbyville and Triune roads , both of which avoid passes and have few de- files . " The enemy held all these passes , and his main ...
... wagons to pass each other . These passes were occupied by " 6. The road by Versailles , into the Shelbyville and Triune roads , both of which avoid passes and have few de- files . " The enemy held all these passes , and his main ...
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... wagons cut into it as if it were a swamp , and even horses cannot pass over it without similar results . The terrible effects of the rains on the passage of our troops may be inferred from the single fact , that General Crittenden re ...
... wagons cut into it as if it were a swamp , and even horses cannot pass over it without similar results . The terrible effects of the rains on the passage of our troops may be inferred from the single fact , that General Crittenden re ...
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... 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 qualifications of a good ...
... 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 qualifications of a good ...
Page 57
... wagon - beds belonging to the Govern- ment , and considerable private prop- erty , and carried off nine negroes , two ... wagons loaded with plunder . General Vandeveer also join- ed in the pursuit , and strove to cut them off . Pressing ...
... wagon - beds belonging to the Govern- ment , and considerable private prop- erty , and carried off nine negroes , two ... wagons loaded with plunder . General Vandeveer also join- ed in the pursuit , and strove to cut them off . Pressing ...
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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