The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 40
... began to move . Tangled up between his corps , it would throw every thing into comfusion . Only a single road crossed the swamp , along which five thousand wagons , twenty - five hundred cattle , his immense siege train , and various ...
... began to move . Tangled up between his corps , it would throw every thing into comfusion . Only a single road crossed the swamp , along which five thousand wagons , twenty - five hundred cattle , his immense siege train , and various ...
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... began to move . Sumner , who was at Fair Oaks , started at day- light towards Savage Station , but before he reached it was attacked at Allen's field . With Richardson's and Sedg- wick's divisions he succeeded however in holding the ...
... began to move . Sumner , who was at Fair Oaks , started at day- light towards Savage Station , but before he reached it was attacked at Allen's field . With Richardson's and Sedg- wick's divisions he succeeded however in holding the ...
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... began at midnight to fall back towards the James , on the banks of , which our trains were now rapidly gathering . Franklin also retired , and McClellan ordered the whole army to fall back to Malvern Hill . He had selected this as the ...
... began at midnight to fall back towards the James , on the banks of , which our trains were now rapidly gathering . Franklin also retired , and McClellan ordered the whole army to fall back to Malvern Hill . He had selected this as the ...
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... began his career by issuing two orders , in which he ridiculed the idea of bases of operations and of " securing lines of retreat , " declaring that he should leave that for the enemy to do . This was regarded as an indirect stab at the ...
... began his career by issuing two orders , in which he ridiculed the idea of bases of operations and of " securing lines of retreat , " declaring that he should leave that for the enemy to do . This was regarded as an indirect stab at the ...
Page 55
... began to see that to have two distinct armies operating against the same point , and yet entirely independent of each other , with no com- mon head but the Secretary of War whose incapacity to direct movements in the field , had been ...
... began to see that to have two distinct armies operating against the same point , and yet entirely independent of each other , with no com- mon head but the Secretary of War whose incapacity to direct movements in the field , had been ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed Cumberland Gap dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter Lee's line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock opened Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle swept Tennessee thousand thunder troops Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole woods wounded