The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Brave Ensign - Gallant Deeds and Gallant Men - Surrender of Forts Powell and Gaines - Siege and Bombardment of Fort Morgan - Its Surrender - Disgraceful Conduct of its Commander and Officers - MobilÉ™ not Taken - Capture of the Privateer ...
... Brave Ensign - Gallant Deeds and Gallant Men - Surrender of Forts Powell and Gaines - Siege and Bombardment of Fort Morgan - Its Surrender - Disgraceful Conduct of its Commander and Officers - MobilÉ™ not Taken - Capture of the Privateer ...
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... brave comrades here are falling thick as autumn leaves , in a vain attempt to uphold the honor of the flag . The summer sun was sinking in the western sky , which without a cloud , looked like a sea of blood through the smoke of battle ...
... brave comrades here are falling thick as autumn leaves , in a vain attempt to uphold the honor of the flag . The summer sun was sinking in the western sky , which without a cloud , looked like a sea of blood through the smoke of battle ...
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... brave men , and sprinkled thickly with the dead and wounded . Twenty- three guns were left in the enemy's hands as trophies , and many prisoners , among them the gallant General Reynolds . It was while smarting under this defeat and ...
... brave men , and sprinkled thickly with the dead and wounded . Twenty- three guns were left in the enemy's hands as trophies , and many prisoners , among them the gallant General Reynolds . It was while smarting under this defeat and ...
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... brave but weary columns toiled on through the forest , and just as the rays of the sun were tipping the tree tops , the last regiment crossed White Oak Swamp bridge , and then the bridge itself was destroyed . One of the most difficult ...
... brave but weary columns toiled on through the forest , and just as the rays of the sun were tipping the tree tops , the last regiment crossed White Oak Swamp bridge , and then the bridge itself was destroyed . One of the most difficult ...
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... brave men took the desolating fire with aston- ishing firmness , and , with their eyes bent on the deadly guns , kept grandly , devotedly on . But suddenly a heavy mass of infantry , till then concealed behind a low swell , rose before ...
... brave men took the desolating fire with aston- ishing firmness , and , with their eyes bent on the deadly guns , kept grandly , devotedly on . But suddenly a heavy mass of infantry , till then concealed behind a low swell , rose before ...
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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