The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Brigade - Gillmore and Butler on the Situation of the Army - Retreat to Bermuda Hundred - Total Failure of the Peninsular Movement - Grant's Opinion of Butler's Conduct - Butler's Treatment of War Correspondents - Brutal Treatment of a ...
... Brigade - Gillmore and Butler on the Situation of the Army - Retreat to Bermuda Hundred - Total Failure of the Peninsular Movement - Grant's Opinion of Butler's Conduct - Butler's Treatment of War Correspondents - Brutal Treatment of a ...
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... brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills - woods and open ground alternating and Reynolds the right , mostly in the woods . Felled timbers and rifle pits strengthened the position , and the ...
... brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills - woods and open ground alternating and Reynolds the right , mostly in the woods . Felled timbers and rifle pits strengthened the position , and the ...
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... brigade . The battle raged for six hours , or until nine o'clock at night , when the enemy retired . McClellan now ascertained that Jackson was moving rapidly down on his communications , far to the right of Porter , and directed him to ...
... brigade . The battle raged for six hours , or until nine o'clock at night , when the enemy retired . McClellan now ascertained that Jackson was moving rapidly down on his communications , far to the right of Porter , and directed him to ...
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... brigade on the left , near the Chickahominy , and Reynolds ' on the right . Seymour was held in reserve in the rear . The artillery was posted on the elevations around , and in the spaces between the divisions and brigades . - This was ...
... brigade on the left , near the Chickahominy , and Reynolds ' on the right . Seymour was held in reserve in the rear . The artillery was posted on the elevations around , and in the spaces between the divisions and brigades . - This was ...
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... brigades of Meagher and French , standing like a wall of iron , on the field . Undismayed by the frightful wreck that came heaving wildly down upon them , they maintained their firm formation , and hurled it scornfully back , and sent ...
... brigades of Meagher and French , standing like a wall of iron , on the field . Undismayed by the frightful wreck that came heaving wildly down upon them , they maintained their firm formation , and hurled it scornfully back , and sent ...
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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