The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Destroy the Salt - works at Salt- ville , Virginia - Sherman at Atlanta - Davis in Georgia - Hood again takes the Field - Falls on Sherman's Communications - Gallant Defense , by Corse , of Allatoona - Pursuit of Hood - Thomas at ...
... Destroy the Salt - works at Salt- ville , Virginia - Sherman at Atlanta - Davis in Georgia - Hood again takes the Field - Falls on Sherman's Communications - Gallant Defense , by Corse , of Allatoona - Pursuit of Hood - Thomas at ...
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... destroy his whole army . The plan he adopted was a very simple one , and almost certain of success . It was to send an entire army beyond the Chickahominy , and with a single blow , crush the compara tively small force there , and ...
... destroy his whole army . The plan he adopted was a very simple one , and almost certain of success . It was to send an entire army beyond the Chickahominy , and with a single blow , crush the compara tively small force there , and ...
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... destroyed . Huge fires , caused by the burning ma- terial collected on the route to the White House , lightened the midnight heavens , leaving no fragment of the rich spoils which the enemy had fondly hoped to seize . The bridges over ...
... destroyed . Huge fires , caused by the burning ma- terial collected on the route to the White House , lightened the midnight heavens , leaving no fragment of the rich spoils which the enemy had fondly hoped to seize . The bridges over ...
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... destroyed , so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy , and then they prepared for a stubborn resist- ance . In vain did the enemy move upon this noble rear guard , determined to break through to the trains beyond . It knew the ...
... destroyed , so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy , and then they prepared for a stubborn resist- ance . In vain did the enemy move upon this noble rear guard , determined to break through to the trains beyond . It knew the ...
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... destroyed . One of the most difficult steps of the perilous feat which McClellan had attempted to perform was now accomplished . His trains were well on towards James River ; the enemy in the rear were arrested in their pursuit , and he ...
... destroyed . One of the most difficult steps of the perilous feat which McClellan had attempted to perform was now accomplished . His trains were well on towards James River ; the enemy in the rear were arrested in their pursuit , and he ...
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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