The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Enemy - Advance of Our Army - Fight of Warren's Corps - Death of Sedgwick Grand Assault on the Enemy's Works - Hancock's Brilliant Night Attack - Fearful Appearance of the Battle - field - A Week's Compara- tive Rest - Change of Base ...
... Enemy - Advance of Our Army - Fight of Warren's Corps - Death of Sedgwick Grand Assault on the Enemy's Works - Hancock's Brilliant Night Attack - Fearful Appearance of the Battle - field - A Week's Compara- tive Rest - Change of Base ...
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... enemy that fresh troops were on the field . Advancing boldly to the front , they arrested the confident and on - rush- ing enemy , and gave time for our troops to rally . Twilight had now settled over the landscape , and the enemy ...
... enemy that fresh troops were on the field . Advancing boldly to the front , they arrested the confident and on - rush- ing enemy , and gave time for our troops to rally . Twilight had now settled over the landscape , and the enemy ...
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... enemy had fondly hoped to seize . The bridges over which our troops had passed were also destroyed , so that when morning dawned , the Army of the Potomac was all on the Richmond side of the Chickahominy , while more than half of the ...
... enemy had fondly hoped to seize . The bridges over which our troops had passed were also destroyed , so that when morning dawned , the Army of the Potomac was all on the Richmond side of the Chickahominy , while more than half of the ...
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... 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 mighty trust which had been reposed in it , and that it ...
... 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 mighty trust which had been reposed in it , and that it ...
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... ENEMY . 43 presumptuous foe . But the columns were quickly put in motion , and by midnight were all on the road to ... enemy in the rear were arrested in their pursuit , and he had now chiefly the forces sent down from Richmond to ...
... ENEMY . 43 presumptuous foe . But the columns were quickly put in motion , and by midnight were all on the road to ... enemy in the rear were arrested in their pursuit , and he had now chiefly the forces sent down from Richmond to ...
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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