The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 42
... fell with savage fury on Burns ' brigade . They could not have selected a worse point of attack , for a more gallant and stubborn commander never led troops to battle than he . Rooted to the ground -his hat pierced with balls , and ...
... fell with savage fury on Burns ' brigade . They could not have selected a worse point of attack , for a more gallant and stubborn commander never led troops to battle than he . Rooted to the ground -his hat pierced with balls , and ...
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... fell with desperate fury on McCall's division . Right in the face of the death - dealing batteries they advanced with grand , heroic courage , and though swept by the storm of grape and canister , closed up their rent columns and still ...
... fell with desperate fury on McCall's division . Right in the face of the death - dealing batteries they advanced with grand , heroic courage , and though swept by the storm of grape and canister , closed up their rent columns and still ...
Page 45
... fell into the hands of the enemy , and Heintzelman , who was in chief command of the troops , began at midnight to fall back towards the James , on the banks of , which our trains were now rapidly gathering . Franklin also retired , and ...
... fell into the hands of the enemy , and Heintzelman , who was in chief command of the troops , began at midnight to fall back towards the James , on the banks of , which our trains were now rapidly gathering . Franklin also retired , and ...
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... fell into McClellan's hands , which fully disclosed the plans of the former . This was all the latter had been waiting for . He was now no longer compelled to feel his way , and immediately gave orders for the entire army to move ...
... fell into McClellan's hands , which fully disclosed the plans of the former . This was all the latter had been waiting for . He was now no longer compelled to feel his way , and immediately gave orders for the entire army to move ...
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... fell within three days after it was placed under his command , and while his relieving columns were almost within cannon shot of it . Although , as before stated , Harper's Ferry , as a military post , had no important bearing on ...
... fell within three days after it was placed under his command , and while his relieving columns were almost within cannon shot of it . Although , as before stated , Harper's Ferry , as a military post , had no important bearing on ...
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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