The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... force there , and keeping down its banks , get between McClellan and the White House , and thus cut off supplies and starve him into a surrender , or crush him be . tween the two armies in front and rear - each equal to his entire force ...
... force there , and keeping down its banks , get between McClellan and the White House , and thus cut off supplies and starve him into a surrender , or crush him be . tween the two armies in front and rear - each equal to his entire force ...
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... force numbered about thirty - five thousand men , while that of the enemy was full sixty thousand , if not more . With his overwhelming numbers , he dashed now on one portion of the line , and now on another , each time repulsed with ...
... force numbered about thirty - five thousand men , while that of the enemy was full sixty thousand , if not more . With his overwhelming numbers , he dashed now on one portion of the line , and now on another , each time repulsed with ...
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... forces were on the opposite side , and the bridges broken down between . This was a complete surprise to the enemy ... force of the enemy would be on his rear , and rushing down , at right angles , on his line of march along the roads ...
... forces were on the opposite side , and the bridges broken down between . This was a complete surprise to the enemy ... force of the enemy would be on his rear , and rushing down , at right angles , on his line of march along the roads ...
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... force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter — against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that rushing down from Richmond , he thought , would make the ...
... force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter — against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that rushing down from Richmond , he thought , would make the ...
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... force was scattered all along , from Fred- ericksburg to Winchester , and his first object was to get it together . Adopting the theory , that if the enemy should attempt to advance on Washington by way of the Shenan- doah Valley , it ...
... force was scattered all along , from Fred- ericksburg to Winchester , and his first object was to get it together . Adopting the theory , that if the enemy should attempt to advance on Washington by way of the Shenan- doah Valley , it ...
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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