The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... gives Battle at Monocacy - Retreats - Alarm in Baltimore - Railroad cut between Baltimore and Philadelphia - General Franklin taken Prisoner - Governor Bradford's House Burned - The Main Army moves on Washington - Skirmishing in Front ...
... gives Battle at Monocacy - Retreats - Alarm in Baltimore - Railroad cut between Baltimore and Philadelphia - General Franklin taken Prisoner - Governor Bradford's House Burned - The Main Army moves on Washington - Skirmishing in Front ...
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... give room for the army , for the peril to which it was exposed increased with every hour's delay . The moon rose over the dark forest about nine o'clock , and revealed a strange , confused , wild spect- acle ; but its light was dimmed ...
... give room for the army , for the peril to which it was exposed increased with every hour's delay . The moon rose over the dark forest about nine o'clock , and revealed a strange , confused , wild spect- acle ; but its light was dimmed ...
Page 59
... give the enemy battle . On the 26th he ascertained that Jackson , having passed around his right , was moving swiftly through Thorough Fare Gap , to cut off his communi- cation with Washington . Pope had directed the approach . ing ...
... give the enemy battle . On the 26th he ascertained that Jackson , having passed around his right , was moving swiftly through Thorough Fare Gap , to cut off his communi- cation with Washington . Pope had directed the approach . ing ...
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... give him battle . Pushing his army rapidly forward , he , on the 15th , came upon the rebel host , drawn up in line of battle , on a row of heights that stretched along the west side of Antietam Creek 70 ANTIETAM . BATTLE OF ANTIETAM ...
... give him battle . Pushing his army rapidly forward , he , on the 15th , came upon the rebel host , drawn up in line of battle , on a row of heights that stretched along the west side of Antietam Creek 70 ANTIETAM . BATTLE OF ANTIETAM ...
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... give way , when , " Forward ! " ran along the line , and it sprang forward with a ringing cheer . Though at first retiring slowly , the rebels at this wild rush , fled precipitately , and were borne furiously back over the field ...
... give way , when , " Forward ! " ran along the line , and it sprang forward with a ringing cheer . Though at first retiring slowly , the rebels at this wild rush , fled precipitately , and were borne furiously back over the field ...
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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