The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 38
... horse having been shot under him , Butterfield , surrounded by his falling staff , plants a flag and calls on his men to rally around it , — but in vain . With sword in hand , aids dash amid the broken ranks with stirring appeals , in ...
... horse having been shot under him , Butterfield , surrounded by his falling staff , plants a flag and calls on his men to rally around it , — but in vain . With sword in hand , aids dash amid the broken ranks with stirring appeals , in ...
Page 50
... horses , broken artillery wagons , muskets and men , locked as if ali the forces of heaven and earth had been striving to see what a fearful wreck could be made . Commodore Rodgers , of the gunboats , in a consultation with McClellan ...
... horses , broken artillery wagons , muskets and men , locked as if ali the forces of heaven and earth had been striving to see what a fearful wreck could be made . Commodore Rodgers , of the gunboats , in a consultation with McClellan ...
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... horse , and , with Porter and a dozen of his Staff , rides away to the left , in Burnside's direction . Sykes meets them on the road - a good soldier , whose opinion is worth taking . The three soldiers talk briefly together . It is ...
... horse , and , with Porter and a dozen of his Staff , rides away to the left , in Burnside's direction . Sykes meets them on the road - a good soldier , whose opinion is worth taking . The three soldiers talk briefly together . It is ...
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... horse left standing . At this juncture , Sullivan , by a great effort , rallied a part of the right wing , and flung it like a loosened cliff on the shouting , triumphant captors , and sent them astounded back to cover . Maddened to ...
... horse left standing . At this juncture , Sullivan , by a great effort , rallied a part of the right wing , and flung it like a loosened cliff on the shouting , triumphant captors , and sent them astounded back to cover . Maddened to ...
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... horse , and with a serious , anx- ious face , watching his retiring columns . It was now ten o'clock at night , and the crisis of the fate of the army was if A . A GRAND SPECTACLE . 109 The fast approaching . Turning.
... horse , and with a serious , anx- ious face , watching his retiring columns . It was now ten o'clock at night , and the crisis of the fate of the army was if A . A GRAND SPECTACLE . 109 The fast approaching . Turning.
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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