The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Lost - Death of Buchanan - Grand Expedition through the State of Louisiana - Capture of Alexandria on the Red River ...... ..... 147 CHAPTER XL APRIL - MAY , 1863 . Vicksburg Campaign - The Attempts to Get in Rear of Haines ' BluП ...
... Lost - Death of Buchanan - Grand Expedition through the State of Louisiana - Capture of Alexandria on the Red River ...... ..... 147 CHAPTER XL APRIL - MAY , 1863 . Vicksburg Campaign - The Attempts to Get in Rear of Haines ' BluП ...
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... lost , and nothing now remains but to save it from becoming a rout . Then came the order for the cavalry to charge . The bugles rang out over the horrible din and uproar , and with sabres shaking over their heads , the Fifth cavalry ...
... lost , and nothing now remains but to save it from becoming a rout . Then came the order for the cavalry to charge . The bugles rang out over the horrible din and uproar , and with sabres shaking over their heads , the Fifth cavalry ...
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... lost . " If I save this army now , I tell you plainly , that I owe no thanks to you , or to any other persons in Washington " You have done your best to sacrifice this army . ' This was a terrible accusation to come from a General - in ...
... lost . " If I save this army now , I tell you plainly , that I owe no thanks to you , or to any other persons in Washington " You have done your best to sacrifice this army . ' This was a terrible accusation to come from a General - in ...
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... lost . He sent Slocum also across , to relieve Keyes , so that the latter could move on to James River . Porter was to follow , to make the communication sure . The whole army now began to move . Sumner , who was at Fair Oaks , started ...
... lost . He sent Slocum also across , to relieve Keyes , so that the latter could move on to James River . Porter was to follow , to make the communication sure . The whole army now began to move . Sumner , who was at Fair Oaks , started ...
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... lost 15,000 men in the terri ble struggles of the last seven days , but the enemy had suffered still more heavily , and the rebel Capital was crowded with the wounded and dying . The whole movement had taken the country by surprise ...
... lost 15,000 men in the terri ble struggles of the last seven days , but the enemy had suffered still more heavily , and the rebel Capital was crowded with the wounded and dying . The whole movement had taken the country by surprise ...
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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