The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 67
... Miles , with a large garrison , which , for some unexplained reason , was not allowed , at the first , to be under McClellan's charge , though being directly in the field of his operations . Before he left Washington , he ha requested ...
... Miles , with a large garrison , which , for some unexplained reason , was not allowed , at the first , to be under McClellan's charge , though being directly in the field of his operations . Before he left Washington , he ha requested ...
Page 69
... Miles was not a fit man to command the place , as had been fully shown in his conduct at the first battle of Bull Run , and should not have been put there . His death , after he had hoisted the white flag , saved him from further ...
... Miles was not a fit man to command the place , as had been fully shown in his conduct at the first battle of Bull Run , and should not have been put there . His death , after he had hoisted the white flag , saved him from further ...
Page 93
... miles and a half , came within a little over a mile of Iuka . Price did not wait for his attack , but immediately marched forth to meet him . Que division , Hamilton's , numbering less than three thousand men , and with but one battery ...
... miles and a half , came within a little over a mile of Iuka . Price did not wait for his attack , but immediately marched forth to meet him . Que division , Hamilton's , numbering less than three thousand men , and with but one battery ...
Page 105
... miles of the city . Buell overtook the enemy at Perryville on the 7th . A partial en- gagement followed , which was renewed with great severity the next morning , by the enemy suddenly falling on Mc- Cook's brigade . Repulsed at first ...
... miles of the city . Buell overtook the enemy at Perryville on the 7th . A partial en- gagement followed , which was renewed with great severity the next morning , by the enemy suddenly falling on Mc- Cook's brigade . Repulsed at first ...
Page 107
... miles directly to the north - but this was reported by the engineers impossible for any army with artillery , if indeed it were possible for an army of ten thousand men , to be supported there at all , in the length of time it would ...
... miles directly to the north - but this was reported by the engineers impossible for any army with artillery , if indeed it were possible for an army of ten thousand men , to be supported there at all , in the length of time it would ...
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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