The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... nearly to Mechanics- ville , may be understood , by standing with the face toward it in Richmond and placing the right hand spread out , on the map . The thumb would represent the space between the Central railroad and Mechanicsville ...
... nearly to Mechanics- ville , may be understood , by standing with the face toward it in Richmond and placing the right hand spread out , on the map . The thumb would represent the space between the Central railroad and Mechanicsville ...
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... nearly double that of the Union army . With this , he resolved at once to fall on McClellan , and utterly destroy his whole army . The plan he adopted was a very simple one , and almost certain of success . It was to send an entire army ...
... nearly double that of the Union army . With this , he resolved at once to fall on McClellan , and utterly destroy his whole army . The plan he adopted was a very simple one , and almost certain of success . It was to send an entire army ...
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... nearly nine o'clock - the thunder of the guns breaking in successive crashes over the forest , and sending consterna- tion through the struggling trains far ahead , and urging them on to still greater speed . As soon as the battle was ...
... nearly nine o'clock - the thunder of the guns breaking in successive crashes over the forest , and sending consterna- tion through the struggling trains far ahead , and urging them on to still greater speed . As soon as the battle was ...
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... nearly to the river again below , in a huge semicircle . The shattered , mutilated Pennsylvania reserve corps was stationed behind Porter and Couch as a reserve . Thus stood the immortal army of the Potomac on the first of July . When ...
... nearly to the river again below , in a huge semicircle . The shattered , mutilated Pennsylvania reserve corps was stationed behind Porter and Couch as a reserve . Thus stood the immortal army of the Potomac on the first of July . When ...
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... nearly 40,000 men , was kept idle at Fredericksburg , and cursed the Secretary of War for keeping a part of the army from McClellan , it still would not admit defeat to be possible . It had resolved that Rich- mond should fall , and ...
... nearly 40,000 men , was kept idle at Fredericksburg , and cursed the Secretary of War for keeping a part of the army from McClellan , it still would not admit defeat to be possible . It had resolved that Rich- mond should fall , and ...
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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