The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... never delivered it , an act of disobedience or neglect , meriting the severest condemnation , and by three o'clock , Porter was so fiercely pushed , that the entire second line and the reserves had to be ordered forward to support the ...
... never delivered it , an act of disobedience or neglect , meriting the severest condemnation , and by three o'clock , Porter was so fiercely pushed , that the entire second line and the reserves had to be ordered forward to support the ...
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... never yet successfully vindicated him- self . That night the entire army was transferred to the other side of the river , preparatory to the movement of the whole force to the James River . All the wagons , heavy guns , etc. , were also ...
... never yet successfully vindicated him- self . That night the entire army was transferred to the other side of the river , preparatory to the movement of the whole force to the James River . All the wagons , heavy guns , etc. , were also ...
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... never led troops to battle than he . Rooted to the ground -his hat pierced with balls , and bleeding from a wound in his face , he beat back the hostile battalions with a stern courage that elicited the highest praise from even the cau ...
... never led troops to battle than he . Rooted to the ground -his hat pierced with balls , and bleeding from a wound in his face , he beat back the hostile battalions with a stern courage that elicited the highest praise from even the cau ...
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... never dis- played by any troops on any field than they evinced in these successive charges . Again and again , they crossed the whole line of fire of our batteries , breasting the storm of grape and canister without flinching , till ...
... never dis- played by any troops on any field than they evinced in these successive charges . Again and again , they crossed the whole line of fire of our batteries , breasting the storm of grape and canister without flinching , till ...
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... never fought a battle , and never conducted a campaign in person , except the extraordinary one against Corinth , was , on the 12th day of July , placed at the head of the American armies , to control all the campaigns , and push the ...
... never fought a battle , and never conducted a campaign in person , except the extraordinary one against Corinth , was , on the 12th day of July , placed at the head of the American armies , to control all the campaigns , and push the ...
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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