The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Pressed - His Retreat Cut Off - Grant Demands his Surrender - The Correspondence - The Capitulation - Sur- render of the Troops of Northern Virginia - Joy of the North over the Victory .. 582 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . 27 CHAPTER XLII . APRIL.
... Pressed - His Retreat Cut Off - Grant Demands his Surrender - The Correspondence - The Capitulation - Sur- render of the Troops of Northern Virginia - Joy of the North over the Victory .. 582 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . 27 CHAPTER XLII . APRIL.
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... ready to swoop down on him , the moment his exhausted numbers gave them the opportunity . And yet so pressing was the danger , that he sent over French's and Meagher's brigades . THE POSITION AT EVENING . 87 The scene which the.
... ready to swoop down on him , the moment his exhausted numbers gave them the opportunity . And yet so pressing was the danger , that he sent over French's and Meagher's brigades . THE POSITION AT EVENING . 87 The scene which the.
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... pressing back Porter's left , and it begins to crumble , until the disorder reaches the very cen . tre of the Federal lines . " There is no panic , the men do not fly in the wild excitement of fear ; but deaf to every appeal , they ...
... pressing back Porter's left , and it begins to crumble , until the disorder reaches the very cen . tre of the Federal lines . " There is no panic , the men do not fly in the wild excitement of fear ; but deaf to every appeal , they ...
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... pressed , and the huge caravan was crowded along the hot and narrow way to its utmost speed . Wounded men lay bleeding in the wagons , or limped along beside them , while every ear was turned to catch the thunder of cannon from the ...
... pressed , and the huge caravan was crowded along the hot and narrow way to its utmost speed . Wounded men lay bleeding in the wagons , or limped along beside them , while every ear was turned to catch the thunder of cannon from the ...
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... pressed this de- voted division with such fury that at length it was com- pelled to fall back . The gallant , fiery leaders , Hooker and Kearney , were hurried to the rescue , and falling with their weary , heroic columns on the ...
... pressed this de- voted division with such fury that at length it was com- pelled to fall back . The gallant , fiery leaders , Hooker and Kearney , were hurried to the rescue , and falling with their weary , heroic columns on 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