The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 48
... seemed downright madness for any troops to advance on such an infernal fire as , it was plain , could at any moment open from that plateau . But Magruder , commanding the rebel forces , relying on his overwhelming numbers , determined ...
... seemed downright madness for any troops to advance on such an infernal fire as , it was plain , could at any moment open from that plateau . But Magruder , commanding the rebel forces , relying on his overwhelming numbers , determined ...
Page 49
... seemed that each repulse must be the last , and that no troops on earth could be made to advance again , on such certain destruction . But in a few moments the reformed columns would be seen emerging from the sulphurous cloud that ...
... seemed that each repulse must be the last , and that no troops on earth could be made to advance again , on such certain destruction . But in a few moments the reformed columns would be seen emerging from the sulphurous cloud that ...
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... seemed doubtful , but the arrival of Hooker and Kearney soon changed the aspect of affairs . The battle raged all day , and the fields and woods were thickly strewn with the dead ; but , at five o'clock , Heintzelman and Reno made a ...
... seemed doubtful , but the arrival of Hooker and Kearney soon changed the aspect of affairs . The battle raged all day , and the fields and woods were thickly strewn with the dead ; but , at five o'clock , Heintzelman and Reno made a ...
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... seemed swollen with rains on purpose to secure the overthrow of the enemy . So , too , the clamor against the comparatively short siege of Yorktown , was changed to plaudits over the tedious sieges of Port Hudson and Vicksburg ...
... seemed swollen with rains on purpose to secure the overthrow of the enemy . So , too , the clamor against the comparatively short siege of Yorktown , was changed to plaudits over the tedious sieges of Port Hudson and Vicksburg ...
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... seemed to him idle to suppose that a proclamation could achieve more than the bayonets of the soldiers . It would be time , he thought , to settle this vexed question when the rebel armies had been .conquered . With these views , he had ...
... seemed to him idle to suppose that a proclamation could achieve more than the bayonets of the soldiers . It would be time , he thought , to settle this vexed question when the rebel armies had been .conquered . With these views , he had ...
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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