The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 38
... shell , the gallant leaders move and fall , in vain . The battle is lost , and nothing now remains but to save it from becoming a rout . Then came the order for the cavalry to charge . The bugles rang out over the horrible din and ...
... shell , the gallant leaders move and fall , in vain . The battle is lost , and nothing now remains but to save it from becoming a rout . Then came the order for the cavalry to charge . The bugles rang out over the horrible din and ...
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... shells into the advancing columns of the enemy . In front were several ravines , furnishing natural obstacles to an approaching enemy , while the ground sloped away , giving a clean sweep for the artillery . On this plat- eau McClellan ...
... shells into the advancing columns of the enemy . In front were several ravines , furnishing natural obstacles to an approaching enemy , while the ground sloped away , giving a clean sweep for the artillery . On this plat- eau McClellan ...
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... shell . Seeing that nothing could long stand before it , the rebel leaders ordered the troops on the double quick , to carry the hill in one impetuous rush . Brigade after brigade , emerging from the distant woods , dashed on a run ...
... shell . Seeing that nothing could long stand before it , the rebel leaders ordered the troops on the double quick , to carry the hill in one impetuous rush . Brigade after brigade , emerging from the distant woods , dashed on a run ...
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... shells crossed and re - crossed each other in every direction , weaving a fiery net - work over the struggling armies . Into the midst of this pandemonium , every few minutes , fell one of the ponderous shells from the gunboats ...
... shells crossed and re - crossed each other in every direction , weaving a fiery net - work over the struggling armies . Into the midst of this pandemonium , every few minutes , fell one of the ponderous shells from the gunboats ...
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... shell into the valley below - but before Pope could get his forces up , Jackson had retired across the Rapidan . He had accomplished his purpose - de- coyed Banks into a trap , and shattered his corps into frag- ments , that could unite ...
... shell into the valley below - but before Pope could get his forces up , Jackson had retired across the Rapidan . He had accomplished his purpose - de- coyed Banks into a trap , and shattered his corps into frag- ments , that could unite ...
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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