The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 32
... 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 turnpike - the forefinger , the road to the New Bridge ...
... 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 turnpike - the forefinger , the road to the New Bridge ...
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... stand by the flag — in vain they offer to lead them back on the foe . On foot , his horse having been shot under him ... standing like a wall of iron , on the field . Undismayed by the frightful wreck that came heaving wildly down upon ...
... stand by the flag — in vain they offer to lead them back on the foe . On foot , his horse having been shot under him ... standing like a wall of iron , on the field . Undismayed by the frightful wreck that came heaving wildly down upon ...
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... 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 across the intervening space , and swept up ...
... 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 across the intervening space , and swept up ...
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... stand on the defensive , until he could move up his main body , and that his neglecting to do so , not only caused a useless slaughter , but saved Jack- son from total annihilation . What the ultimate result of the campaign would have ...
... stand on the defensive , until he could move up his main body , and that his neglecting to do so , not only caused a useless slaughter , but saved Jack- son from total annihilation . What the ultimate result of the campaign would have ...
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... standing corn , which the soldiers picked and roasted on way , he had moved with the celerity of cavalry , and was now thundering in the rear of the puzzled American Com- mander , breaking up his head - quarters , and capturing his the ...
... standing corn , which the soldiers picked and roasted on way , he had moved with the celerity of cavalry , and was now thundering in the rear of the puzzled American Com- mander , breaking up his head - quarters , and capturing his 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