The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... strong partisan antagonisms that lined up under the banner of the Union . Mr. Headley represents the views of one very powerful element among them , or rather the way they viewed it in the latter years of the war ; and con- sequently ...
... strong partisan antagonisms that lined up under the banner of the Union . Mr. Headley represents the views of one very powerful element among them , or rather the way they viewed it in the latter years of the war ; and con- sequently ...
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... strong posi tion along the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek , the left rest- ing on the Chickahominy , and the right on a thick piece of woods . Seymour's brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills ...
... strong posi tion along the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek , the left rest- ing on the Chickahominy , and the right on a thick piece of woods . Seymour's brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills ...
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... strong and stinging language to the Secretary of War : — " I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this battle from a defeat to a victory . As it is , the government must not , and cannot , hold me responsible for the ...
... strong and stinging language to the Secretary of War : — " I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this battle from a defeat to a victory . As it is , the government must not , and cannot , hold me responsible for the ...
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... strong as it ought to be , and so he massed his main force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter — against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that ...
... strong as it ought to be , and so he massed his main force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter — against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that ...
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... strong remonstrance against it , demonstrating , in the clearest manner , that it was a suicidal policy , and clos- ing with these remarkable words : " clear in my convictions of right , strong in the consciousness that I ever have been ...
... strong remonstrance against it , demonstrating , in the clearest manner , that it was a suicidal policy , and clos- ing with these remarkable words : " clear in my convictions of right , strong in the consciousness that I ever have been ...
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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