The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... 54 CHAPTER III . SEPTEMBER , 1862 . larm at Washington - Antietam - McClellan Takes the Field - Battle of South Mountain - Surrender of Harper's Ferry - Battle of Antietam- ( 11 ) 12 THE GREAT REBELLION . PAGE . Hooker's Struggle -
... 54 CHAPTER III . SEPTEMBER , 1862 . larm at Washington - Antietam - McClellan Takes the Field - Battle of South Mountain - Surrender of Harper's Ferry - Battle of Antietam- ( 11 ) 12 THE GREAT REBELLION . PAGE . Hooker's Struggle -
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... Struggle - Fatal Delay of Burnside - Lee's Retreat - Public Disappointment - The Army Rests - Emancipation Proclamation - Sus- pension of Habeas Corpus - Its Effects - Its Dangers .. CHAPTER IV . JULY - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER , 1862 ...
... Struggle - Fatal Delay of Burnside - Lee's Retreat - Public Disappointment - The Army Rests - Emancipation Proclamation - Sus- pension of Habeas Corpus - Its Effects - Its Dangers .. CHAPTER IV . JULY - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER , 1862 ...
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... struggle was fierce but short , and the rebel host surged back . Deter- mined , however , to carry the position at whatever cost , the rebel leaders , under a fierce artillery fire along their whole line , massed their troops for ...
... struggle was fierce but short , and the rebel host surged back . Deter- mined , however , to carry the position at whatever cost , the rebel leaders , under a fierce artillery fire along their whole line , massed their troops for ...
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... struggle before it . The distance to the James River was only seventeen miles , so that along that single line of road , scarcely half of the immense train would have entered the swamp when its head would be on James River . All day ...
... struggle before it . The distance to the James River was only seventeen miles , so that along that single line of road , scarcely half of the immense train would have entered the swamp when its head would be on James River . All day ...
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... struggling trains far ahead , and urging them on to still greater speed . As soon as the battle was over , Sumner received orders to fall back across the swamp . He obeyed reluctantly , for his blood was up , and he wished to punish ...
... struggling trains far ahead , and urging them on to still greater speed . As soon as the battle was over , Sumner received orders to fall back across the swamp . He obeyed reluctantly , for his blood was up , and he wished to punish ...
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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