The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... woods . Seymour's brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills - woods and open ground alternating and Reynolds the right , mostly in the woods . Felled timbers and rifle pits strengthened the ...
... woods . Seymour's brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills - woods and open ground alternating and Reynolds the right , mostly in the woods . Felled timbers and rifle pits strengthened the ...
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... woods held by Brooks ' brigade . About four o'clock the rebels , in overpowering masses , came moy- ing down the Williamsburg road , and fell with savage fury on Burns ' brigade . They could not have selected a worse point of attack ...
... woods held by Brooks ' brigade . About four o'clock the rebels , in overpowering masses , came moy- ing down the Williamsburg road , and fell with savage fury on Burns ' brigade . They could not have selected a worse point of attack ...
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... woods , dashed on a run across the intervening space , and swept up , in one black overwhelming tide , towards the batteries . But when they came within reach of the musketry , the volleys were too murderous for flesh and blood to ...
... woods , dashed on a run across the intervening space , and swept up , in one black overwhelming tide , towards the batteries . But when they came within reach of the musketry , the volleys were too murderous for flesh and blood to ...
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... woods on the extreme right , contended with equal gallantry against the same hope- less odds ; but were also compelled to fall back . The bat- tle proper , lasted scarcely more than thirty minutes , and yet , in that short space of time ...
... woods on the extreme right , contended with equal gallantry against the same hope- less odds ; but were also compelled to fall back . The bat- tle proper , lasted scarcely more than thirty minutes , and yet , in that short space of time ...
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... woods were thickly strewn with the dead ; but , at five o'clock , Heintzelman and Reno made a furious charge on the enemy's left , which doubled it up , and forced it back , so that , when darkness put an end to the strife , we were ...
... woods were thickly strewn with the dead ; but , at five o'clock , Heintzelman and Reno made a furious charge on the enemy's left , which doubled it up , and forced it back , so that , when darkness put an end to the strife , we were ...
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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