The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... wounded . Twenty- three guns were left in the enemy's hands as trophies , and many prisoners , among them the gallant General Reynolds . It was while smarting under this defeat and slaughter of his brave troops , that McClellan used the ...
... wounded . Twenty- three guns were left in the enemy's hands as trophies , and many prisoners , among them the gallant General Reynolds . It was while smarting under this defeat and slaughter of his brave troops , that McClellan used the ...
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... Wounded men lay bleeding in the wagons , or limped along beside them , while every ear was turned to catch the thunder of cannon from the pursuing foe . It was oppressively hot , yet all day and night the vast throng of wagons kept ...
... Wounded men lay bleeding in the wagons , or limped along beside them , while every ear was turned to catch the thunder of cannon from the pursuing foe . It was oppressively hot , yet all day and night the vast throng of wagons kept ...
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... wounded on almost every foot of ground it had traversed , this gallant army had fought its way triumphantly out of the very jaws of destruction , and now drew up along the banks of the James River , proud and defiant as ever . The ...
... wounded on almost every foot of ground it had traversed , this gallant army had fought its way triumphantly out of the very jaws of destruction , and now drew up along the banks of the James River , proud and defiant as ever . The ...
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... wounded . Crawford and Gordon , in a piece of 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 ...
... wounded . Crawford and Gordon , in a piece of 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 ...
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... wounded , was two thousand three hundred and twenty - five —that of the enemy was unknown . Among our dead was the gallant Reno . The next day , the garrison at Harper's Ferry surrendered , numbering eleven thousand five hundred and ...
... wounded , was two thousand three hundred and twenty - five —that of the enemy was unknown . Among our dead was the gallant Reno . The next day , the garrison at Harper's Ferry surrendered , numbering eleven thousand five hundred and ...
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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