The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Fire thrown into Charleston - Remonstrance of Beauregard - Action of the Fleet - Death of Rodgers - French Opinion of the Siege - Steady Ap- proaches Toward Wagner - Its Evacuation - Evacuation of Fort Gregg- Morris Island Qurs ...
... Fire thrown into Charleston - Remonstrance of Beauregard - Action of the Fleet - Death of Rodgers - French Opinion of the Siege - Steady Ap- proaches Toward Wagner - Its Evacuation - Evacuation of Fort Gregg- Morris Island Qurs ...
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... fire along their whole line , massed their troops for another attack . With shouts and yells that rose over the roar of cannon , they again advanced , only to be mowed down with terrible slaughter from the steady murderous fire poured ...
... fire along their whole line , massed their troops for another attack . With shouts and yells that rose over the roar of cannon , they again advanced , only to be mowed down with terrible slaughter from the steady murderous fire poured ...
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... fire . As far as the eye could see , banners drooped in the still air , while groups of horsemen here and there told where the respective com manders awaited the coming shock . It seemed downright madness for any troops to advance on ...
... fire . As far as the eye could see , banners drooped in the still air , while groups of horsemen here and there told where the respective com manders awaited the coming shock . It seemed downright madness for any troops to advance on ...
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... fire . More desperate courage was never dis- played by any troops on any field than they evinced in these successive charges . Again and again , they crossed the whole line of fire of our batteries , breasting the storm of grape and ...
... fire . More desperate courage was never dis- played by any troops on any field than they evinced in these successive charges . Again and again , they crossed the whole line of fire of our batteries , breasting the storm of grape and ...
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... fire on our advancing columns . Banks did not believe the enemy was in any considerable force , so , after suffering severely for a while , from the rebel batteries , he determined to charge those nearest him . General Williams held the ...
... fire on our advancing columns . Banks did not believe the enemy was in any considerable force , so , after suffering severely for a while , from the rebel batteries , he determined to charge those nearest him . General Williams held 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