The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 39
... hold me responsible for the result . " I feel too earnestly to - night . I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army . If you do not do so now , the game is lost ...
... hold me responsible for the result . " I feel too earnestly to - night . I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army . If you do not do so now , the game is lost ...
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... hold that position till dark , and right gallantly was the order obeyed . The public property which had accumulated here was first destroyed , so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy , and then they prepared for a stubborn resist ...
... hold that position till dark , and right gallantly was the order obeyed . The public property which had accumulated here was first destroyed , so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy , and then they prepared for a stubborn resist ...
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... hold it till reinforcements could be hurried up from some other point . But now all this was changed . He had his noble army once more well in hand , and concentrated where it could strike its powerful blows like a single engine . But ...
... hold it till reinforcements could be hurried up from some other point . But now all this was changed . He had his noble army once more well in hand , and concentrated where it could strike its powerful blows like a single engine . But ...
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... hold the battle - field unmolested all the next day . General Keyes , by the way in which he took advantage of every formation of ground , and kept the trains closed up , and the army disen- cumbered of the countless wagons and vehicles ...
... hold the battle - field unmolested all the next day . General Keyes , by the way in which he took advantage of every formation of ground , and kept the trains closed up , and the army disen- cumbered of the countless wagons and vehicles ...
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... hold his advanced position , on which the enemy was mov- ing in overwhelming force , resolved to abandon it , and on the 18th and 19th , safely moving his entire army across cross . A SWIFT MARCH .. 59 the Rappahannock ,
... hold his advanced position , on which the enemy was mov- ing in overwhelming force , resolved to abandon it , and on the 18th and 19th , safely moving his entire army across cross . A SWIFT MARCH .. 59 the Rappahannock ,
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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