The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 36
... pushed , that the entire second line and the reserves had to be ordered forward to support the first . An half hour later , Slocum's division reached him , having been hurried across the bridges by McClellan as soon as he heard of ...
... pushed , that the entire second line and the reserves had to be ordered forward to support the first . An half hour later , Slocum's division reached him , having been hurried across the bridges by McClellan as soon as he heard of ...
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... pushing up the heavens , sent peal after peal like the roar of artillery over the alarmed multitude . The next day was ... pushed on to that point and assumed chief command . It was plain that a battle must be fought here to cover the ...
... pushing up the heavens , sent peal after peal like the roar of artillery over the alarmed multitude . The next day was ... pushed on to that point and assumed chief command . It was plain that a battle must be fought here to cover the ...
Page 69
... Pushing his army rapidly forward , he , on the 15th , came upon the rebel host , drawn up in line of battle , on a row of heights that stretched along the west side of Antietam Creek 70 ANTIETAM . BATTLE OF ANTIETAM . Antietam is a.
... Pushing his army rapidly forward , he , on the 15th , came upon the rebel host , drawn up in line of battle , on a row of heights that stretched along the west side of Antietam Creek 70 ANTIETAM . BATTLE OF ANTIETAM . Antietam is a.
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... pushed forward with loud hurrahs , some of them even reaching the outskirts of Sharpsburg . But the advantage came too late , for heavy rebel rein- forcements , that had been hurrying forward all day from Harper's Ferry , arriving at ...
... pushed forward with loud hurrahs , some of them even reaching the outskirts of Sharpsburg . But the advantage came too late , for heavy rebel rein- forcements , that had been hurrying forward all day from Harper's Ferry , arriving at ...
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... pushed on and captured it . In Kentucky , Forrest's great raid was the important event of the month of December . He seemed to go where he liked with his half - wild followers , sending consternation through the country . Elizabethtown ...
... pushed on and captured it . In Kentucky , Forrest's great raid was the important event of the month of December . He seemed to go where he liked with his half - wild followers , sending consternation through the country . Elizabethtown ...
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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