The United States Service Magazine, Volume 4Charles B. Richardson, 1865 - Military art and science |
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... attack of disease , he would not leave his men until convinced that their every want was attended to . Upon reaching his home in Illinois , the Colonel's health was entirely despaired of ; but with his iron will he over- came sickness ...
... attack of disease , he would not leave his men until convinced that their every want was attended to . Upon reaching his home in Illinois , the Colonel's health was entirely despaired of ; but with his iron will he over- came sickness ...
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... attacked . The rebels tenaciously held their ground , and repeatedly re- pelled the desperate charges of Logan's men . In the height of the action McPherson and staff arrived on the field . By a sud- den dash of the enemy , a portion of ...
... attacked . The rebels tenaciously held their ground , and repeatedly re- pelled the desperate charges of Logan's men . In the height of the action McPherson and staff arrived on the field . By a sud- den dash of the enemy , a portion of ...
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... attacked on all sides by the enemy , at one moment Logan fought on one side of his works , and the next on the other . About one o'clock in the afternoon , Lieutenant - Colonel William T. Clark , Assistant Adjutant - General to General ...
... attacked on all sides by the enemy , at one moment Logan fought on one side of his works , and the next on the other . About one o'clock in the afternoon , Lieutenant - Colonel William T. Clark , Assistant Adjutant - General to General ...
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... attacked above . To Wadsworth's Division was assigned the impracticable task of carrying by hand the pontoon boats , weighing over fifteen hundred pounds each , a mile and a quarter , without disturbing the enemy's pickets on the ...
... attacked above . To Wadsworth's Division was assigned the impracticable task of carrying by hand the pontoon boats , weighing over fifteen hundred pounds each , a mile and a quarter , without disturbing the enemy's pickets on the ...
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... attack on the defeated and dis- pirited rebel army , hemmed in in front by our victorious sol- diery , and in the rear by the swollen and 24 [ JULY , UNITED STATES SERVICE MAGAZINE . Cairo to the Delta, From Correspondence-Card from ...
... attack on the defeated and dis- pirited rebel army , hemmed in in front by our victorious sol- diery , and in the rear by the swollen and 24 [ JULY , UNITED STATES SERVICE MAGAZINE . Cairo to the Delta, From Correspondence-Card from ...
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