Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2T. Belknap, 1874 - United States |
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... opened a deadly fire upon them . The latter numbered nearly five hundred . They returned the fire , and a regular battle seemed about to open , when a subordinate officer in Stanley's command shouted " Charge ! " and twenty - five ...
... opened a deadly fire upon them . The latter numbered nearly five hundred . They returned the fire , and a regular battle seemed about to open , when a subordinate officer in Stanley's command shouted " Charge ! " and twenty - five ...
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... opened with such destructive effect , that the Confederates broke , and were driven by Lyon's infantry to the hills overlooking their camp . To seize and occupy the crest of the hills from which the Confederates Report of General Price ...
... opened with such destructive effect , that the Confederates broke , and were driven by Lyon's infantry to the hills overlooking their camp . To seize and occupy the crest of the hills from which the Confederates Report of General Price ...
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... opened fire . With his twelve hundred men , and battery of six cannon , he had reached a position within a mile of their camp at dawn . He had moved with great skill and caution , and his alert little force had cut off several squads of ...
... opened fire . With his twelve hundred men , and battery of six cannon , he had reached a position within a mile of their camp at dawn . He had moved with great skill and caution , and his alert little force had cut off several squads of ...
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... opened a heavy and destructive fire upon the Nationals . The Confederates , strong in num- bers , and dressed like Sigel's men , had so deceived that commander , that they were allowed to approach within less than musket - shot distance ...
... opened a heavy and destructive fire upon the Nationals . The Confederates , strong in num- bers , and dressed like Sigel's men , had so deceived that commander , that they were allowed to approach within less than musket - shot distance ...
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... opened such a deadly fire that they and their beasts fell in heaps . The effect was marvelous . Those mounted men , who had just been prouldy scorning all opposition , and feeling sure of turning the tide of victory in favor of the ...
... opened such a deadly fire that they and their beasts fell in heaps . The effect was marvelous . Those mounted men , who had just been prouldy scorning all opposition , and feeling sure of turning the tide of victory in favor of the ...
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arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night North Carolina o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded