Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2T. Belknap, 1874 - United States |
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Page 42
... pushed on to Sarcoxie , a post - village in Jackson County , where he arrived to- ward the evening of the 28th , and learned that General Price , with about nine hundred troops , was encamped at Pool's Prairie , a few miles north of ...
... pushed on to Sarcoxie , a post - village in Jackson County , where he arrived to- ward the evening of the 28th , and learned that General Price , with about nine hundred troops , was encamped at Pool's Prairie , a few miles north of ...
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... pushed forward to gain the ferry on the Osage , twenty - two miles ahead . Near that point , in the midst of a dense forest , the main army reached the river in the afternoon of the 9th , when they were stirred by intense excitement ...
... pushed forward to gain the ferry on the Osage , twenty - two miles ahead . Near that point , in the midst of a dense forest , the main army reached the river in the afternoon of the 9th , when they were stirred by intense excitement ...
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... pushed forward , unmindful of the intense heat , the stifling dust , and the lack of water ; and on the night of the 10th the wearied army encamped at Big Spring , a mile and a half from Wilson's Creek , and about ten and a half miles ...
... pushed forward , unmindful of the intense heat , the stifling dust , and the lack of water ; and on the night of the 10th the wearied army encamped at Big Spring , a mile and a half from Wilson's Creek , and about ten and a half miles ...
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... pushed on with vigor when the Confederate camp pickets were driven in . The mounted Home Guards and Captain Plummer's battal- ion were thrown across Wilson's Creek , near a sharp bend , and moved on a line with the advance of the main ...
... pushed on with vigor when the Confederate camp pickets were driven in . The mounted Home Guards and Captain Plummer's battal- ion were thrown across Wilson's Creek , near a sharp bend , and moved on a line with the advance of the main ...
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... pushed forward , Major Osterhaus's battalion being on the extreme right , his own right resting on the side of an abrupt ravine . A line of battle was immediately formed on the hill , with the Missouri troops in front , the Kansas ...
... pushed forward , Major Osterhaus's battalion being on the extreme right , his own right resting on the side of an abrupt ravine . A line of battle was immediately formed on the hill , with the Missouri troops in front , the Kansas ...
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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