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... morning of the 6th their lines were consolidated and freshly posted ; the three corps sustaining their respective positions - Warren in the centre , Sedgwick on the right , and Hancock on the left . The attack was made by the ...
... morning of the 6th their lines were consolidated and freshly posted ; the three corps sustaining their respective positions - Warren in the centre , Sedgwick on the right , and Hancock on the left . The attack was made by the ...
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... morning contained an angle in the form of an A , with the point towards the enemy . At the close of the day the enemy maintained possession of about three hundred yards of our works in that quarter . The loss in Johnson's division was ...
... morning contained an angle in the form of an A , with the point towards the enemy . At the close of the day the enemy maintained possession of about three hundred yards of our works in that quarter . The loss in Johnson's division was ...
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... morning of Friday , June 3d , the assault was made , Hancock commanding the left of the Yankee line of battle , and leading the attack . The first Confederate line was held by Breckinridge's troops , and was carried . The reverse was ...
... morning of Friday , June 3d , the assault was made , Hancock commanding the left of the Yankee line of battle , and leading the attack . The first Confederate line was held by Breckinridge's troops , and was carried . The reverse was ...
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... morning , had achieved an unbroken circuit of victories . Grant and his friends were alike dismayed . The latter insisted that he should have half a million more of men to accomplish his work . " We should , " said a Boston paper ...
... morning , had achieved an unbroken circuit of victories . Grant and his friends were alike dismayed . The latter insisted that he should have half a million more of men to accomplish his work . " We should , " said a Boston paper ...
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... morning , at noon , and at four in the after- noon . Each one was repulsed . Hancock and Burnside in the centre suffered severely . After severe losses on the part of all the Yankee corps , night found the Confederates still in ...
... morning , at noon , and at four in the after- noon . Each one was repulsed . Hancock and Burnside in the centre suffered severely . After severe losses on the part of all the Yankee corps , night found the Confederates still in ...
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