The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860 - '65 : Its Causes, Incidents, and Results Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union. II |
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... brigade , who in ten minutes had his two regiments - 10th Indiana and 4th Kentucky , Col. S. S. Fry- in readiness ; and the Rebels , in that hour of darkness , necessarily pro- ceeded with caution , doubling them- selves as they ...
... brigade , who in ten minutes had his two regiments - 10th Indiana and 4th Kentucky , Col. S. S. Fry- in readiness ; and the Rebels , in that hour of darkness , necessarily pro- ceeded with caution , doubling them- selves as they ...
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... brigade , to the rescue . Cruft , misdirected by his guide , took a wrong road ; but it led him nevertheless into the fight , and served to draw off some Rebel atten- tion from McClernand's overmatched column . Meantime , Col. Thayer ...
... brigade , to the rescue . Cruft , misdirected by his guide , took a wrong road ; but it led him nevertheless into the fight , and served to draw off some Rebel atten- tion from McClernand's overmatched column . Meantime , Col. Thayer ...
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... brigade , on Sherman's right , was demolished with equal expedition , in spite of Sherman's best exertions . His ef forts and influence , backed by the most reckless self - exposure , held his remaining brigades , under Buckland and ...
... brigade , on Sherman's right , was demolished with equal expedition , in spite of Sherman's best exertions . His ef forts and influence , backed by the most reckless self - exposure , held his remaining brigades , under Buckland and ...
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... brigade of Sherman's division , under Col. David Stuart , which had been oddly posted on our extreme left , holding what was known as the Hamburg road , had been sud- denly shelled from the opposite bluffs of Lick creek , by a force ...
... brigade of Sherman's division , under Col. David Stuart , which had been oddly posted on our extreme left , holding what was known as the Hamburg road , had been sud- denly shelled from the opposite bluffs of Lick creek , by a force ...
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... brigade . soldiers held the original front line whence we had been so hurriedly driven 34 hours before ; and the whole Rebel army was retreating , unpur- sued , on Corinth . " Gen. Sherman , with two brigades and the cavalry , went out ...
... brigade . soldiers held the original front line whence we had been so hurriedly driven 34 hours before ; and the whole Rebel army was retreating , unpur- sued , on Corinth . " Gen. Sherman , with two brigades and the cavalry , went out ...
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