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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... covered that Crittenden was devoting all his sober moments - which were few - to the systematic corruption of his subordinates , with intent to lead his regiment to Texas , and there turn it over to the service and support of the ...
... covered that Crittenden was devoting all his sober moments - which were few - to the systematic corruption of his subordinates , with intent to lead his regiment to Texas , and there turn it over to the service and support of the ...
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... covered a con- centration of the enemy's entire force . The day wore on , with more noise than execution , until nearly 2 P. M. , when Sibley , who had risen from a sick bed that morning , was compelled to dismount and quit the field ...
... covered a con- centration of the enemy's entire force . The day wore on , with more noise than execution , until nearly 2 P. M. , when Sibley , who had risen from a sick bed that morning , was compelled to dismount and quit the field ...
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... covered an invitation to a truce for the burial of the dead and proper care of the wounded , to which two days were given by both armies ; when a Rebel council of war decided that an assault was not justi- fiable , but that they might ...
... covered an invitation to a truce for the burial of the dead and proper care of the wounded , to which two days were given by both armies ; when a Rebel council of war decided that an assault was not justi- fiable , but that they might ...
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... covering Fayetteville , he struck at the division of Gen. Franz Sigel , holding Bentonville , the extreme advance of the ... covered its retreat with his best battery and in- fantry , planting his guns on each favorable position , and ...
... covering Fayetteville , he struck at the division of Gen. Franz Sigel , holding Bentonville , the extreme advance of the ... covered its retreat with his best battery and in- fantry , planting his guns on each favorable position , and ...
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... covered by timber , and only approached from the north over large , open fields , which afforded no cover ; save that a part of them bore a crop of ripe corn . Blunt's eccen- tric advance had brought him in front of the enemy's left ...
... covered by timber , and only approached from the north over large , open fields , which afforded no cover ; save that a part of them bore a crop of ripe corn . Blunt's eccen- tric advance had brought him in front of the enemy's left ...
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