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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... directed by Curtis to advance , supporting his cavalry and light artillery , and open the ball ; while , at nearly the same moment , McCulloch fell with over- whelming force upon Carr's division at and near Elkhorn Tavern . A broad ...
... directed by Curtis to advance , supporting his cavalry and light artillery , and open the ball ; while , at nearly the same moment , McCulloch fell with over- whelming force upon Carr's division at and near Elkhorn Tavern . A broad ...
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... directing the right wing to ad- vance to its support , while Capt . Hayden opened from it a most gall- ing fire . Returning to the center , he directed the 1st Iowa battery , Capt . David , to take position in an open field and commence ...
... directing the right wing to ad- vance to its support , while Capt . Hayden opened from it a most gall- ing fire . Returning to the center , he directed the 1st Iowa battery , Capt . David , to take position in an open field and commence ...
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... directed by Schofield to strike the band which had just captured Inde- pendence , before it could be joined by Coffey ; while Gen. Blunt , com- manding in Arkansas , was requested to send a force from Fort Scott , to cooperate in ...
... directed by Schofield to strike the band which had just captured Inde- pendence , before it could be joined by Coffey ; while Gen. Blunt , com- manding in Arkansas , was requested to send a force from Fort Scott , to cooperate in ...
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... directed . to start at 6 instead of 11 that morning , he would probably have intercepted and captured Tilghman's entire force . As it was , the latter says he ordered all but the hundred or so inside the fort , and employed in working ...
... directed . to start at 6 instead of 11 that morning , he would probably have intercepted and captured Tilghman's entire force . As it was , the latter says he ordered all but the hundred or so inside the fort , and employed in working ...
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... number of its defenders to about 3,000 . Col. Shaw , Sth North Carolina , was in immedi- ate command . Fort Bartow , other- Ex - Governor of Virginia . directed them to flank the enemy on either side of 74 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT .
... number of its defenders to about 3,000 . Col. Shaw , Sth North Carolina , was in immedi- ate command . Fort Bartow , other- Ex - Governor of Virginia . directed them to flank the enemy on either side of 74 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT .
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