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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... front . arms for their use on the Mississippi Gen. Herron reached their camp at some time previously . Schofield early dawn , " and immediately at- pressed on " to the old battle - ground tacked with such vigor that the of Pea Ridge ...
... front . arms for their use on the Mississippi Gen. Herron reached their camp at some time previously . Schofield early dawn , " and immediately at- pressed on " to the old battle - ground tacked with such vigor that the of Pea Ridge ...
Page 43
... front , having or- dered up his remaining regiments , within ten minutes afterward . The charge of the Rebels was des- perate , and the battle raged with great fury for nearly two hours , during which the muskets of the combatants were ...
... front , having or- dered up his remaining regiments , within ten minutes afterward . The charge of the Rebels was des- perate , and the battle raged with great fury for nearly two hours , during which the muskets of the combatants were ...
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... front like a Methodist camp - meeting , strag- gling from Lick creek on the south or left , to Snake creek on the north or right , a distance of some three or four miles . Gen. Prentiss's division was encamped across the direct road to ...
... front like a Methodist camp - meeting , strag- gling from Lick creek on the south or left , to Snake creek on the north or right , a distance of some three or four miles . Gen. Prentiss's division was encamped across the direct road to ...
Page 61
... front , which ought to have incited inquiry , if not alarm , but did not . 61 still alive , when we recovered those tents next evening . Thus was Prentiss's division routed before it had time to form in line of battle ; and Hildebrand's ...
... front , which ought to have incited inquiry , if not alarm , but did not . 61 still alive , when we recovered those tents next evening . Thus was Prentiss's division routed before it had time to form in line of battle ; and Hildebrand's ...
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... front of New Orleans , whose levee for miles afforded a mag- Νο The Rebel flotilla having been mainly destroyed , Capt . Farragut , with his nine vessels that had safely run the gauntlet of Rebel forts , fire- ships , rams , and ...
... front of New Orleans , whose levee for miles afforded a mag- Νο The Rebel flotilla having been mainly destroyed , Capt . Farragut , with his nine vessels that had safely run the gauntlet of Rebel forts , fire- ships , rams , and ...
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