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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... position , and pouring grape and shell into the pursuing masses , until their advance was arrested and disorganized , when he would limber up and fall back to the next eleva- tion or turn in the road , where he would renew the ...
... position , and pouring grape and shell into the pursuing masses , until their advance was arrested and disorganized , when he would limber up and fall back to the next eleva- tion or turn in the road , where he would renew the ...
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... POSITION REB CAV HUNTSVILLE 2D Pos . FROM SUGAR CREEK . sinking weary but undaunted on the found Carr sti 1 fiercely fighting , hav- field it had so nobly won - a field red - ing received three or four shots , one dened by the blood of ...
... POSITION REB CAV HUNTSVILLE 2D Pos . FROM SUGAR CREEK . sinking weary but undaunted on the found Carr sti 1 fiercely fighting , hav- field it had so nobly won - a field red - ing received three or four shots , one dened by the blood of ...
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... position ; but no shot was fired by the enemy . At length , Cur- tis crdered Col. Davis , in our center , to begin the day's work . He was instantly replied to from new bat- teries and lines which the Rebels had prepared during the ...
... position ; but no shot was fired by the enemy . At length , Cur- tis crdered Col. Davis , in our center , to begin the day's work . He was instantly replied to from new bat- teries and lines which the Rebels had prepared during the ...
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... position un- tenable . Stuart fell back to the next ridge ; and , finding the Rebels who had followed Prentiss beginning to come in on his right , sent to Gen. W. H. L. Wallace for assistance . Gen. McArthur's brigade was promptly ...
... position un- tenable . Stuart fell back to the next ridge ; and , finding the Rebels who had followed Prentiss beginning to come in on his right , sent to Gen. W. H. L. Wallace for assistance . Gen. McArthur's brigade was promptly ...
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... position ; losing of its batteries but a single gun , whereof the carriage had been disabled . Lew . Wallace was at Crump's Landing , with his force extended on the road to Purdy , when he received , at 11 A. M. , Grant's order to bring ...
... position ; losing of its batteries but a single gun , whereof the carriage had been disabled . Lew . Wallace was at Crump's Landing , with his force extended on the road to Purdy , when he received , at 11 A. M. , Grant's order to bring ...
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