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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... side as a complete constrained soon after to make their discomfiture of the North , which way northward to Kansas , where they view the undoubted death of Lyon received the supplies they so much and abandonment of Springfield tend ...
... side as a complete constrained soon after to make their discomfiture of the North , which way northward to Kansas , where they view the undoubted death of Lyon received the supplies they so much and abandonment of Springfield tend ...
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... side of the river ; but , finding himself unmolested , he established himself on the opposite bank , in a substantial earthwork , which he named Camp Beach Grove . He had one small steamboat , which had run up with munitions from ...
... side of the river ; but , finding himself unmolested , he established himself on the opposite bank , in a substantial earthwork , which he named Camp Beach Grove . He had one small steamboat , which had run up with munitions from ...
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... side of one of his boats , Gen. Grant decided that the proper landing - place for the troops was about four miles ... sides to the heavy guns of the fort , one of them having a caliber of 128 and another of 60 pounds , and but 12 of ours ...
... side of one of his boats , Gen. Grant decided that the proper landing - place for the troops was about four miles ... sides to the heavy guns of the fort , one of them having a caliber of 128 and another of 60 pounds , and but 12 of ours ...
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... sides was maintained with spirit throughout the day , main- ly from behind the trees of the great forest , which at most ... side , while he fortified his weak points , and awaited the return of the gunboats in fighting condition . Floyd ...
... sides was maintained with spirit throughout the day , main- ly from behind the trees of the great forest , which at most ... side , while he fortified his weak points , and awaited the return of the gunboats in fighting condition . Floyd ...
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... side fearful and almost uni- versal . Our men were without tents , and at many points without fires ; while the Rebels , worse clad and lit- tle better sheltered , shivered in their fireless trenches through weary day and sleepless ...
... side fearful and almost uni- versal . Our men were without tents , and at many points without fires ; while the Rebels , worse clad and lit- tle better sheltered , shivered in their fireless trenches through weary day and sleepless ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance arms artillery assailed assault attack bank battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade Burnside camp Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed D. H. Hill defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Jackson Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Front Royal Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy Heintzelman held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments Jackson June land loss Maj.-Gen mand March McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement nearly night officers Ohio Orleans Port position Potomac prisoners pushed railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel batteries Rebel force rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent shell shot side sion skirmishers slaves Smith soldiers soon strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg wagons Washington woods