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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... taken ; and , though a letter to The New York Herald , written from the battle - field on the 9th , speaks of " a considerable quan- tity of wagons , supplies , etc. , a load of powder , and nearly a thousand stand of arms , " as ...
... taken ; and , though a letter to The New York Herald , written from the battle - field on the 9th , speaks of " a considerable quan- tity of wagons , supplies , etc. , a load of powder , and nearly a thousand stand of arms , " as ...
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... taken , and again the captors were compelled to abandon it by the overwhelming fire of infan- try concentrated upon them . Thus the battle stood , still desper- ately contested , neither lost nor won , when , at 2 P. M. , Herron heard ...
... taken , and again the captors were compelled to abandon it by the overwhelming fire of infan- try concentrated upon them . Thus the battle stood , still desper- ately contested , neither lost nor won , when , at 2 P. M. , Herron heard ...
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... taken 275 prisoners , 5 done . Hindman's official report flags , 23 wagons , and makes it , 164 killed , 817 wounded , small arms . over 500 III . KENTUCKY - TENNESSEE - ALABAMA . THE river Tennessee , taking rise is the largest ...
... taken 275 prisoners , 5 done . Hindman's official report flags , 23 wagons , and makes it , 164 killed , 817 wounded , small arms . over 500 III . KENTUCKY - TENNESSEE - ALABAMA . THE river Tennessee , taking rise is the largest ...
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... taken the precaution to send out strong pickets of infantry on the roads leading toward the enemy , with a picket of cavalry still farther in advance . These were encountered by Crittenden's vanguard before day- light ; but , after ...
... taken the precaution to send out strong pickets of infantry on the roads leading toward the enemy , with a picket of cavalry still farther in advance . These were encountered by Crittenden's vanguard before day- light ; but , after ...
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... taken . " Gen. Grant - not expecting this striking proof of Rebel vitality — was some miles distant on a gunboat , con- ferring with Com . Foote , when Mc- Clernand's cry for assistance reached headquarters . Gen. Lew . Wallace ...
... taken . " Gen. Grant - not expecting this striking proof of Rebel vitality — was some miles distant on a gunboat , con- ferring with Com . Foote , when Mc- Clernand's cry for assistance reached headquarters . Gen. Lew . Wallace ...
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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