Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 25-26Virginia Historical Society, 1897 - Confederate States of America |
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... horse , he rode about the field under showers of shot and shell , with- out turning his head , or giving it a twitch even at the sound too near of that awful aerial whisper : " where is he ? where is he ? " before an explosion which ...
... horse , he rode about the field under showers of shot and shell , with- out turning his head , or giving it a twitch even at the sound too near of that awful aerial whisper : " where is he ? where is he ? " before an explosion which ...
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... horses on the other side of the creek some 600 yards off , and charged on foot obliquely by the houses , upon the 34th , until they came close in front of the 26th and 46th which burst upon their right flank so sudden and so sharp that ...
... horses on the other side of the creek some 600 yards off , and charged on foot obliquely by the houses , upon the 34th , until they came close in front of the 26th and 46th which burst upon their right flank so sudden and so sharp that ...
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Southern Historical Society Robert Alonzo Brock. not reach their horses and mount in time to prevent a severe loss of men and horses . Here we were halted for the entire line to pass , with orders to bring up the rear . Thence we passed ...
Southern Historical Society Robert Alonzo Brock. not reach their horses and mount in time to prevent a severe loss of men and horses . Here we were halted for the entire line to pass , with orders to bring up the rear . Thence we passed ...
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... horses- a wounded man at Sailor's creek had escaped on my riding horse proper - and the noble private , whom I don't know , wrapped me , more dead than alive , in his coarse gray blanket , pinning it on with a wire pin , both of which I ...
... horses- a wounded man at Sailor's creek had escaped on my riding horse proper - and the noble private , whom I don't know , wrapped me , more dead than alive , in his coarse gray blanket , pinning it on with a wire pin , both of which I ...
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... horses . He ordered me to get a horse and make all the stragglers and disorganized men fall into my ranks . I told him that it would put my brigade hors du combat , to have to play field marshal for such a disorganized mass . He said ...
... horses . He ordered me to get a horse and make all the stragglers and disorganized men fall into my ranks . I told him that it would put my brigade hors du combat , to have to play field marshal for such a disorganized mass . He said ...
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