Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 25-26Virginia Historical Society, 1897 - Confederate States of America |
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... whole Atlantic and Bay Coasts from Hatteras to Assateague Island and the mouth of the Potomac river , were accessible to war steamers far above the head of tidewater , and the rivers and estua- ries so parted each from the others that ...
... whole Atlantic and Bay Coasts from Hatteras to Assateague Island and the mouth of the Potomac river , were accessible to war steamers far above the head of tidewater , and the rivers and estua- ries so parted each from the others that ...
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... whole duty wherever I am put , and if my superiors in command see fit to give me the least glorious duty to perform , I will do it with the same alacrity that I would or could perform those duties which are crowned with the brightest ...
... whole duty wherever I am put , and if my superiors in command see fit to give me the least glorious duty to perform , I will do it with the same alacrity that I would or could perform those duties which are crowned with the brightest ...
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... whole duty promptly , successfully , and with the approbation and commen- dation of their superiors . Their duties were constant and active during the whole period from September , 1863 , until March , 1864 , in doing guard duty in the ...
... whole duty promptly , successfully , and with the approbation and commen- dation of their superiors . Their duties were constant and active during the whole period from September , 1863 , until March , 1864 , in doing guard duty in the ...
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... whole force but 900 men . Seeing that the 3,000 of the enemy were crossing the Mullet Hall , over the temporary bridging of the channel of that stream , and that they were trying to reach the defile in our rear , we fell back to what is ...
... whole force but 900 men . Seeing that the 3,000 of the enemy were crossing the Mullet Hall , over the temporary bridging of the channel of that stream , and that they were trying to reach the defile in our rear , we fell back to what is ...
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... whole picket lines , one - third of our brigade being required at a time to picket its front , making every day almost a general battle . At last the order came to charge and take the enemy's outer line at Howlett's , and it was ...
... whole picket lines , one - third of our brigade being required at a time to picket its front , making every day almost a general battle . At last the order came to charge and take the enemy's outer line at Howlett's , and it was ...
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