The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 2Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 680 pages |
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... action . The escape of steam which followed killed five and scalded some forty or fifty others , among whom was the commander . The firing , however , between the fort and the three gun - boats left , continued with unabated vigor ...
... action . The escape of steam which followed killed five and scalded some forty or fifty others , among whom was the commander . The firing , however , between the fort and the three gun - boats left , continued with unabated vigor ...
Page 32
... action have been fort . General Grant , on the first day's march , arrived with his main body within two miles of the fort , where the pickets of the enemy were met and Feb. driven in . On the next day he ap- 13. proached gradually ...
... action have been fort . General Grant , on the first day's march , arrived with his main body within two miles of the fort , where the pickets of the enemy were met and Feb. driven in . On the next day he ap- 13. proached gradually ...
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... action of the day the Iowa regiments had suffered fearfully . Nearly two hundred each had been the loss of General Curtis having become con- the Iowa Fourth and Ninth , and the lat- vinced that the enemy had concen- Mar. ter had not a ...
... action of the day the Iowa regiments had suffered fearfully . Nearly two hundred each had been the loss of General Curtis having become con- the Iowa Fourth and Ninth , and the lat- vinced that the enemy had concen- Mar. ter had not a ...
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... action ; a su- pervision being kept over it constantly by Captain C. P. R. Rogers in person - an officer who , an acquaintance of more than twenty years ' standing assures me , is without a su- perior in our own or any other service ...
... action ; a su- pervision being kept over it constantly by Captain C. P. R. Rogers in person - an officer who , an acquaintance of more than twenty years ' standing assures me , is without a su- perior in our own or any other service ...
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... action . " I would respectfully recommend in relation to the commander of the garrison of the fort , Colonel Charles H. Olmstead , whose gallant conduct as an enemy , and whose courtesy as a gentleman are entitled to all consideration ...
... action . " I would respectfully recommend in relation to the commander of the garrison of the fort , Colonel Charles H. Olmstead , whose gallant conduct as an enemy , and whose courtesy as a gentleman are entitled to all consideration ...
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A. P. Hill Acting Master advance Arkansas arms army arrived artillery attack Banks batteries battle boats bridge brigade Brigadier-General Burnside camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Colonel command Confederate Corinth corps Creek crossed defence destroyed direction division eight enemy enemy's engaged eral Federal fell field fight fire flag flank fleet force forts forward Fredericksburg front Government ground gun-boats guns Harper's Ferry Harriet Lane heavy hill infantry intrenchments Island Jackson James River Kentucky killed land Lieutenant loss Major-General mand Maryland Heights McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement Murfreesboro night North o'clock occupied officers Ohio opened Port Porter position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear rebels regiments reinforcements retired retreat Richmond river road sent shell shot side skirmishers soon steamers Tennessee tion town troops Union Union army United vessels Vicksburg Virginia whole woods wounded