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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... arrived and as- sumed the command . Additional troops , moreover , were rapidly marching to the same point . The battle which ensued , and the victory won by the Unionists , is thus described by a spectator : * " About eight o'clock on ...
... arrived and as- sumed the command . Additional troops , moreover , were rapidly marching to the same point . The battle which ensued , and the victory won by the Unionists , is thus described by a spectator : * " About eight o'clock on ...
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... arrived the previous night . Captain Berryhill , of the Second Ohio , was wounded severely at Ivy Creek , while leading the column up the mount- ain side . " Behind this ridge , and all along the mountain side , the enemy , 700 strong ...
... arrived the previous night . Captain Berryhill , of the Second Ohio , was wounded severely at Ivy Creek , while leading the column up the mount- ain side . " Behind this ridge , and all along the mountain side , the enemy , 700 strong ...
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... arrived , and joining General Thomas ' troops , pursued , in company with the victors , the flying enemy . A steamboat was seen moving on the river , and being fired at with shells was soon in a blaze . The combined force , having ...
... arrived , and joining General Thomas ' troops , pursued , in company with the victors , the flying enemy . A steamboat was seen moving on the river , and being fired at with shells was soon in a blaze . The combined force , having ...
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... arrived , and delivering up his sword to Captain Foote , said , " Captain , I am glad to surrender to so gallant an officer , " whereupon he received the re- ply : " You do perfectly right , sir , in surrendering ; but you should have ...
... arrived , and delivering up his sword to Captain Foote , said , " Captain , I am glad to surrender to so gallant an officer , " whereupon he received the re- ply : " You do perfectly right , sir , in surrendering ; but you should have ...
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... arrived after an absence of four days . Accordingly a flotilla , consisting of the three gun - boats - Conestoga , Taylor , and Lexington - under the command of Lieu- tenant S. Phelps , was sent up the Tennes- Feb. see on a ...
... arrived after an absence of four days . Accordingly a flotilla , consisting of the three gun - boats - Conestoga , Taylor , and Lexington - under the command of Lieu- tenant S. Phelps , was sent up the Tennes- Feb. see on a ...
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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