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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... attack . But before they were able to shake the steady little band of some two hundred Ger- mans , their comrades came to the rescue . " They came on right gallantly , ' wrote one who was present , " part of them having to cross Green ...
... attack . But before they were able to shake the steady little band of some two hundred Ger- mans , their comrades came to the rescue . " They came on right gallantly , ' wrote one who was present , " part of them having to cross Green ...
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... attack upon the enemy's in- trenched position at Bowling Green . The road taken by General Nelson crosses the Green River about ten miles east from Munfordsville , where McCook had crossed . Glasgow was the enemy's position which first ...
... attack upon the enemy's in- trenched position at Bowling Green . The road taken by General Nelson crosses the Green River about ten miles east from Munfordsville , where McCook had crossed . Glasgow was the enemy's position which first ...
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... ATTACK ON FORT HENRY . age equal to the trying duties of a leader in war . " It was the design to make a combined naval and military attack upon Fort Henry , but in consequence of the state of the roads , the land force was delayed in ...
... ATTACK ON FORT HENRY . age equal to the trying duties of a leader in war . " It was the design to make a combined naval and military attack upon Fort Henry , but in consequence of the state of the roads , the land force was delayed in ...
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... attack with the land forces upon the utes more ,. 31 1862 . AFTER opening the Tennessee River , by the capture of Fort Henry , the next operation of the Union forces at Cairo was to strike for the command of the Cumberland , by an attack ...
... attack with the land forces upon the utes more ,. 31 1862 . AFTER opening the Tennessee River , by the capture of Fort Henry , the next operation of the Union forces at Cairo was to strike for the command of the Cumberland , by an attack ...
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... attack with the land forces upon the utes more , could the 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 ...
... attack with the land forces upon the utes more , could the 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 ...
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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