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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... close to the enemy , that a Mississippi regiment turned upon them with their long bowie - knives , which they thrust through a fence that separated them from their assailants . The bayonets , however , by their greater length , gave the ...
... close to the enemy , that a Mississippi regiment turned upon them with their long bowie - knives , which they thrust through a fence that separated them from their assailants . The bayonets , however , by their greater length , gave the ...
Page 39
... close lest the enemy's guns should open upon us from such a height as to render ours ineffective against them , and there was no safe way of solving the problem . Something must be done , however ; so General Cullum dispatched an ...
... close lest the enemy's guns should open upon us from such a height as to render ours ineffective against them , and there was no safe way of solving the problem . Something must be done , however ; so General Cullum dispatched an ...
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... close of the latter year was raised to the higher dignity of mayor . This lage mortified and crestfallen . He determined to quit the place and forget his love , after meeting with such scorn and contempt from the mother . " ' NEW MADRID ...
... close of the latter year was raised to the higher dignity of mayor . This lage mortified and crestfallen . He determined to quit the place and forget his love , after meeting with such scorn and contempt from the mother . " ' NEW MADRID ...
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... close of his governor- ship , he was elected to the United States Senate , where- while rebellion was hatching in the capital , traitors were plotting to destroy the national exist- ence , and the leaders of his own State of Tennessee ...
... close of his governor- ship , he was elected to the United States Senate , where- while rebellion was hatching in the capital , traitors were plotting to destroy the national exist- ence , and the leaders of his own State of Tennessee ...
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... close to the main ditch . A furious thunder - storm began to rage about eleven o'clock that night , and continued almost without inter- ruption until morning . Just before daylight , General Stanley was relieved in his trenches with his ...
... close to the main ditch . A furious thunder - storm began to rage about eleven o'clock that night , and continued almost without inter- ruption until morning . Just before daylight , General Stanley was relieved in his trenches with his ...
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