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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... fight , of nearly three hours , the enemy were driven back , and by a spirited charge of bayonets forced to a total rout . The brunt of the bat- tle was borne by the Fourth Kentucky , Second Minnesota , Ninth Ohio , and Tenth Indiana ...
... fight , of nearly three hours , the enemy were driven back , and by a spirited charge of bayonets forced to a total rout . The brunt of the bat- tle was borne by the Fourth Kentucky , Second Minnesota , Ninth Ohio , and Tenth Indiana ...
Page 32
... fight- ing , the latter part of the day within less than one hundred yards of the fort , the wheel of this vessel and the tiller of the Louisville were shot away , rendering the two boats unmanageable . They then drifted down the river ...
... fight- ing , the latter part of the day within less than one hundred yards of the fort , the wheel of this vessel and the tiller of the Louisville were shot away , rendering the two boats unmanageable . They then drifted down the river ...
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... fight is waged in a forest , the trees high in , up the branches usually suffer most . There was , however , considerable loss on both sides at this point . " And now occurred one of those blunders common in warfare . The ene- my ...
... fight is waged in a forest , the trees high in , up the branches usually suffer most . There was , however , considerable loss on both sides at this point . " And now occurred one of those blunders common in warfare . The ene- my ...
Page 54
... fight like heroes , or surrender to the rebels . There is no falling safely back , as there was at Wilson Creek . Our only alternative is desperate fighting , and we will all do our best . ' " Around headquarters most of the commanders ...
... fight like heroes , or surrender to the rebels . There is no falling safely back , as there was at Wilson Creek . Our only alternative is desperate fighting , and we will all do our best . ' " Around headquarters most of the commanders ...
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... fight- ing was the most desperate on record . Our loss was immense ; that of the ene- my unknown . Generals McCulloch and McIntosh were both killed on the 7th instant ( March ) . General Slack was mortally wounded ; General Price was ...
... fight- ing was the most desperate on record . Our loss was immense ; that of the ene- my unknown . Generals McCulloch and McIntosh were both killed on the 7th instant ( March ) . General Slack was mortally wounded ; General Price was ...
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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