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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... flank of Buckner's position at Bowling Green . The centre had moved to a position on Barron Creek , about six miles from Munfordsville , on the Green River , and the eastern under Schoepf had marched , as we have seen , a little in ...
... flank of Buckner's position at Bowling Green . The centre had moved to a position on Barron Creek , about six miles from Munfordsville , on the Green River , and the eastern under Schoepf had marched , as we have seen , a little in ...
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... flank with as much coolness as if this had been their hundredth battle instead of their first . Then followed an almost hand - to - hand 13 The conflict , lasting fully an hour . enemy strove in vain to draw the Ger- mans up the hill by ...
... flank with as much coolness as if this had been their hundredth battle instead of their first . Then followed an almost hand - to - hand 13 The conflict , lasting fully an hour . enemy strove in vain to draw the Ger- mans up the hill by ...
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... flank move- ment from Columbia . The fifth division , under General Crit- tenden , forming the right wing of Buell's army , was far to the east , toward the Cumberland Gap , prepared to co - oper- ate with the contemplated movements ...
... flank move- ment from Columbia . The fifth division , under General Crit- tenden , forming the right wing of Buell's army , was far to the east , toward the Cumberland Gap , prepared to co - oper- ate with the contemplated movements ...
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... flank of their pursuers . The Union troops on the left were now ordered to a charge upon the The enemy now might have escaped enemy's right , " which , " says General through the gap they had made in our Grant , " was brilliantly ...
... flank of their pursuers . The Union troops on the left were now ordered to a charge upon the The enemy now might have escaped enemy's right , " which , " says General through the gap they had made in our Grant , " was brilliantly ...
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... flank , jumped upon the rifle pits and drove the rebels down the eastern slope . They escaped into their inner line of defences . Col- onel Lauman did not deem it prudent to follow , but halted his men and poured Colonel Lauman , after ...
... flank , jumped upon the rifle pits and drove the rebels down the eastern slope . They escaped into their inner line of defences . Col- onel Lauman did not deem it prudent to follow , but halted his men and poured Colonel Lauman , after ...
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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