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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... gun - boats . The enemy at Feb , the same time responded , and thus 6. began at half - past twelve o'clock the conflict ... guns with great energy and accuracy . The Cincinnati , the flag - ship , received thirty - one shots ; the Essex ...
... gun - boats . The enemy at Feb , the same time responded , and thus 6. began at half - past twelve o'clock the conflict ... guns with great energy and accuracy . The Cincinnati , the flag - ship , received thirty - one shots ; the Essex ...
Page 32
... guns from the four boats . " One rifled gun , aboard the Caron- delet , burst during the action . " The officers and men in this hotly contested but unequal fight behaved with the greatest gallantry and deter- mination , all deploring ...
... guns from the four boats . " One rifled gun , aboard the Caron- delet , burst during the action . " The officers and men in this hotly contested but unequal fight behaved with the greatest gallantry and deter- mination , all deploring ...
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... guns , munitions , and stores , and had destroyed the railroad and other bridges in order to check pur- suit ... gun - boats . Clarksville , the capital of Montgomery County , Tennessee , is a town situated on the right bank of the ...
... guns , munitions , and stores , and had destroyed the railroad and other bridges in order to check pur- suit ... gun - boats . Clarksville , the capital of Montgomery County , Tennessee , is a town situated on the right bank of the ...
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... gun , lest its charge should fall among our friends , and dared not go too 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 ...
... gun , lest its charge should fall among our friends , and dared not go too 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 ...
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... guns dismounted The German stated that the utmost and thrown into the river , the gun - car- demoralization existed in the army , and riages mutilated , and magazines demol- he thought the reason why they left in ished , leaving nothing ...
... guns dismounted The German stated that the utmost and thrown into the river , the gun - car- demoralization existed in the army , and riages mutilated , and magazines demol- he thought the reason why they left in ished , leaving nothing ...
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