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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... mand under the Confederacy . - Character of Johnston . - The Struggle begun in Kentucky .-- Zollicoffer's attack on Camp Wild Cat . - His Defeat . - The hopes of the Unionists of East Tennessee . - Flight of Zollicoffer . - Difficulties ...
... mand under the Confederacy . - Character of Johnston . - The Struggle begun in Kentucky .-- Zollicoffer's attack on Camp Wild Cat . - His Defeat . - The hopes of the Unionists of East Tennessee . - Flight of Zollicoffer . - Difficulties ...
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... mand of Colonel Sill executed General Nelson's orders , and occupied Pikeville by a circuitous route on the 9th , at four P.M. Colonel Metcalf's mounted men in advance exchanged shots with a re- connoitring party which had just crossed ...
... mand of Colonel Sill executed General Nelson's orders , and occupied Pikeville by a circuitous route on the 9th , at four P.M. Colonel Metcalf's mounted men in advance exchanged shots with a re- connoitring party which had just crossed ...
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... mand , who were engaged , displayed courage in excess . The others were as steady as veterans . " Respectfully , T. C. HINDMAN , Brigadier - General . " To Lieutenant D. C. WHITE , Acting Assistant Adjutant- General , First Division ...
... mand , who were engaged , displayed courage in excess . The others were as steady as veterans . " Respectfully , T. C. HINDMAN , Brigadier - General . " To Lieutenant D. C. WHITE , Acting Assistant Adjutant- General , First Division ...
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... the Tennessee are three hills which com- • Smithland is situated to the east of Paducah , on the Ohio , near the mouth of the Cumberland . mand the fort ; but although the enemy had commenced 24 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH . CHAPTER III. ...
... the Tennessee are three hills which com- • Smithland is situated to the east of Paducah , on the Ohio , near the mouth of the Cumberland . mand the fort ; but although the enemy had commenced 24 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH . CHAPTER III. ...
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... mand the fort ; but although the enemy had commenced raising fortifications up- on them , they had never been completed . Fort Henry was an earth - work scien- tifically constructed , and mounted with seventeen cannon , most of which ...
... mand the fort ; but although the enemy had commenced raising fortifications up- on them , they had never been completed . Fort Henry was an earth - work scien- tifically constructed , and mounted with seventeen cannon , most of which ...
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