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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Page 11
... 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 the river , but immediately retreated . Metcalf and Hart's ...
... 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 the river , but immediately retreated . Metcalf and Hart's ...
Page 12
... occupied all the previous day in evacuating the place . General Williams was there when the skirmishers opened fire , but he retreated , and Col- onel Sill subsequently occupied his headquarters . On the route , Colonel Sill twice ...
... occupied all the previous day in evacuating the place . General Williams was there when the skirmishers opened fire , but he retreated , and Col- onel Sill subsequently occupied his headquarters . On the route , Colonel Sill twice ...
Page 13
... occupy for their encampment an area of cleared ground near Munfordsville , of about a mile in breadth , surrounded ... occupied positions not many feet apart . This was the signal for another onset by the Texas Cavalry , and right well ...
... occupy for their encampment an area of cleared ground near Munfordsville , of about a mile in breadth , surrounded ... occupied positions not many feet apart . This was the signal for another onset by the Texas Cavalry , and right well ...
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... occupied by the enemy . The first division , forming the advance of the centre , under General McCook , whose march to Munfordsville has already been related , remained to co - operate with the first division , with which it completed ...
... occupied by the enemy . The first division , forming the advance of the centre , under General McCook , whose march to Munfordsville has already been related , remained to co - operate with the first division , with which it completed ...
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... occupied by the Union- ists - up the Tennessee and Cumberland , and a vigilant reconnoitring by land of the enemy's strength and position , it was determined to begin operations by an at- tack upon Fort Henry . This work stands on the ...
... occupied by the Union- ists - up the Tennessee and Cumberland , and a vigilant reconnoitring by land of the enemy's strength and position , it was determined to begin operations by an at- tack upon Fort Henry . This work stands on the ...
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