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 12
... Railroad , which crosses that stream . When the Unionists , however , reached Green Riv- er , they constructed a temporary bridge . and began to throw across eight com- panies of the Thirty - second Indiana Regiment , mostly Germans ...
... Railroad , which crosses that stream . When the Unionists , however , reached Green Riv- er , they constructed a temporary bridge . and began to throw across eight com- panies of the Thirty - second Indiana Regiment , mostly Germans ...
Page 14
... railroad from the vicinity of that place southward . My force consisted of 1,100 infantry and four pieces of artil- lery . When within two and a half miles of Woodsonville , concealed from the enemy's view , I halted the column and ...
... railroad from the vicinity of that place southward . My force consisted of 1,100 infantry and four pieces of artil- lery . When within two and a half miles of Woodsonville , concealed from the enemy's view , I halted the column and ...
Page 25
... railroads until the war with Mexico , when he pro- ceeded to the Rio Grande and served as a volunteer aide - de ... Railroad Company . At the beginning of the civil troubles he was residing at Paducah , in Kentucky , and being an ar ...
... railroads until the war with Mexico , when he pro- ceeded to the Rio Grande and served as a volunteer aide - de ... Railroad Company . At the beginning of the civil troubles he was residing at Paducah , in Kentucky , and being an ar ...
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... railroad bridge which crosses the river about twenty- five miles above Fort Henry , a number of transport steamers belonging to the enemy were discovered beyond . These could not be immediately reached , as the " draw " of the bridge ...
... railroad bridge which crosses the river about twenty- five miles above Fort Henry , a number of transport steamers belonging to the enemy were discovered beyond . These could not be immediately reached , as the " draw " of the bridge ...
Page 37
... railroad and other bridges in order to check pur- suit . Bowling Green , however , had been abandoned before the fall of Fort Don- elson and soon after the capture of Fort Henry , by which its communication with Columbus was cut off ...
... railroad and other bridges in order to check pur- suit . Bowling Green , however , had been abandoned before the fall of Fort Don- elson and soon after the capture of Fort Henry , by which its communication with Columbus was cut off ...
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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