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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... road , by which the rebels approached ; and the Winding Blades ' road , leading to Richmond . Between the last two roads , and commanding Colonel Garrard's po- sition , is a high , conical hill . The whole face of the country is covered ...
... road , by which the rebels approached ; and the Winding Blades ' road , leading to Richmond . Between the last two roads , and commanding Colonel Garrard's po- sition , is a high , conical hill . The whole face of the country is covered ...
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... road , and planted a piece of their dom of secession . Zollicoffer and his artillery . On our side , the Fourteenth ... roads , and third time . The first fire of their can- having reached the Gap , found a large non , planted with such ...
... road , and planted a piece of their dom of secession . Zollicoffer and his artillery . On our side , the Fourteenth ... roads , and third time . The first fire of their can- having reached the Gap , found a large non , planted with such ...
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... road to Pikesville , twenty - eight miles distant . When about eight miles beyond Preston- burg , the mounted picket guards of the enemy were discovered and put to flight . The road along which our forces now advanced was but seven feet ...
... road to Pikesville , twenty - eight miles distant . When about eight miles beyond Preston- burg , the mounted picket guards of the enemy were discovered and put to flight . The road along which our forces now advanced was but seven feet ...
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... road and burning or cutting all the bridges , which are numerous . Gen- eral Nelson bivouacked four miles be- yond the Ivy Creek . It rained , and the men had to wade through mud and in a heavy rain all the day of the 9th , the march ...
... road and burning or cutting all the bridges , which are numerous . Gen- eral Nelson bivouacked four miles be- yond the Ivy Creek . It rained , and the men had to wade through mud and in a heavy rain all the day of the 9th , the march ...
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... road from Louis- Captain Nathaniel Mechler , Corps of ville , via Glasgow , to Nashville , in order Topographical Engineers . Green on the west and Somerset on the the west. 17 rector . The various divisions , with their com- manders ...
... road from Louis- Captain Nathaniel Mechler , Corps of ville , via Glasgow , to Nashville , in order Topographical Engineers . Green on the west and Somerset on the the west. 17 rector . The various divisions , with their com- manders ...
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