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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... soon after ordered on duty to the West . During the Black Hawk War he acted as adjutant - general , and on its termination resigned his com- mission . He now settled in Missouri as a planter , but soon after removed to Texas , where ...
... soon after ordered on duty to the West . During the Black Hawk War he acted as adjutant - general , and on its termination resigned his com- mission . He now settled in Missouri as a planter , but soon after removed to Texas , where ...
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... soon be occasion to follow him to more important and triumphant fields of battle . The commander - in - chief of the naval force at Cairo was Captain Foote , a name which will be found gloriously associated with the movements into ...
... soon be occasion to follow him to more important and triumphant fields of battle . The commander - in - chief of the naval force at Cairo was Captain Foote , a name which will be found gloriously associated with the movements into ...
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... soon as the enemy's flag was low- ered , an adjutant - general and captain of engineers came off in a boat and re- ported that General Tilghman , the com- mander of the fort , wished to commu- nicate with the flag - officer . Captain ...
... soon as the enemy's flag was low- ered , an adjutant - general and captain of engineers came off in a boat and re- ported that General Tilghman , the com- mander of the fort , wished to commu- nicate with the flag - officer . Captain ...
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... soon after the capture of Fort Henry , by which its communication with Columbus was cut off . Clarksville , too , Feb. on the Cumberland River , yielded 19. without a blow on the approach of Captain Foote with two of his small gun ...
... soon after the capture of Fort Henry , by which its communication with Columbus was cut off . Clarksville , too , Feb. on the Cumberland River , yielded 19. without a blow on the approach of Captain Foote with two of his small gun ...
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... soon a flag was hoisted there . We were still too far off to distinguish whether it was a Union or a rebel ensign , many averring it was our own , and many the other ; but acting upon the hypothesis that it was the latter , Flag ...
... soon a flag was hoisted there . We were still too far off to distinguish whether it was a Union or a rebel ensign , many averring it was our own , and many the other ; but acting upon the hypothesis that it was the latter , Flag ...
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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