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
... strong , lay in ambush , and did not fire until the head of Colonel Marshall's battalion , himself leading , was up to the elbow . The skirmish was very sharp . The mountain side was blue with puffs of smoke , and not an enemy to be ...
... strong , lay in ambush , and did not fire until the head of Colonel Marshall's battalion , himself leading , was up to the elbow . The skirmish was very sharp . The mountain side was blue with puffs of smoke , and not an enemy to be ...
Page 12
... strong , and it was reported that Captain Shawhan was wounded . His party fell back in great haste . The troops in Pikeville were not well off for provis- ions . All they could get was beef , but there is a mill in the vicinity , which ...
... strong , and it was reported that Captain Shawhan was wounded . His party fell back in great haste . The troops in Pikeville were not well off for provis- ions . All they could get was beef , but there is a mill in the vicinity , which ...
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... strong current . " When the fleeing enemy returned to the river battery guns from which they had been driven , they again hotly poured fire upon us . The enemy must have brought over twenty guns to bear upon our boats from the water ...
... strong current . " When the fleeing enemy returned to the river battery guns from which they had been driven , they again hotly poured fire upon us . The enemy must have brought over twenty guns to bear upon our boats from the water ...
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... strong- hold of Bowling Green first , and now Columbus . " The flotilla , under Flag - Officer Foote , consisted of six gun - boats , commanded by Captains Dove , Walke , Stemble , Paulding , Thompson , and Shirk , and four mortar boats ...
... strong- hold of Bowling Green first , and now Columbus . " The flotilla , under Flag - Officer Foote , consisted of six gun - boats , commanded by Captains Dove , Walke , Stemble , Paulding , Thompson , and Shirk , and four mortar boats ...
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... strong four - bastioned fort , in which they have located seven ten - inch columbiads . In the open fields around the fort , in the town and above town , extending to the Little Bayou , the rebels have their encampments ( mostly log ...
... strong four - bastioned fort , in which they have located seven ten - inch columbiads . In the open fields around the fort , in the town and above town , extending to the Little Bayou , the rebels have their encampments ( mostly log ...
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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