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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... turn it with the view of cutting off their retreat . General Nelson , hav- ing allowed a day to pass , in order that Colonel Sill might be able to advance sufficiently on his circuitous march of forty miles before he himself should make ...
... turn it with the view of cutting off their retreat . General Nelson , hav- ing allowed a day to pass , in order that Colonel Sill might be able to advance sufficiently on his circuitous march of forty miles before he himself should make ...
Page 33
... turn up . As the rebels neared our forces they de- ployed and formed in line of battle , making the most furious attack upon the right ; also sending their Mississippi sharp - shooters , as one of the captains , now a prisoner ...
... turn up . As the rebels neared our forces they de- ployed and formed in line of battle , making the most furious attack upon the right ; also sending their Mississippi sharp - shooters , as one of the captains , now a prisoner ...
Page 36
... turn over the command to him if he could be allowed to withdraw his command ; to this General Buckner consented . There- upon General Floyd turned the com- mand over to me , I passing it instantly to General Buckner , saying I would nei ...
... turn over the command to him if he could be allowed to withdraw his command ; to this General Buckner consented . There- upon General Floyd turned the com- mand over to me , I passing it instantly to General Buckner , saying I would nei ...
Page 39
... turn her prow toward the Kentucky shore , and steam off in the direction of the bat- teries . We watched her as she crossed the river and approached the shore at the base of the hill , saw her land at the lower fort , heard her signal ...
... turn her prow toward the Kentucky shore , and steam off in the direction of the bat- teries . We watched her as she crossed the river and approached the shore at the base of the hill , saw her land at the lower fort , heard her signal ...
Page 45
... turn to the Union , except in those parts of Tennessee where the presence of the Federal army either subdued aversion or encouraged affection , and it became man- ifest that the State was only to be fully redeemed by a successful ...
... turn to the Union , except in those parts of Tennessee where the presence of the Federal army either subdued aversion or encouraged affection , and it became man- ifest that the State was only to be fully redeemed by a successful ...
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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