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 27
... vessels with their bows pointed directly at the fort , and on reach- ing within 1,700 yards of the enemy's works , opened from his flag - ship a fire will quired to hold the heights commanding Fort Henry , return to their transports ...
... vessels with their bows pointed directly at the fort , and on reach- ing within 1,700 yards of the enemy's works , opened from his flag - ship a fire will quired to hold the heights commanding Fort Henry , return to their transports ...
Page 29
... vessels , which , after a chase of five hours , were abandoned and burn- ed by those on board . On reaching Cerro Gordo , in Hardin Feb. County , Tennessee , an unfinished 7. gun - boat , the Eastport , with a quan- tity of timber and ...
... vessels , which , after a chase of five hours , were abandoned and burn- ed by those on board . On reaching Cerro Gordo , in Hardin Feb. County , Tennessee , an unfinished 7. gun - boat , the Eastport , with a quan- tity of timber and ...
Page 32
... vessel and the tiller of the Louisville were shot away , rendering the two boats unmanageable . They then drifted ... vessels in the strong current . " When the fleeing enemy returned to the river battery guns from which they had been ...
... vessel and the tiller of the Louisville were shot away , rendering the two boats unmanageable . They then drifted ... vessels in the strong current . " When the fleeing enemy returned to the river battery guns from which they had been ...
Page 59
... vessels , trans- foremost generals in the enemy's service , ports , gun - boats , and tugs , and from and marched with General Patterson's fifteen to twenty thousand troops , chiefly division to Mexico , where he remained from New ...
... vessels , trans- foremost generals in the enemy's service , ports , gun - boats , and tugs , and from and marched with General Patterson's fifteen to twenty thousand troops , chiefly division to Mexico , where he remained from New ...
Page 61
... vessels of the expedition left Hampton Roads during the night of January 11th , there were others which did not sail until the next , and even the day after . The expe- dition , like that to Port Royal , en- countered a severe storm off ...
... vessels of the expedition left Hampton Roads during the night of January 11th , there were others which did not sail until the next , and even the day after . The expe- dition , like that to Port Royal , en- countered a severe storm 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