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... half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our killed and wounded in the hands of the enemy . The following day , the insolence of the enemy was again checked on the route of our retreat . On ...
... half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our killed and wounded in the hands of the enemy . The following day , the insolence of the enemy was again checked on the route of our retreat . On ...
Page 30
... half - finished fort at Drewry's Bluff , which mounted four guns . Some of the Con- federate officers had taken a " gunboat panic , " for the line of stone obstructions in the river was not yet complete . They seized upon schooners at ...
... half - finished fort at Drewry's Bluff , which mounted four guns . Some of the Con- federate officers had taken a " gunboat panic , " for the line of stone obstructions in the river was not yet complete . They seized upon schooners at ...
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... half , given a decisive repulse to the gunboats , with the inconsiderable loss of five killed and seven wounded . The accuracy of our fire had astonished , the enemy , and carried dismay through his fleet . Eighteen shots went through ...
... half , given a decisive repulse to the gunboats , with the inconsiderable loss of five killed and seven wounded . The accuracy of our fire had astonished , the enemy , and carried dismay through his fleet . Eighteen shots went through ...
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... half a mile across a flat bottom , free from timber , and covered with wheat , grass , & c . His left rested on the point of a low ridge coming out from the woods which skirt the bottom . On a slight ele- vation there and in some small ...
... half a mile across a flat bottom , free from timber , and covered with wheat , grass , & c . His left rested on the point of a low ridge coming out from the woods which skirt the bottom . On a slight ele- vation there and in some small ...
Page 29
... half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our killed and wounded in the hands of the enemy . The following day , the insolence of the enemy was again checked on the route of our retreat . On ...
... half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our killed and wounded in the hands of the enemy . The following day , the insolence of the enemy was again checked on the route of our retreat . On ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries battle of Murfreesboro Bragg brave bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate Congress corps D. H. Hill defeated defences destruction division enemy enemy's engaged Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank force Fredericksburg front Gordonsville gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg Hill Hooker horse hundred infantry Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly night North numbers o'clock occupied officers opened ordered political Port Port Hudson Port Republic portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern spirit success surrender Tennessee thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West whole woods Yankee yards