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Page 84
... field ; and all that he could do , supported by a Minnesota battery , was to hold his ground . General Hood asked Buckner for re- enforcements ; Preston was ordered to send him a regi- ment . Colonel Heg , with a Federal force , was ...
... field ; and all that he could do , supported by a Minnesota battery , was to hold his ground . General Hood asked Buckner for re- enforcements ; Preston was ordered to send him a regi- ment . Colonel Heg , with a Federal force , was ...
Page 85
... field with dusk , cool blue shadows gathered under the trees , settling in a tender mist on the river ; the firing gradually was stilled . Then it rose again : Negley's division was advanc- ing from the Widow Glenn's farm to the front ...
... field with dusk , cool blue shadows gathered under the trees , settling in a tender mist on the river ; the firing gradually was stilled . Then it rose again : Negley's division was advanc- ing from the Widow Glenn's farm to the front ...
Page 99
... field . I therefore ordered General Buckner to move Preston forward . ' The Union front , after the disaster upon its right , was composed of two lines , one , following the Horseshoe Ridge , running east and west , the other lying ...
... field . I therefore ordered General Buckner to move Preston forward . ' The Union front , after the disaster upon its right , was composed of two lines , one , following the Horseshoe Ridge , running east and west , the other lying ...
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