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... Artillery Duel . - THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS .- " On to Richmond . " - Scenery of the Battle - field . - Crises in the Battle . - Devoted Courage of the Confederates . - THE ROUT . -How the News was received in Washington . - How it was ...
... Artillery Duel . - THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS .- " On to Richmond . " - Scenery of the Battle - field . - Crises in the Battle . - Devoted Courage of the Confederates . - THE ROUT . -How the News was received in Washington . - How it was ...
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... artillery daily paraded the streets and thundered over its pavements ; and no form of ostentation was omitted by the senile and conceited general in command , to give the Federal metropolis the appearance of a conquered city . The hour ...
... artillery daily paraded the streets and thundered over its pavements ; and no form of ostentation was omitted by the senile and conceited general in command , to give the Federal metropolis the appearance of a conquered city . The hour ...
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... artillery company in his town . He was known to his neighbors as a person who united a dauntless and unyielding courage with the most gen- erous impulses . A week before his death a " Union " man from Washington had been seized in the ...
... artillery company in his town . He was known to his neighbors as a person who united a dauntless and unyielding courage with the most gen- erous impulses . A week before his death a " Union " man from Washington had been seized in the ...
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... was ordered to retake it . The charge of the North Carolina infantry , on this occasion , was the most brilliant incident of the day . They advanced calmly and coolly in the face of a sheet of artillery THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 77.
... was ordered to retake it . The charge of the North Carolina infantry , on this occasion , was the most brilliant incident of the day . They advanced calmly and coolly in the face of a sheet of artillery THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 77.
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... artillery fire , and when within sixty yards of the enemy dashed on at the double quick . The Federals fell back in dismay . The enemy continued to fire briskly , but wildly , with his ar- tillery . At no time , during the artillery ...
... artillery fire , and when within sixty yards of the enemy dashed on at the double quick . The Federals fell back in dismay . The enemy continued to fire briskly , but wildly , with his ar- tillery . At no time , during the artillery ...
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