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... field at Charleston , Pensacola , Forts Morgan , Jackson , St. Philip , and Pulaski ; while formidable numbers from all parts of the Confederacy were gathered in Virginia , on what was now becoming the immediate theatre of the war . On ...
... field at Charleston , Pensacola , Forts Morgan , Jackson , St. Philip , and Pulaski ; while formidable numbers from all parts of the Confederacy were gathered in Virginia , on what was now becoming the immediate theatre of the war . On ...
Page 73
... field of combat . " Billy Wilson's " regiment was held up for a long time in New York as an inimitable scarecrow to the South . The regiment was displayed on every occasion ; it was frequently marched up Broadway to pay visits to the ...
... field of combat . " Billy Wilson's " regiment was held up for a long time in New York as an inimitable scarecrow to the South . The regiment was displayed on every occasion ; it was frequently marched up Broadway to pay visits to the ...
Page 79
... field . " He was , " says Colonel Hill , of the North Carolina regiment , in his official report of the action , " the only one of the enemy who exhibited even an approximation to courage during the whole day . " The fact was , that he ...
... field . " He was , " says Colonel Hill , of the North Carolina regiment , in his official report of the action , " the only one of the enemy who exhibited even an approximation to courage during the whole day . " The fact was , that he ...
Page 82
... - tions , again fell back before him ; but , in retiring , gave him a severe lesson . With a battalion of the Fifth Virginia Regi- ment and Pendleton's Battery of Field Artillery , he engaged 82 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
... - tions , again fell back before him ; but , in retiring , gave him a severe lesson . With a battalion of the Fifth Virginia Regi- ment and Pendleton's Battery of Field Artillery , he engaged 82 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
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The First Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard. ment and Pendleton's Battery of Field Artillery , he engaged the enemy's advance . Skilfully taking a position where the smallness of his force was concealed , he engaged them for a ...
The First Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard. ment and Pendleton's Battery of Field Artillery , he engaged the enemy's advance . Skilfully taking a position where the smallness of his force was concealed , he engaged them for a ...
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