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Page 64
... killing an estimable citizen who had been drawn to the spot only as a spectator . The results of the riot were serious enough : two of the soldiers were shot ; several of the citizens had been killed , and more than twenty variously ...
... killing an estimable citizen who had been drawn to the spot only as a spectator . The results of the riot were serious enough : two of the soldiers were shot ; several of the citizens had been killed , and more than twenty variously ...
Page 75
... week before his death a " Union " man from Washington had been seized in the streets of Alexandria , and a crowd threatened to shoot or hang him , when Jackson went to his rescue , threatened to kill any man 6 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
... week before his death a " Union " man from Washington had been seized in the streets of Alexandria , and a crowd threatened to shoot or hang him , when Jackson went to his rescue , threatened to kill any man 6 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
Page 76
... kill any man who would molest him , and saved him from the vengeance of the mob . A day before the Federal occupation of the town , in a conver- sation in which some such movement was conjectured , his neighbors remonstrated with him ...
... kill any man who would molest him , and saved him from the vengeance of the mob . A day before the Federal occupation of the town , in a conver- sation in which some such movement was conjectured , his neighbors remonstrated with him ...
Page 79
... killed and seven wounded , while that of the enemy , by their own ac- knowledgment , was thirty killed and more than one hundred wounded . The fact , however , was , that our troops had fought under the impenetrable cover of their ...
... killed and seven wounded , while that of the enemy , by their own ac- knowledgment , was thirty killed and more than one hundred wounded . The fact , however , was , that our troops had fought under the impenetrable cover of their ...
Page 87
... killed and wounded , ordered the regiment to retire -the officers and men manifesting decided reluctance at being withdrawn . The loss to the enemy in this gallant little affair must have been quite considerable , as they had , from ...
... killed and wounded , ordered the regiment to retire -the officers and men manifesting decided reluctance at being withdrawn . The loss to the enemy in this gallant little affair must have been quite considerable , as they had , from ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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