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Page 53
... wounded were prepared ; surgeons were ordered to their posts , and every preparation made for a regular battle . Among the portentous signs , the community was thrown into a fever of excitement by the discharge of seven guns from the ...
... wounded were prepared ; surgeons were ordered to their posts , and every preparation made for a regular battle . Among the portentous signs , the community was thrown into a fever of excitement by the discharge of seven guns from the ...
Page 64
... wounded . The excitement in Baltimore continued for weeks ; the bridges on the railroad to the Susquehanna were destroyed ; the regular route of travel broken up , and some twenty or twenty - five thousand Northern volunteers , on their ...
... wounded . The excitement in Baltimore continued for weeks ; the bridges on the railroad to the Susquehanna were destroyed ; the regular route of travel broken up , and some twenty or twenty - five thousand Northern volunteers , on their ...
Page 79
... 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 batteries , the only ...
... 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 batteries , the only ...
Page 85
... wounded and had become unman- ageable , he refused to surrender his sword to his captors , and a messenger had to ride six miles to find an officer to receive it from the hands of the ill - starred commander . When Gen. Garnett heard of ...
... wounded and had become unman- ageable , he refused to surrender his sword to his captors , and a messenger had to ride six miles to find an officer to receive it from the hands of the ill - starred commander . When Gen. Garnett heard of ...
Page 87
... wounded , ordered the regiment to retire -the officers and men manifesting decided reluctance at being withdrawn .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 their own ...
... wounded , ordered the regiment to retire -the officers and men manifesting decided reluctance at being withdrawn .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 their own ...
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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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