Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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... force ( estimated at full five thousand men , including a heavy reserve ) too great to be long borne with safety , Sigel continued his orderly retreat to the heights near Carthage , having been engaged in a running fight nearly all the ...
... force ( estimated at full five thousand men , including a heavy reserve ) too great to be long borne with safety , Sigel continued his orderly retreat to the heights near Carthage , having been engaged in a running fight nearly all the ...
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... force daily diminishing by the expiration of the terms of enlistment , was confined in a defensive attitude to the immediate vicinity of Springfield . He had called repeatedly for re - en- forcements , to which no response was given ...
... force daily diminishing by the expiration of the terms of enlistment , was confined in a defensive attitude to the immediate vicinity of Springfield . He had called repeatedly for re - en- forcements , to which no response was given ...
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... force of each party was easily concealed from the other , and afforded opportunities for surprises . And so it happened . While the van- guard of the Nationals was moving cautiously forward , followed by the main body , and skirmishers ...
... force of each party was easily concealed from the other , and afforded opportunities for surprises . And so it happened . While the van- guard of the Nationals was moving cautiously forward , followed by the main body , and skirmishers ...
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... force under Price , then advancing from Sarcoxie . Information reached them at Cane Creek that Lyon's force was immensely superior , and McCulloch counseled a retro- grade movement . Price entertained a different opinion , and favored ...
... force under Price , then advancing from Sarcoxie . Information reached them at Cane Creek that Lyon's force was immensely superior , and McCulloch counseled a retro- grade movement . Price entertained a different opinion , and favored ...
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... force , had not thrown them out again , the Nationals were afforded an opportunity for a complete surprise of their foe . a August , 1861 . The two columns of the National Army were led respectively by Lyon and Sigel . The former , with ...
... force , had not thrown them out again , the Nationals were afforded an opportunity for a complete surprise of their foe . a August , 1861 . The two columns of the National Army were led respectively by Lyon and Sigel . The former , with ...
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Albemarle Sound arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman Henry hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded