Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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... Front - The Fruits of Victory lost by Delay , 384. - Expedition up the York River - National Troops on the Pamunkey - A sharp Fight , 385.- Head - Quarters near the " White House " -A Trick to save that Building , 386. - Preparations to ...
... Front - The Fruits of Victory lost by Delay , 384. - Expedition up the York River - National Troops on the Pamunkey - A sharp Fight , 385.- Head - Quarters near the " White House " -A Trick to save that Building , 386. - Preparations to ...
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... front , leaving Sigel , with twelve hundred men and six guns , to gain their rear by their right . Lyon's force arrived within sight of the Con- federate guard - fires at one o'clock in the morning , where they lay on their arms until ...
... front , leaving Sigel , with twelve hundred men and six guns , to gain their rear by their right . Lyon's force arrived within sight of the Con- federate guard - fires at one o'clock in the morning , where they lay on their arms until ...
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... front , the Kansas troops sixty yards to the left , on the opposite side of a ravine , and the Iowa troops still farther to the left . Totten's Battery was planted on an eminence , between the Missouri and Kansas troops ; and Dubois's ...
... front , the Kansas troops sixty yards to the left , on the opposite side of a ravine , and the Iowa troops still farther to the left . Totten's Battery was planted on an eminence , between the Missouri and Kansas troops ; and Dubois's ...
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... front and flank . Instantly the hurricane of war was again in full career over that hard - fought field . Backward and forward the contending lines swayed , their fronts often within a few yards of each other . Every effective man in ...
... front and flank . Instantly the hurricane of war was again in full career over that hard - fought field . Backward and forward the contending lines swayed , their fronts often within a few yards of each other . Every effective man in ...
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... front of the Second Kansas , who were led by the gallant Colonel Mitchell , he swung his hat over his head , and calling loudly for the troops to follow , dashed forward with a desperate determination to gain the victory . Mitchell fell ...
... front of the Second Kansas , who were led by the gallant Colonel Mitchell , he swung his hat over his head , and calling loudly for the troops to follow , dashed forward with a desperate determination to gain the victory . Mitchell fell ...
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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