Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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... guns to bear upon them from a commanding eminence with such precision , that his shells fell among and scattered ... guns , 6 and 12 - pounders ; Lieutenant Du Bois ' Battery , Regular Artillery , four guns , 6 and 12 - pounders ...
... guns to bear upon them from a commanding eminence with such precision , that his shells fell among and scattered ... guns , 6 and 12 - pounders ; Lieutenant Du Bois ' Battery , Regular Artillery , four guns , 6 and 12 - pounders ...
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... guns . Directly in front , under Totten's guns , lay the camp of General Rains , entirely deserted . The battle now became general . A very severe contest was raging on the right , where the First Missouri was fighting in thick ...
... guns . Directly in front , under Totten's guns , lay the camp of General Rains , entirely deserted . The battle now became general . A very severe contest was raging on the right , where the First Missouri was fighting in thick ...
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... guns . A new danger to the Nationals now appeared . Eight hundred Confede- rate cavalry had formed a line of battle , unobserved , behind a ridge , and suddenly dashed toward the National rear , where some Kansas troops were guarding ...
... guns . A new danger to the Nationals now appeared . Eight hundred Confede- rate cavalry had formed a line of battle , unobserved , behind a ridge , and suddenly dashed toward the National rear , where some Kansas troops were guarding ...
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... guns had been heard . Above them was seen waving the banner of the Union . Pre- parations were made to form a junction with them , and they had approached to a covered position within a short distance of Sturgis's line , when a battery ...
... guns had been heard . Above them was seen waving the banner of the Union . Pre- parations were made to form a junction with them , and they had approached to a covered position within a short distance of Sturgis's line , when a battery ...
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... guns , at Cairo , and then it would be madness to attempt a dislodgment . ” Then , and for some time afterward , the great want of the Army of Tennessee was arms . In July , Pillow issued an order directing the gathering up of all the ...
... guns , at Cairo , and then it would be madness to attempt a dislodgment . ” Then , and for some time afterward , the great want of the Army of Tennessee was arms . In July , Pillow issued an order directing the gathering up of all the ...
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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